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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 824

To improve educational systems and facilities to better educate students

throughout the United States.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

APRIL 15, 1999

Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Oregon, Mr. CHAFEE, Mr. CLELAND,

Ms. SNOWE, Mr. BAYH, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. LEVIN, Mr.

EDWARDS, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. BRYAN, Mr. INOUYE, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

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

A BILL

To improve educational systems and facilities to better

educate students throughout the United States.

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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

5 ‘‘Comprehensive School Improvement and Accountability

6 Act of 1999’’.

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of

8 this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Definitions.
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Sec. 3. General requirements.

TITLE I—VOLUNTARY STATE REFORM INCENTIVE GRANTS

Sec. 101. Demonstrations of innovative practices.

Sec. 102. Fully funding title I of ESEA.

TITLE II—ENSURING THAT CHILDREN BEGIN SCHOOL READY TO

LEARN

Sec. 201. Definitions.

Sec. 202. Allotments to States.

Sec. 203. Grants to local collaboratives.

Sec. 204. Appropriations.

TITLE III—EXCELLENT PRINCIPALS CHALLENGE GRANT

Sec. 301. Grants to States for the training of principals.

TITLE IV—SECOND CHANCE PROGRAMS FOR DISRUPTIVE OR

VIOLENT STUDENTS

Sec. 401. Establishment of second chance grant program.

TITLE V—TEACHER QUALITY AND TRAINING

Sec. 501. Grants for low-income areas.

Sec. 502. Scholarships for future teachers.

Sec. 503. Teacher quality.

Sec. 504. Loan forgiveness and cancellation for teachers.

Sec. 505. Teacher quality enhancement grants.

Sec. 506. Improving teacher technology training.

TITLE VI—INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY-BASED SCHOOLS AND

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Sec. 601. 21st century community learning centers.

Sec. 602. Grants for programs requiring community service.

TITLE VII—EXPANDING NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION

PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS

Sec. 701. Purpose.

Sec. 702. Grants to expand participation in the National Board Certification

Program.

TITLE VIII—ENCOURAGING PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE

Sec. 801. Grants to encourage public school choice.

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

2 The definitions in section 14101 of the Elementary

3 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801)

4 shall apply to this Act.
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1 SEC. 3. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.

2 (a) ELIGIBILITY.—

3 (1) STATE ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to re4 ceive assistance under title I, III, or VIII of this

5 Act, or part E of title XIII of the Elementary and

6 Secondary Education Act of 1965, a State edu7 cational agency, consortium of State educational

8 agencies, or State shall reserve not more than 5 per9 cent of the funds the State educational agency, con10 sortium, or State, as appropriate, receives under

11 title I, III, or VIII, or such part E, respectively, for

12 a fiscal year to enable the State educational agency,

13 consortium, or State, as appropriate—

14 (A) to specify to the Secretary how the re15 ceipt of the Federal funds will lead to school

16 improvements, such as increasing student aca17 demic achievement, reducing out-of-field teacher

18 placements, increasing teacher retention, and

19 reducing the number of emergency teaching cer20 tificates;

21 (B) to conduct an annual evaluation to de22 termine whether or not such improvements have

23 occurred;

24 (C) if the improvements have not occurred,

25 to specify to the Secretary what steps will be
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1 taken in the future to ensure the improvements;

2 and

3 (D) for general administrative expenses of

4 the activities assisted under title I, III, or VIII,

5 or such part E, respectively.

6 (2) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—To be eli7 gible to receive assistance under title I or III of this

8 Act, or parts E or F of title XIII of the Elementary

9 and Secondary Education Act of 1965, a local edu10 cational agency shall—

11 (A) serve low achieving students as meas12 ured by low graduation rates or low scores on

13 assessment exams;

14 (B) have a low teacher retention rate in

15 the schools served by the local educational

16 agency;

17 (C) have a high rate of out-of-field place18 ment of teachers in the schools served by the

19 local educational agency; and

20 (D) have a shortage of teachers of mathe21 matics or physical science in the schools served

22 by the local educational agency.

23 (b) GEOGRAPHIC REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary

24 shall promulgate regulations to ensure that a balanced

25 amount of funding under titles III, VII, and VIII of this
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1 Act, section 602 of this Act, part I of title X, and parts

2 E and F of title XIII, of the Elementary and Secondary

3 Education Act of 1965, and subpart 9 of part A of title

4 IV, and section 428K, of the Higher Education Act of

5 1965, is made available to rural and urban areas.

6 (c) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds appro7 priated under this Act shall be used to supplement and

8 not supplant other Federal, State, and local public funds

9 expended to carry out activities assisted under this Act.

10 TITLE I—VOLUNTARY STATE

11 REFORM INCENTIVE GRANTS

12 SEC. 101. DEMONSTRATIONS OF INNOVATIVE PRACTICES.

13 (a) PROVISION OF FUNDS.—From amounts appro14 priated under subsection (f), the Secretary, acting through

15 the authority provided under section 1502 of the Elemen16 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.

17 6492), shall award grants to State educational agencies

18 to enable the States to provide for comprehensive school

19 reforms.

20 (b) STATE APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive

21 a grant under subsection (a), a State educational agency

22 shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an application

23 at such time, in such manner, and containing such infor24 mation as the Secretary may require, including—
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1 (1) a description of the process and selection

2 criteria that the State educational agency will utilize

3 to award competitive grants to local educational

4 agencies;

5 (2) a description of the manner in which the

6 State educational agency will ensure that only high

7 quality comprehensive school reform proposals will

8 be funded by the State under this section;

9 (3) a description of the manner in which the

10 State educational agency will distribute information

11 concerning the comprehensive reform program to

12 local educational agencies and individual schools;

13 (4) a description of the methods to be used by

14 the State educational agency to evaluate the results

15 of the activities carried out by local educational

16 agencies under the grant; and

17 (5) assurances that the State educational agen18 cy will use funds received under the grant to supple19 ment, not supplant, other Federal, State and local

20 resources provided for educational reforms.

21 (c) USE OF FUNDS.—

22 (1) GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN23 CIES.—

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to section

25 3(a)(1), a State educational agency shall use
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1 amounts received under a grant under this sec2 tion to award competitive grants to local edu3 cational agencies to enable such local edu4 cational agencies to provide funds to schools to

5 carry out activities relating to comprehensive

6 school reform. Such activities may include—

7 (i) activities relating to the profes8 sional development and training of teach9 ers, administrators, staff and parents;

10 (ii) the acquisition of expert technical

11 assistance in carrying out school reform;

12 (iii) developing or acquiring instruc13 tional materials; and

14 (iv) implementing parent and commu15 nity outreach programs.

16 (B) DISTRIBUTION.—In awarding grants

17 to local educational agencies under this sub18 section, the State educational agency shall en19 sure that grants are awarded to agencies where

20 reforms will be implemented at schools with dif21 ferent grade levels.

22 (2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a

23 grant under paragraph (1), a local educational agen24 cy shall prepare and submit to the State educational

25 agency an application at such time, in such manner,
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1 and containing such information as the State edu2 cational agency may require, including—

3 (A) a description of the schools to which

4 the local educational agency will provide funds

5 under the grant;

6 (B) a description of the comprehensive

7 school reform program that will be implemented

8 by the local educational agency, including the

9 manner in which the local educational agency

10 will provide technical assistance and support for

11 school implementation efforts; and

12 (C) a description of the manner in which

13 the local educational agency will evaluate and

14 measure the results achieved by schools imple15 menting comprehensive school reforms.

16 (3) REQUIREMENTS.—A comprehensive school

17 reform program shall—

18 (A) utilize innovative strategies and proven

19 methods for student learning, teaching, and

20 school management that are based on reliable

21 and effective practices and that have been rep22 licated successfully in schools with diverse char23 acteristics;

24 (B) be based on a comprehensive design to

25 achieve effective school functioning, including
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1 instruction, assessment, classroom management,

2 professional development, parental involvement,

3 and school management, that aligns the cur4 riculum, technology, and professional develop5 ment of the school into a schoolwide reform

6 plan that is designed to enable all students to

7 meet challenging State content and student per8 formance standards and address needs identi9 fied through school needs assessments;

10 (C) provide a high-quality and continuous

11 teacher and staff professional development and

12 training program;

13 (D) have measurable goals for student per14 formance and benchmarks for meeting such

15 goals;

16 (E) be supported by school faculty, admin17 istrators and staff;

18 (F) provide for the meaningful involvement

19 of parents and the local community in planning

20 and implementing school improvement activi21 ties;

22 (G) utilize high-quality external technical

23 support and assistance from a comprehensive

24 school reform entity (which may be an institu-
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1 tion of higher education) with experience or ex2 pertise in schoolwide reform and improvement;

3 (H) include a plan for the evaluation of the

4 implementation of school reforms and the stu5 dent results achieved; and

6 (I) identify how other resources that are

7 available to the school will be utilized to coordi8 nate services to support and sustain the school

9 reform effort.

10 (d) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive

12 funds under this section, a State educational agency

13 shall provide assurances satisfactory to the Secretary

14 that non-Federal funds will be made available to

15 carry out activities under this section in an amount

16 equal to 20 percent of the amount that is provided

17 to the State under this section.

18 (2) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—Non-Fed19 eral funds required under paragraph (1) may be in

20 cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant,

21 equipment, or services. Amounts provided by the

22 Federal Government, and any portion of any service

23 subsidized by the Federal Government, may not be

24 included in determining the amount of such non25 Federal contributions.
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1 (3) REDUCTION OF NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBU2 TIONS.—The Secretary shall promulgate regulations

3 to reduce the non-Federal funds required under

4 paragraph (1) for State educational agencies that

5 serve the highest percentages of low-income children.

6 (e) APPROPRIATIONS.—

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be

8 appropriated, and there are appropriated, to carry

9 out this section, $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2000,

10 $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $750,000,000 for

11 fiscal year 2002, $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year

12 2003, and $4,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.

13 (2) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—From the

14 amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) for each

15 fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve 1 percent of

16 such amounts to provide funds to schools that re17 ceive funding from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

18 SEC. 102. FULLY FUNDING TITLE I OF ESEA.

19 Section 1002(a) of the Elementary and Secondary

20 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6302(a)) is amended

21 by striking ‘‘$7,400,000,000 for fiscal year 1995’’ and all

22 that follows through the period and inserting

23 ‘‘$7,400,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $7,600,000,000 for

24 fiscal year 2001, $8,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2002,
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1 $8,400,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, and

2 $11,400,000,000 for fiscal year 2004’’.

3 SEC. 103. RESERVATIONS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND EVAL4 UATION.

5 Section 1003 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu6 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C 6303) is amended to read

7 as follows:

8 ‘‘SEC. 1003. RESERVATIONS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND

9 EVALUATION.

10 ‘‘(a) STATE RESERVATIONS.—Each State edu11 cational agency shall reserve 2.5 percent of the amount

12 the State educational agency receives under part A for

13 each of the fiscal years 2001 and 2002, and 3.5 percent

14 of that amount for each of the fiscal years 2003 through

15 2005, to carry out subsection (b) and to carry out the

16 State educational agency’s responsibilities under sections

17 1111(b)(2), 1116 and 1117, including the State edu18 cational agency’s statewide system of technical assistance

19 and support for local educational agencies.

20 ‘‘(b) USES.—Of the amount reserved under sub21 section (a) for any fiscal year, the State educational agen22 cy shall—

23 ‘‘(1) allocate at least 70 percent directly to local

24 educational agencies, by—
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1 ‘‘(A) giving first priority to making alloca2 tions to those local educational agencies with

3 schools identified for corrective action under

4 section 1116(c)(5), which local educational

5 agencies shall use the allocation effectively to

6 carry out corrective action, as described in sec7 tion 1116(c)(5), in those schools; and

8 ‘‘(B) giving second priority to making allo9 cations to those local educational agencies hav10 ing other schools identified for school improve11 ment under section 1116(c)(1), which local edu12 cational agencies shall use the allocation to

13 bring about substantial improvement in the per14 formance of those schools; or

15 ‘‘(2) use at least 70 percent to carry out an al16 ternative system of intervention and corrective ac17 tion approved by the Secretary under section

18 1111(b)(2)(B)(ii).’’.

19 SEC. 104. STATE PLANS.

20 Section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu21 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311) is amended—

22 (1) in subsection (b)—

23 (A) by amending the subsection heading to

24 read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(b) STANDARDS, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND ASSESS2 MENTS.—’’;

3 (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol4 lows;

5 ‘‘(2) ACCOUNTABILITY.—(A) Each State receiv6 ing assistance under this part shall develop, imple7 ment, and describe in its State plan a statewide ac8 countability system, for holding local educational

9 agencies and schools that receive assistance under

10 this part accountable for student performance, that

11 meets the following criteria:

12 ‘‘(i) The system is based on the State con13 tent and student performance standards de14 scribed in paragraph (1) and on the assess15 ments described in paragraph (3), and includes

16 multiple indicators, such as attendance and

17 dropout rates.

18 ‘‘(ii) The system holds local educational

19 agencies and schools accountable for student

20 achievement in at least reading and mathe21 matics.

22 ‘‘(B) The accountability system described in

23 subparagraph (A) shall include a procedure for iden24 tifying local educational agencies and schools in need

25 of improvement, intervening in those agencies and
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1 schools, and (when those interventions are not effec2 tive) implementing corrective actions not later than

3 3 years after first identifying such an agency or

4 school, that—

5 ‘‘(i) complies with sections 1116 and 1117

6 and includes rigorous criteria for identifying

7 those agencies and schools that are based on

8 the failure of those agencies and schools to

9 make continuous and substantial gains, which

10 the Secretary may define in regulations, in

11 overall student performance and in the perform12 ance of the lowest-performing students; or

13 ‘‘(ii) includes an alternative procedure for

14 identifying and intervening in those agencies

15 and schools, which gives highest priority to cor16 rective actions in the lowest-performing agen17 cies and schools that fail to show gains over an

18 extended period, if the Secretary determines

19 that—

20 ‘‘(I) the alternative procedure is at

21 least as effective as the procedure de22 scribed in clause (i) and in sections 1116

23 and 1117, and that the State has shown

24 substantial overall achievement gains and a

25 reduction in the achievement gap between
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1 high-performing and low-performing stu2 dents in the State; or

3 ‘‘(II) the alternative procedure will be

4 at least as effective as the procedures de5 scribed in clause (i) and in sections 1116

6 and 1117.

7 ‘‘(C) Each Statewide accountability system

8 shall describe how the State will recognize and re9 ward local educational agencies and schools under

10 this part.

11 ‘‘(D)(i) If the Secretary determines that a State

12 has failed substantially to carry out a requirement

13 of this part or a provision in its approved account14 ability system described in this paragraph, or that

15 its performance has failed substantially to meet a

16 performance indicator described in the statewide ac17 countability system, the Secretary shall take, con18 sistent with applicable due process procedures, 1 or

19 more of the following steps to ensure that the pur20 pose of this part is carried out promptly:

21 ‘‘(I) Providing, or arranging for the provi22 sion of, technical assistance to the State edu23 cational agency in question.

24 ‘‘(II) Requiring a plan for corrective ac25 tion.
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1 ‘‘(III) Suspending or terminating authority

2 to grant waivers under the Education Flexi3 bility Partnership Act of 1999.

4 ‘‘(IV) Suspending or terminating eligibility

5 to participate in competitive grant programs

6 under this Act.

7 ‘‘(V) Withholding, in whole or in part,

8 State administrative funds available under this

9 Act.

10 ‘‘(VI) Withholding, in whole or in part,

11 program funds available to the State under this

12 Act.

13 ‘‘(VII) Imposing 1 or more conditions upon

14 the Secretary’s approval of a State plan or ap15 plication under this Act.

16 ‘‘(VIII) Taking other action authorized

17 under part D of the General Education Provi18 sions Act, such as a cease-and-desist order or

19 compliance agreement.

20 ‘‘(IX) Taking any other appropriate ac21 countability step that is consistent with this

22 Act, including referral to the Department of

23 Justice for enforcement.

24 ‘‘(ii) If remedial steps taken by the Secretary

25 under clause (i) fail to correct the State’s noncompli-
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1 ance, the Secretary shall take 1 or more additional

2 steps under clause (i) to bring the State into compli3 ance.’’;

4 (3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, starting

5 not later than the 2000–2001 school year,’’ after

6 ‘‘that will be used’’;

7 (4) in subsection (d)(1)(B), by inserting ‘‘, and

8 who are experts on educational standards, assess9 ments, accountability, and the diverse educational

10 needs of students’’ after ‘‘parents’’;

11 (5) in subsection (e)(1)—

12 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A)

13 and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec14 tively; and

15 (B) by inserting before subparagraph (B)

16 (as so redesignated) the following:

17 ‘‘(A) be submitted for the first year for

18 which this part is in effect following the enact19 ment of the Comprehensive School Improve20 ment and Accountability Act of 1999;’’; and

21 (6) by amending subsection (g) to read as fol22 lows:

23 ‘‘(g) ENFORCEMENT.—If the Secretary determines

24 that a State is not carrying out the requirements of sub25 section (b)(2), the Secretary may take any of the actions
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1 described in subsection (b)(2)(D), in addition to any other

2 action authorized by law.’’.

3 SEC. 105. ACCOUNTABILITY.

4 Subsections (a) through (d) of section 1116 of the

5 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20

6 U.S.C. 6317) are amended to read as follows:

7 ‘‘(a) LOCAL REVIEW.—Each local educational agency

8 receiving funds under this part shall—

9 ‘‘(1) use the State assessments and other indi10 cators described in the State plan, as well as any ad11 ditional measures or indicators described in the local

12 educational agency’s plan, to review annually the

13 progress of each school served under this part to de14 termine if the school is making continuous and sub15 stantial gains as described in section 1111(b)(2) to16 ward enabling the school’s students to meet the

17 State student performance standards described in

18 the State plan; and

19 ‘‘(2) provide the results of the local annual re20 view to schools so that the schools can continually

21 refine the program of instruction to help all children

22 served under this part in the schools meet the stand23 ards.

24 ‘‘(b) DESIGNATION OF DISTINGUISHED SCHOOLS.—

25 Each State educational agency shall designate as ‘Distin-
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1 guished Schools’ those schools served under this part that

2 meet criteria established by the State. The criteria estab3 lished in accordance with the preceding sentence may

4 include—

5 ‘‘(1) making the continuous and substantial

6 gains described in section 1111(b)(2) toward ena7 bling the school’s students to meet the State student

8 performance standards described in the State plan

9 for 3 consecutive years;

10 ‘‘(2) having nearly all students in the school

11 meet the State ‘proficient’ or ‘advanced’ levels of

12 student performance; and

13 ‘‘(3) achieving, or significantly improving, eq14 uity in participation and achievement of students of

15 all gender and race enrolled in the school .

16 ‘‘(c) SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT.—

17 ‘‘(1) IDENTIFICATION.—

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In order to improve

19 staff, curriculum, and the services offered to

20 children, so that the children can meet chal21 lenging State standards, each local educational

22 agency shall identify for school improvement

23 any school served under this part that—

24 ‘‘(i) for 2 consecutive years, failed to

25 meet the State’s criteria under section
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1 1111(b)(2) for overall improvement or for

2 improvement of the lowest performing stu3 dents, unless the Secretary has approved

4 an alternative procedure proposed by the

5 State in the State’s plan under section

6 1111(b)(2)(B)(ii); or

7 ‘‘(ii) on the day before the date of en8 actment of the Comprehensive School Im9 provement and Accountability Act of 1999,

10 was in school improvement status under

11 this section, as this section was in effect on

12 such day.

13 ‘‘(B) TRANSITION.—The 2-year consecu14 tive year period described in subparagraph

15 (A)(i) shall include any continuous period of

16 time that includes the day before the date of

17 enactment of the Comprehensive School Im18 provement and Accountability Act of 1999, dur19 ing which a school did not make adequate

20 progress as defined in the State’s plan under

21 section 1111(b)(2)(B), as such section was in

22 effect on such day.

23 ‘‘(C) TARGETED ASSISTANCE SCHOOLS.—

24 In determining whether a school that is con25 ducting a targeted assistance program under
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1 section 1115 should be identified as in need of

2 improvement under this paragraph, a local edu3 cational agency may choose to review the

4 progress of only those students in that school

5 who are served under this part.

6 ‘‘(2) OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND PRESENT

7 EVIDENCE.—

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Before identifying a

9 school for school improvement under paragraph

10 (1), the local educational agency shall provide

11 the school with an opportunity to review the

12 school-level data, including assessment data, on

13 which the proposed identification is based.

14 ‘‘(B) SUPPORTING EVIDENCE.—If the

15 school believes that the proposed identification

16 is in error for statistical or other substantive

17 reasons, the school may provide supporting evi18 dence to the local educational agency, and the

19 local educational agency shall consider the evi20 dence before making a final determination.

21 ‘‘(3) SCHOOL PLAN.—

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each school identified

23 under paragraph (1), within 3 months of being

24 so identified, shall develop or revise a school

25 plan, in consultation with parents, school staff,
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1 the local educational agency, and a State school

2 support team or other outside experts, that in3 cludes research-based strategies and specific

4 goals and objectives for making continuous and

5 substantial progress, and that—

6 ‘‘(i) has the greatest likelihood of im7 proving the performance of participating

8 children in meeting the State’s student

9 performance standards;

10 ‘‘(ii) addresses the fundamental teach11 ing and learning needs in that school, and

12 the specific academic problems of low-per13 forming students;

14 ‘‘(iii) identifies and addresses the need

15 to improve the skills of the school’s staff

16 through effective professional development;

17 ‘‘(iv) identifies student performance

18 targets and goals for the next 3 years; and

19 ‘‘(v) specifies the responsibilities of

20 the local educational agency and the school

21 under the plan.

22 ‘‘(B) PEER REVIEW.—The local edu23 cational agency shall promptly subject the plan

24 to a peer review process, work with the school
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1 to revise the plan as necessary, and approve the

2 plan.

3 ‘‘(C) IMPLEMENTATION.—The school shall

4 implement the school’s plan (or revised plan) as

5 soon as the plan (or revised plan) is approved.

6 ‘‘(4) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—For each school

7 identified under paragraph (1), the local educational

8 agency shall provide technical or other assistance as

9 the school develops and implements the plan.

10 ‘‘(5) CORRECTIVE ACTION.—In order to help

11 students served under this part meet challenging

12 State standards, each local educational agency shall

13 implement a system of corrective action in accord14 ance with the following, unless the Secretary has ap15 proved an alternative procedure proposed by the

16 State in its plan under section 1111(b)(2)(B)(ii):

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—After providing tech18 nical assistance under paragraph (4) and taking

19 other remedial measures, the local educational

20 agency—

21 ‘‘(i) may take corrective action at any

22 time with respect to a school that has been

23 identified under paragraph (1);

24 ‘‘(ii) shall take corrective action with

25 respect to any school that fails to make
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1 continuous and substantial gains, as de2 fined by the State, after the third year fol3 lowing the school’s identification under

4 paragraph (1), except that the local edu5 cational agency may refrain from taking

6 such action for not more than 1 additional

7 year if the local educational agency as8 sesses the school’s performance and deter9 mines that—

10 ‘‘(I) the school is meeting the

11 targets and goals of the school im12 provement plan as shown by an im13 provement in student achievement

14 through a 1-year gain in scores on the

15 State assessment; and

16 ‘‘(II) the school will meet the

17 State’s criteria for continuous and

18 substantial gains within 1 year; and

19 ‘‘(iii) shall continue to provide tech20 nical assistance while instituting any cor21 rective action under clause (i) or (ii).

22 ‘‘(B) DEFINITION OF CORRECTIVE AC23 TION.—In this paragraph, the term ‘corrective

24 action’ means action, consistent with State and

25 local law, that—
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1 ‘‘(i) substantially and directly re2 sponds to—

3 ‘‘(I) the consistent academic fail4 ure that caused a local educational

5 agency to take the action; and

6 ‘‘(II) any underlying staffing,

7 curricular, or other problems in the

8 school; and

9 ‘‘(ii) is designed to substantially in10 crease the likelihood that students in the

11 school will meet challenging State stand12 ards.

13 ‘‘(C) MANDATORY CORRECTIVE ACTIONS.—

14 In the case of a school described in subpara15 graph (A)(ii), the local educational agency shall

16 take at least 1 of the following corrective ac17 tions:

18 ‘‘(i) Instituting and fully imple19 menting a new curriculum, including ap20 propriate professional development for all

21 relevant staff, that is research-based and

22 offers substantial promise of improving

23 educational achievement for low-per24 forming students.
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1 ‘‘(ii) Redesigning the school by recon2 stituting all or part of the school staff, re3 structuring the school such as by creating

4 schools within schools or other smaller

5 learning environments, or reopening the

6 school under alternative governance ar7 rangements such as a public charter

8 school.

9 ‘‘(iii) Closing the school.

10 ‘‘(iv) In conjunction with any other

11 action described in clauses (i) through (iii),

12 allowing students in the school who are

13 served under this part to choose to attend

14 other public schools and providing the stu15 dents transportation (or the costs of trans16 portation) to those schools.

17 ‘‘(D) AVAILABILITY.—The local edu18 cational agency shall make public and dissemi19 nate any corrective action the local educational

20 agency takes under this paragraph.

21 ‘‘(E) OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND

22 PRESENT EVIDENCE.—

23 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Before deter24 mining that a local educational agency will

25 take corrective action with respect to any
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1 school under this paragraph, the local edu2 cational agency shall provide the school an

3 opportunity to review the school-level data,

4 including assessment data, on which the

5 proposed determination is made.

6 ‘‘(ii) SUPPORTING EVIDENCE.—If the

7 school believes that the proposed deter8 mination is in error for statistical or other

9 substantive reasons, the school may pro10 vide supporting evidence to the local edu11 cational agency, and the local educational

12 agency shall consider the evidence before

13 making a final determination.

14 ‘‘(6) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY RESPON15 SIBILITIES.—If a State educational agency deter16 mines that a local educational agency failed to carry

17 out the local educational agency’s responsibilities

18 under paragraphs (4) and (5), the State educational

19 agency shall take such action as the State edu20 cational agency finds necessary to improve the af21 fected schools and to ensure that the local edu22 cational agency carries out those responsibilities.

23 ‘‘(7) SPECIAL RULE.—A local educational agen24 cy may remove from school improvement status

25 under this subsection any school that meets the
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1 State’s criteria under section 1111(b)(2), including

2 showing substantial gains by the lowest-performing

3 students, for at least two of the three years following

4 the school’s identification under paragraph (1).

5 ‘‘(d) STATE REVIEW AND LEA IMPROVEMENT.—

6 ‘‘(1) PURPOSE.—In order to ensure that chil7 dren served under this part meet challenging State

8 standards, each State educational agency shall annu9 ally review the progress of each participating local

10 educational agency, in accordance with section

11 1111(b)(2), to determine whether the local edu12 cational agency is meeting the State’s criteria for ac13 countability, including showing continuous and sub14 stantial gains in the achievement of the lowest-per15 forming students.

16 ‘‘(2) DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL DISTRICTS.—

17 Each State may designate as a Distinguished School

18 District the school district of a local educational

19 agency that, over a 3-year period, meets or exceeds

20 such criteria as the State may establish for perform21 ance and improvement under this part.

22 ‘‘(3) IDENTIFICATION.—

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State educational

24 agency shall identify for improvement any local

25 educational agency that, for 2 consecutive
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1 years, does not meet the State’s criteria for ac2 countability under section 1111(b)(2), including

3 showing continuous and substantial gains in

4 achievement for the lowest-performing students,

5 unless the Secretary has approved an alter6 native procedure in the State’s plan under sec7 tion 1111(b)(2)(B)(ii).

8 ‘‘(B) OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW DATA.—

9 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Before identifying

10 a local educational agency for improvement

11 under subparagraph (A), the State edu12 cational agency shall provide the local edu13 cational agency with an opportunity to re14 view the school-level data, including assess15 ment data, on which the proposed identi16 fication is based.

17 ‘‘(ii) SUPPORTING EVIDENCE.—If the

18 local educational agency believes that such

19 proposed identification is in error due to

20 statistical or other substantive reasons, the

21 local educational agency may provide sup22 porting evidence, and the State educational

23 agency shall consider the evidence before

24 making a final determination.
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1 ‘‘(4) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY REVI2 SIONS.—

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each local educational

4 agency identified for improvement under para5 graph (3) shall, within 3 months of being so

6 identified, revise the local educational agency’s

7 plan under section 1112, in consultation with

8 schools, parents, and outside educational ex9 perts, to—

10 ‘‘(i) address the fundamental teaching

11 and learning needs in the schools of the

12 local educational agency, and the specific

13 academic problems of low-performing stu14 dents;

15 ‘‘(ii) have the greatest likelihood of

16 improving the performance of participating

17 children in meeting the State’s student

18 performance standards; and

19 ‘‘(iii) identify annual student perform20 ance targets and goals for the next 3

21 years.

22 ‘‘(B) DETERMINATION.—Such revision

23 shall include determining why the local edu24 cational agency’s plan failed to bring about in25 creased achievement.
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1 ‘‘(C) PEER REVIEW AND APPROVAL.—The

2 local educational agency shall submit its revised

3 plan to the State educational agency for peer

4 review and approval.

5 ‘‘(5) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY RESPONSI6 BILITY.—For each local educational agency identi7 fied under paragraph (3), the State educational

8 agency shall provide technical or other assistance, if

9 requested, as authorized under section 1117, to bet10 ter enable the local educational agency to—

11 ‘‘(A) develop and implement the local edu12 cational agency’s revised plan; and

13 ‘‘(B) work with schools needing improve14 ment.

15 ‘‘(6) CORRECTIVE ACTION.—In order to ensure

16 that children served under this part meet chal17 lenging State standards, each State educational

18 agency shall implement a system of corrective action

19 in accordance with the following, unless the Sec20 retary has approved an alternative procedure in the

21 State’s plan under section 1111(b)(2)(B)(ii):

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—After providing tech23 nical assistance under paragraph (5) and taking

24 other remedial measures, the State educational

25 agency—
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1 ‘‘(i) may take corrective action at any

2 time with respect to a local educational

3 agency that has been identified under

4 paragraph (3);

5 ‘‘(ii) shall take such action with re6 spect to any local educational agency that

7 fails to make continuous and substantial

8 gains, as defined by the State, after the

9 third year following the local educational

10 agency’s identification under paragraph

11 (3), except that the State educational

12 agency may refrain from taking such ac13 tion for not more than 1 additional year if

14 the State educational agency assesses the

15 local educational agency’s performance and

16 determines that—

17 ‘‘(I) the local educational agency

18 is meeting the targets and goals in the

19 local educational agency’s revised

20 plan, as described in paragraph

21 (4)(A)(iii), as shown by an improve22 ment in student achievement through

23 a 1-year gain in scores on the State

24 assessment; and
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1 ‘‘(II) the local educational agency

2 will meet the State’s criteria for con3 tinuous and substantial gains within 1

4 year; and

5 ‘‘(iii) shall continue to provide tech6 nical assistance while instituting any cor7 rective action under clause (i) or (ii).

8 ‘‘(B) DEFINITION OF CORRECTIVE AC9 TION.—In this paragraph, the term ‘corrective

10 action’ means action, consistent with State law,

11 that—

12 ‘‘(i) substantially and directly re13 sponds to—

14 ‘‘(I) the persistent academic fail15 ure that caused a State educational

16 agency to take the action; and

17 ‘‘(II) any underlying staffing,

18 curricular, or other problems in the

19 local educational agency; and

20 ‘‘(ii) is designed to substantially in21 crease the likelihood that students in the

22 local educational agency’s schools will meet

23 challenging State standards.

24 ‘‘(C) MANDATORY CORRECTIVE ACTION.—

25 In the case of a local educational agency de-
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1 scribed in subparagraph (A)(ii), the State edu2 cational agency shall take at least 1 of the fol3 lowing corrective actions:

4 ‘‘(i) Withholding of funds.

5 ‘‘(ii) Appointing a receiver or trustee

6 to administer the affairs of the local edu7 cational agency in place of the super8 intendent and school board.

9 ‘‘(iii) Abolishing or restructuring the

10 local educational agency.

11 ‘‘(iv) In conjunction with any other

12 action described in this subparagraph, al13 lowing students in the schools of the local

14 educational agency served under this part

15 to choose to attend public schools in other

16 local educational agencies and providing

17 the students transportation (or the costs of

18 transportation) to those schools.

19 ‘‘(D) NOTICE AND HEARING.—Before im20 plementing any corrective action under subpara21 graph (A), the State educational agency shall

22 provide notice and an opportunity for a hearing

23 to the affected local educational agency, if State

24 law provides for such notice and opportunity.
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1 ‘‘(E) AVAILABILITY.—The State edu2 cational agency shall make public and dissemi3 nate any corrective action the State educational

4 agency takes under this paragraph.

5 ‘‘(7) SPECIAL RULE.—A State educational

6 agency may remove from improvement status under

7 this subsection any local educational agency that, for

8 at least 2 of the 3 years following identification

9 under paragraph (3), makes substantial gains to10 ward meeting the State’s standards.’’.

11 TITLE II—ENSURING THAT CHIL12 DREN BEGIN SCHOOL READY

13 TO LEARN

14 SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS.

15 In this title:

16 (1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term

17 ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given

18 the term in section 14101 of the Elementary and

19 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801).

20 (2) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘‘poverty line’’

21 means the poverty line (as defined by the Office of

22 Management and Budget, and revised annually in

23 accordance with section 673(2) of the Community

24 Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) ap25 plicable to a family of the size involved.
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1 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

2 the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

3 (4) STATE BOARD.—The term ‘‘State board’’

4 means a State Early Learning Coordinating Board

5 established under section 202(c).

6 (5) YOUNG CHILD.—The term ‘‘young child’’

7 means an individual from birth through age 5.

8 (6) YOUNG CHILD ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES.—

9 The term ‘‘young child assistance activities’’ means

10 the activities described in paragraphs (1) and (2)(A)

11 of section 203(b).

12 SEC. 202. ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make allot14 ments under subsection (b) to eligible States to pay for

15 the Federal share of the cost of enabling the States to

16 make grants to local collaboratives under section 203 for

17 young child assistance activities.

18 (b) ALLOTMENT.—

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—From the funds appro20 priated under section 204 for each fiscal year and

21 not reserved under subsection (i), the Secretary shall

22 allot to each eligible State an amount that bears the

23 same relationship to such funds as the total number

24 of young children in poverty in the State bears to
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1 the total number of young children in poverty in all

2 eligible States.

3 (2) YOUNG CHILD IN POVERTY.—In this sub4 section, the term ‘‘young child in poverty’’ means an

5 individual who—

6 (A) is a young child; and

7 (B) is a member of a family with an in8 come below the poverty line.

9 (c) STATE BOARDS.—

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—In order for a State to be el11 igible to obtain an allotment under this title, the

12 Governor of the State shall establish, or designate

13 an entity to serve as, a State Early Learning Co14 ordinating Board, which shall receive the allotment

15 and make the grants described in section 203.

16 (2) ESTABLISHED BOARD.—A State board es17 tablished under paragraph (1) shall consist of the

18 Governor and members appointed by the Governor,

19 including—

20 (A) representatives of all State agencies

21 primarily providing services to young children

22 in the State;

23 (B) representatives of business in the

24 State;
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1 (C) chief executive officers of political sub2 divisions in the State;

3 (D) parents of young children in the State;

4 (E) officers of community organizations

5 serving low-income individuals, as defined by

6 the Secretary, in the State;

7 (F) representatives of State nonprofit or8 ganizations that represent the interests of

9 young children in poverty, as defined in sub10 section (b), in the State;

11 (G) representatives of organizations pro12 viding services to young children and the par13 ents of young children, such as organizations

14 providing child care, carrying out Head Start

15 programs under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C.

16 9831 et seq.), providing services through a fam17 ily resource center, providing home visits, or

18 providing health care services, in the State; and

19 (H) representatives of local educational

20 agencies.

21 (3) DESIGNATED BOARD.—The Governor may

22 designate an entity to serve as the State board

23 under paragraph (1) if the entity includes the Gov24 ernor and the members described in subparagraphs

25 (A) through (G) of paragraph (2).
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1 (4) DESIGNATED STATE AGENCY.—The Gov2 ernor shall designate a State agency that has a rep3 resentative on the State board to provide adminis4 trative oversight concerning the use of funds made

5 available under this title and to ensure account6 ability for the funds.

7 (d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive an allot8 ment under this title, a State board shall annually submit

9 an application to the Secretary at such time, in such man10 ner, and containing such information as the Secretary may

11 require. At a minimum, the application shall contain—

12 (1) sufficient information about the entity es13 tablished or designated under subsection (c) to serve

14 as the State board to enable the Secretary to deter15 mine whether the entity complies with the require16 ments of such subsection;

17 (2) a comprehensive State plan for carrying out

18 young child assistance activities;

19 (3) an assurance that the State board will pro20 vide such information as the Secretary shall by regu21 lation require on the amount of State and local pub22 lic funds expended in the State to provide services

23 for young children; and

24 (4) an assurance that the State board shall an25 nually compile and submit to the Secretary informa-
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1 tion from the reports referred to in section

2 203(e)(2)(F)(iii) that describes the results referred

3 to in section 203(e)(2)(F)(i).

4 (e) FEDERAL SHARE.—

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the

6 cost described in subsection (a) shall be—

7 (A) 85 percent, in the case of a State for

8 which the Federal medical assistance percent9 age (as defined in section 1905(b) of the Social

10 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b))) is not less

11 than 50 percent but is less than 60 percent;

12 (B) 87.5 percent, in the case of a State for

13 which such percentage is not less than 60 per14 cent but is less than 70 percent; and

15 (C) 90 percent, in the case of any State

16 not described in subparagraph (A) or (B).

17 (2) STATE SHARE.—

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—The State shall con19 tribute the remaining share (referred to in this

20 paragraph as the ‘‘State share’’) of the cost de21 scribed in subsection (a).

22 (B) FORM.—The State share of the cost

23 shall be in cash.

24 (C) SOURCES.—The State may provide for

25 the State share of the cost from State or local
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1 sources, or through donations from private enti2 ties.

3 (f) STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—A State may use not more

5 than 5 percent of the funds made available through

6 an allotment made under this title to pay for a por7 tion, not to exceed 50 percent, of State administra8 tive costs related to carrying out this title.

9 (2) WAIVER.—A State may apply to the Sec10 retary for a waiver of paragraph (1). The Secretary

11 may grant the waiver if the Secretary finds that un12 usual circumstances prevent the State from com13 plying with paragraph (1). A State that receives

14 such a waiver may use not more than 7.5 percent of

15 the funds made available through the allotment to

16 pay for the State administrative costs.

17 (g) MONITORING.—The Secretary shall monitor the

18 activities of States that receive allotments under this title

19 to ensure compliance with the requirements of this title,

20 including compliance with the State plans.

21 (h) ENFORCEMENT.—If the Secretary determines

22 that a State that has received an allotment under this title

23 is not complying with a requirement of this title, the Sec24 retary may—
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1 (1) provide technical assistance to the State to

2 improve the ability of the State to comply with the

3 requirement;

4 (2) reduce, by not less than 5 percent, an allot5 ment made to the State under this section, for the

6 second determination of noncompliance;

7 (3) reduce, by not less than 25 percent, an al8 lotment made to the State under this section, for the

9 third determination of noncompliance; or

10 (4) revoke the eligibility of the State to receive

11 allotments under this section, for the fourth or sub12 sequent determination of noncompliance.

13 (i) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—From the funds ap14 propriated under section 204 for each fiscal year, the Sec15 retary shall reserve not more than 1 percent of the funds

16 to pay for the costs of providing technical assistance. The

17 Secretary shall use the reserved funds to enter into con18 tracts with eligible entities to provide technical assistance,

19 to local collaboratives that receive grants under section

20 203, relating to the functions of the local collaboratives

21 under this title.

22 SEC. 203. GRANTS TO LOCAL COLLABORATIVES.

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—A State board that receives an al24 lotment under section 202 shall use the funds made avail25 able through the allotment, and the State contribution
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1 made under section 202(e)(2), to pay for the Federal and

2 State shares of the cost of making grants, on a competitive

3 basis, to local collaboratives to carry out young child as4 sistance activities.

5 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—A local collaborative that re6 ceives a grant made under subsection (a)—

7 (1) shall use funds made available through the

8 grant to provide, in a community, activities that con9 sist of education and supportive services, such as—

10 (A) home visits for parents of young chil11 dren;

12 (B) services provided through community13 based family resource centers for such parents;

14 and

15 (C) collaborative pre-school efforts that

16 link parenting education for such parents to

17 early childhood learning services for young chil18 dren; and

19 (2) may use funds made available through the

20 grant—

21 (A) to provide, in the community, activities

22 that consist of—

23 (i) activities designed to strengthen

24 the quality of child care for young children
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1 and expand the supply of high quality child

2 care services for young children;

3 (ii) health care services for young chil4 dren, including increasing the level of im5 munization for young children in the com6 munity, providing preventive health care

7 screening and education, and expanding

8 health care services in schools, child care

9 facilities, clinics in public housing projects

10 (as defined in section 3(b) of the United

11 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.

12 1437a(b))), and mobile dental and vision

13 clinics;

14 (iii) services for children with disabil15 ities who are young children; and

16 (iv) activities designed to assist

17 schools in providing educational and other

18 support services to young children, and

19 parents of young children, in the commu20 nity, to be carried out during extended

21 hours when appropriate; and

22 (B) to pay for the salary and expenses of

23 the administrator described in subsection (e)(4),

24 in accordance with such regulations as the Sec25 retary shall prescribe.
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1 (c) MULTIYEAR FUNDING.—In making grants under

2 this section, a State board may make grants for grant pe3 riods of more than 1 year to local collaboratives with dem4 onstrated success in carrying out young child assistance

5 activities.

6 (d) LOCAL COLLABORATIVES.—To be eligible to re7 ceive a grant under this section for a community, a local

8 collaborative shall demonstrate that the collaborative—

9 (1) is able to provide, through a coordinated ef10 fort, young child assistance activities to young chil11 dren, and parents of young children, in the commu12 nity; and

13 (2) includes—

14 (A) all public agencies primarily providing

15 services to young children in the community;

16 (B) businesses in the community;

17 (C) representatives of the local government

18 for the county or other political subdivision in

19 which the community is located;

20 (D) parents of young children in the com21 munity;

22 (E) officers of community organizations

23 serving low-income individuals, as defined by

24 the Secretary, in the community;
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1 (F) community-based organizations pro2 viding services to young children and the par3 ents of young children, such as organizations

4 providing child care, carrying out Head Start

5 programs, or providing pre-kindergarten edu6 cation, mental health, or family support serv7 ices; and

8 (G) nonprofit organizations that serve the

9 community and that are described in section

10 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986

11 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a)

12 of such Code.

13 (e) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant

14 under this section, a local collaborative shall submit an

15 application to the State board at such time, in such man16 ner, and containing such information as the State board

17 may require. At a minimum, the application shall

18 contain—

19 (1) sufficient information about the entity de20 scribed in subsection (d)(2) to enable the State

21 board to determine whether the entity complies with

22 the requirements of such subsection;

23 (2) a comprehensive plan for carrying out

24 young child assistance activities in the community,

25 including information indicating—
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1 (A) the young child assistance activities

2 available in the community, as of the date of

3 submission of the plan, including information

4 on efforts to coordinate the activities;

5 (B) the unmet needs of young children,

6 and parents of young children, in the commu7 nity for young child assistance activities;

8 (C) the manner in which funds made avail9 able through the grant will be used—

10 (i) to meet the needs, including ex11 panding and strengthening the activities

12 described in subparagraph (A) and estab13 lishing additional young child assistance

14 activities; and

15 (ii) to improve results for young chil16 dren in the community;

17 (D) how the local cooperative will use at

18 least 60 percent of the funds made available

19 through the grant to provide young child assist20 ance activities to young children and parents

21 described in subsection (f);

22 (E) the comprehensive methods that the

23 collaborative will use to ensure that—

24 (i) each entity carrying out young

25 child assistance activities through the col-
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1 laborative will coordinate the activities with

2 such activities carried out by other entities

3 through the collaborative; and

4 (ii) the local collaborative will coordi5 nate the activities of the local collaborative

6 with—

7 (I) other services provided to

8 young children, and the parents of

9 young children, in the community;

10 and

11 (II) the activities of other local

12 collaboratives serving young children

13 and families in the community, if any;

14 and

15 (F) the manner in which the collaborative

16 will, at such intervals as the State board may

17 require, submit information to the State board

18 to enable the State board to carry out moni19 toring under section 202(f), including the man20 ner in which the collaborative will—

21 (i) evaluate the results achieved by

22 the collaborative for young children and

23 parents of young children through activi24 ties carried out through the grant;
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1 (ii) evaluate how services can be more

2 effectively delivered to young children and

3 the parents of young children; and

4 (iii) prepare and submit to the State

5 board annual reports describing the re6 sults;

7 (3) an assurance that the local collaborative will

8 comply with the requirements of subparagraphs (D),

9 (E), and (F) of paragraph (2), and subsection (g);

10 and

11 (4) an assurance that the local collaborative will

12 hire an administrator to oversee the provision of the

13 activities described in paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) of

14 subsection (b).

15 (f) DISTRIBUTION.—In making grants under this sec16 tion, the State board shall ensure that not less than 60

17 percent of the funds made available through each grant

18 are used to provide the young child assistance activities

19 to young children (and parents of young children) who re20 side in school districts in which half or more of the stu21 dents receive free or reduced price lunches under the Na22 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.).

23 (g) LOCAL SHARE.—

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The local collaborative shall

25 contribute a percentage (referred to in this sub-
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1 section as the ‘‘local share’’) of the cost of carrying

2 out the young child assistance activities.

3 (2) PERCENTAGE.—The Secretary shall by reg4 ulation specify the percentage referred to in para5 graph (1).

6 (3) FORM.—The local share of the cost shall be

7 in cash.

8 (4) SOURCE.—The local collaborative shall pro9 vide for the local share of the cost through donations

10 from private entities.

11 (5) WAIVER.—The State board shall waive the

12 requirement of paragraph (1) for poor rural and

13 urban areas, as defined by the Secretary.

14 (h) MONITORING.—The State board shall monitor

15 the activities of local collaboratives that receive grants

16 under this title to ensure compliance with the require17 ments of this title.

18 SEC. 204. APPROPRIATIONS.

19 There are authorized to be appropriated, and there

20 are appropriated, to carry out this title $100,000,000 for

21 fiscal year 2000, $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2001,

22 $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, $400,000,000 for fis23 cal year 2003, and $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
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1 TITLE III—EXCELLENT

2 PRINCIPALS CHALLENGE GRANT

3 SEC. 301. GRANTS TO STATES FOR THE TRAINING OF PRIN4 CIPALS.

5 (a) GRANTS.—

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—From the sums appropriated

7 under subsection (g) and not reserved under sub8 section (f) for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall

9 award grants to eligible State educational agencies

10 or consortia of State educational agencies to enable

11 such State educational agencies or consortia to

12 award grants to local educational agencies for the

13 provision of professional development services for

14 public elementary school and secondary school prin15 cipals to enhance the leadership skills of such prin16 cipals.

17 (2) AWARD BASIS.—The Secretary shall award

18 grants under this section to eligible State edu19 cational agencies or consortia on the basis of criteria

20 that includes—

21 (A) the quality of the proposed use of the

22 grant funds; and

23 (B) the educational need of the State or

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1 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant

2 under subsection (a), a State educational agency or con3 sortium shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an ap4 plication at such time, in such manner, and containing

5 such information as the Secretary may require, including

6 an assurance that—

7 (1) matching funds will be provided in accord8 ance with subsection (e); and

9 (2) principals were involved in developing the

10 application and the proposed use of the grant funds.

11 (c) USE OF FUNDS.—Subject to section 3(a)(1), a

12 State educational agency or consortium that receives a

13 grant under this section shall use amounts received under

14 the grant to provide assistance to local educational agen15 cies to enable such local educational agencies to provide

16 training and other activities to increase the leadership and

17 other skills of principals in public elementary schools and

18 secondary schools. Such activities may include activities—

19 (1) to enhance and develop school management

20 and business skills;

21 (2) to provide principals with knowledge of—

22 (A) effective instructional skills and prac23 tices; and

24 (B) comprehensive whole-school approaches

25 and programs;
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1 (3) to improve understanding of the effective

2 uses of educational technology;

3 (4) to provide training in effective, fair evalua4 tion of school staff; and

5 (5) to improve knowledge of State content and

6 performance standards.

7 (d) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—The amount of a grant

8 awarded to a State educational agency or consortium

9 under this section shall be determined by the Secretary.

10 (e) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive

12 funds under this section, a State educational agency

13 or consortium shall provide assurances satisfactory

14 to the Secretary that non-Federal funds will be

15 made available to carry out activities under this title

16 in an amount equal to 25 percent of the amount

17 that is provided to the State educational agency or

18 consortium under this section.

19 (2) WAIVER.—The Secretary shall promulgate

20 regulations to waive the matching requirement of

21 paragraph (1) with respect to State educational

22 agencies or consortia that the Secretary determines

23 serve low-income areas.

24 (3) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—Non-Fed25 eral funds required under paragraph (1) may be pro-
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1 vided in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including

2 plant, equipment, or services. Amounts provided by

3 the Federal Government, and any portion of any

4 service subsidized by the Federal Government, may

5 not be included in determining the amount of such

6 non-Federal funds.

7 (f) RESERVATION.—The Secretary may reserve not

8 more than 2 percent of the amount appropriated under

9 subsection (g) for each fiscal year to develop model na10 tional programs to provide the activities described in sub11 section (c) to principals. In carrying out the preceding sen12 tence the Secretary shall appoint a commission, consisting

13 of representatives of local educational agencies, State edu14 cational agencies, departments of education within institu15 tions of higher education, principals, education organiza16 tions, community groups, business, and labor, to examine

17 existing professional development programs and to

18 produce a report on the best practices to help principals

19 in multiple education environments across our Nation.

20 The report shall be produced not later than 1 year after

21 the date of enactment of this Act.

22 (g) APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be

23 appropriated, and there are appropriated, $100,000,000

24 for each of the fiscal years 2000 through 2004 to carry

25 out this section.
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1 TITLE IV—SECOND CHANCE

2 PROGRAMS FOR DISRUPTIVE

3 OR VIOLENT STUDENTS

4 SEC. 401. ESTABLISHMENT OF SECOND CHANCE GRANT

5 PROGRAM.

6 Title XIII of the Elementary and Secondary Edu7 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8601 et seq.) is amended

8 by adding at the end the following:

9 ‘‘PART E—SECOND CHANCE PROGRAMS FOR

10 DISRUPTIVE OR VIOLENT STUDENTS

11 ‘‘SEC. 13501. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

12 ‘‘It is the purpose of this part to provide financial

13 assistance to State educational agencies and local edu14 cational agencies to initiate a program of demonstration

15 projects, personnel training, and similar activities de16 signed to build a nationwide capability in public elemen17 tary schools and secondary schools to meet the educational

18 needs of violent or disruptive students.

19 ‘‘SEC. 13502. AUTHORIZED PROGRAMS.

20 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—From the

21 sums appropriated under section 13505 for any fiscal

22 year, the Secretary (after consultation with experts in the

23 field of the education of disruptive or violent students)

24 shall make grants to State educational agencies to enable

25 such State educational agencies to provide financial assist-
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1 ance to local educational agencies to assist such local edu2 cational agencies in carrying out programs or projects that

3 are designed to meet the educational needs of violent or

4 disruptive students, including the training of school per5 sonnel in the education of violent or disruptive students.

6 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—Each State educational agency

7 desiring assistance under this part shall submit an appli8 cation to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and

9 containing such information as the Secretary may reason10 ably require.

11 ‘‘(c) USES OF FUNDS.—Subject to section 3(a)(1) of

12 the Comprehensive School Improvement and Account13 ability Act of 1999, amounts provided under a grant under

14 this section shall be used by the State educational agency

15 to provide financial assistance to local educational agen16 cies. Such local educational agencies shall use such assist17 ance to—

18 ‘‘(1) promote effective classroom management;

19 ‘‘(2) provide training for school staff and ad20 ministrators in enforcement of the discipline code

21 described in subsection (d)(2), which may include

22 training on violence prevention;

23 ‘‘(3) implement programs to modify student be24 havior, including hiring pupil services personnel (in-
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1 cluding school counselors, school psychologists,

2 school social workers, and other professionals);

3 ‘‘(4) establish high quality alternative place4 ments for chronically disruptive or violent students

5 that include a continuum of alternatives such as—

6 ‘‘(A) meeting with behavior management

7 specialists;

8 ‘‘(B) establishing short term in-school cri9 sis centers;

10 ‘‘(C) providing medium duration in-school

11 suspension rooms; and

12 ‘‘(D) facilitating off-campus alternatives

13 for such students; or

14 ‘‘(5) carry out other activities determined ap15 propriate by the Secretary.

16 ‘‘(d) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive financial

17 assistance from a State educational agency under this part

18 a local educational agency shall—

19 ‘‘(1) prepare and submit to the State edu20 cational agency an application that contains an as21 surance that the local educational agency will use

22 the assistance to carry out activities described in

23 subsection (c);

24 ‘‘(2) have enacted and implemented a discipline

25 code that—
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1 ‘‘(A) is applied on a school district-wide

2 basis;

3 ‘‘(B) makes use of clear, understandable

4 language, including specific examples of behav5 iors that will result in disciplinary actions; and

6 ‘‘(C) is subject to signature by all students

7 and their parents or guardians; and

8 ‘‘(3) comply with any other requirements deter9 mined appropriate by the State.

10 ‘‘SEC. 13503. FUNDING.

11 ‘‘Each State educational agency having an applica12 tion approved under this part shall receive a grant for a

13 fiscal year in an amount that bears the same relation to

14 the total amount appropriated under section 13505 for the

15 fiscal year as the amount the State educational agency is

16 eligible to receive under part A of title I for the fiscal year

17 bears to the amount received by all State educational

18 agencies under part A of title I for the fiscal year.

19 ‘‘SEC. 13504. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.

20 ‘‘(a) SERVICE OF STUDENTS.—Nothing in this part

21 shall be construed to prohibit a recipient of funds under

22 this part from serving disruptive or violent students simul23 taneously with students with similar educational needs, in

24 the same educational settings where appropriate.
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1 ‘‘(b) INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION

2 ACT.—Nothing in this part shall be construed to restrict

3 or eliminate any protection provided for in the Individuals

4 with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.)

5 with respect to students with disabilities.

6 ‘‘SEC. 13505. APPROPRIATIONS.

7 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated, and there

8 are appropriated, $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal

9 years 2000 through 2004 to carry out this part.’’.

10 TITLE V—TEACHER QUALITY

11 AND TRAINING

12 SEC. 501. GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME AREAS.

13 Title XIII of the Elementary and Secondary Edu14 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8601 et seq.), as amended

15 by section 401, is further amended by adding at the end

16 the following:

17 ‘‘PART F—INCREASING SALARIES FOR TEACHERS

18 ‘‘SEC. 13601. GRANTS FOR STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.

19 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make grants

20 to eligible State educational agencies to enable such agen21 cies to increase the salaries of teachers in elementary

22 schools and secondary schools.

23 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant

24 under subsection (a), a State educational agency shall pre25 pare and submit to the Secretary an application at such
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1 time, in such manner, and containing such information as

2 the Secretary may require.

3 ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—A State educational agency

4 that receives a grant under this section shall use amounts

5 received under the grant to increase the salaries of teach6 ers in elementary schools and secondary schools.

7 ‘‘SEC. 13602. GRANTS TO STATES FOR SIGNING BONUSES TO

8 TEACHERS.

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make grants

10 to eligible States to enable the States to provide incentives

11 to encourage individuals to accept employment as teachers

12 in certain elementary schools and secondary schools in the

13 States.

14 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant

15 under subsection (a), a State shall prepare and submit to

16 the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner,

17 and containing such information as the Secretary may re18 quire.

19 ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—A State that receives a grant

20 under this section shall use amounts received under the

21 grant to provide incentives to encourage individuals to ac22 cept employment in an elementary school or secondary

23 school that is served by a local educational agency that

24 meets the eligibility requirements described in section
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1 3(a)(2) of the Comprehensive School Improvement and

2 Accountability Act of 1999.

3 ‘‘(d) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—The amount of a grant

4 to be awarded to a State under this section shall be deter5 mined by the Secretary.

6 ‘‘(e) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall use not more

7 than $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under sec8 tion 13603 for each fiscal year to carry out this section.

9 ‘‘SEC. 13603. APPROPRIATIONS.

10 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated, and there

11 are appropriated, $500,000,000 for each of the fiscal

12 years 2000 and 2001, $1,000,000,000 for each of the fis13 cal years 2002 and 2003, and $2,000,000,000 for fiscal

14 year 2004 to carry out this part.’’.

15 SEC. 502. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FUTURE TEACHERS.

16 Part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of

17 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) is amended by adding at

18 the end the following:

19 ‘‘SUBPART 9—SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FUTURE TEACHERS

20 ‘‘SEC. 420L. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

21 ‘‘It is the purpose of this subpart to establish a schol22 arship program to promote student excellence and achieve23 ment and to encourage students to make a commitment

24 to teaching.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 420M. SCHOLARSHIPS AUTHORIZED.

2 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—The Secretary is au3 thorized, in accordance with the provisions of this subpart,

4 to make grants to States to enable the States to award

5 scholarships to individuals who have demonstrated out6 standing academic achievement and who make a commit7 ment to become State certified teachers in elementary

8 schools or secondary schools that are served by local edu9 cational agencies that meet the eligibility requirements de10 scribed in section 3(a)(2) of the Comprehensive School Im11 provement and Accountability Act of 1999.

12 ‘‘(b) PERIOD OF AWARD.—Scholarships under this

13 section shall be awarded for a period of not less than 1

14 and not more than 4 years during the first 4 years of

15 study at any institution of higher education eligible to par16 ticipate in any program assisted under this title. The State

17 educational agency administering the scholarship program

18 in a State shall have discretion to determine the period

19 of the award (within the limits specified in the preceding

20 sentence).

21 ‘‘(c) USE AT ANY INSTITUTION PERMITTED.—A stu22 dent awarded a scholarship under this subpart may attend

23 any institution of higher education.

24 ‘‘SEC. 420N. ALLOCATION AMONG STATES.

25 ‘‘(a) ALLOCATION FORMULA.—From the sums ap26 propriated under section 420U for any fiscal year, the Sec-
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1 retary shall allocate to each State that has an agreement

2 under section 420O an amount that bears the same rela3 tion to the sums as the amount the State received under

4 part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Edu5 cation Act of 1965 bears to the amount received under

6 such part A by all States.

7 ‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF SCHOLARSHIPS.—The Secretary

8 shall promulgate regulations setting forth the amount of

9 scholarships awarded under this subpart.

10 ‘‘SEC. 420O. AGREEMENTS.

11 ‘‘The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with

12 each State desiring to participate in the scholarship pro13 gram authorized by this subpart. Each such agreement

14 shall include provisions designed to ensure that—

15 ‘‘(1) the State educational agency will admin16 ister the scholarship program authorized by this sub17 part in the State;

18 ‘‘(2) the State educational agency will comply

19 with the eligibility and selection provisions of this

20 subpart;

21 ‘‘(3) the State educational agency will conduct

22 outreach activities to publicize the availability of

23 scholarships under this subpart to all eligible stu24 dents in the State, with particular emphasis on ac25 tivities designed to assure that students from low-in-
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1 come and moderate-income families have access to

2 the information on the opportunity for full participa3 tion in the scholarship program authorized by this

4 subpart; and

5 ‘‘(4) the State educational agency will pay to

6 each individual in the State who is awarded a schol7 arship under this subpart an amount determined in

8 accordance with regulations promulgated under sec9 tion 420N(b).

10 ‘‘SEC. 420P. ELIGIBILITY OF SCHOLARS.

11 ‘‘(a) SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATION OR EQUIVA12 LENT AND ADMISSION TO INSTITUTION REQUIRED.—

13 Each student awarded a scholarship under this subpart

14 shall—

15 ‘‘(1) have a secondary school diploma or its rec16 ognized equivalent;

17 ‘‘(2) have a score on a nationally recognized

18 college entrance exam, such as the Scholastic Apti19 tude Test (SAT) or the American College Testing

20 Program (ACT), that is in the top 20 percent of all

21 scores achieved by individuals in the secondary

22 school graduating class of the student, or have a

23 grade point average that is in the top 20 percent of

24 all students in the secondary school graduating class

25 of the student;
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1 ‘‘(3) have been admitted for enrollment at an

2 institution of higher education; and

3 ‘‘(4) make a commitment to become a State

4 certified elementary school or secondary school

5 teacher for a period of 5 years.

6 ‘‘(b) SELECTION BASED ON COMMITMENT TO

7 TEACHING.—Each student awarded a scholarship under

8 this subpart shall demonstrate outstanding academic

9 achievement and show promise of continued academic

10 achievement.

11 ‘‘SEC. 420Q. SELECTION OF SCHOLARS.

12 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF CRITERIA.—The State

13 educational agency is authorized to establish the criteria

14 for the selection of scholars under this subpart.

15 ‘‘(b) ADOPTION OF PROCEDURES.—The State edu16 cational agency shall adopt selection procedures designed

17 to ensure an equitable geographic distribution of scholar18 ship awards within the State.

19 ‘‘(c) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—In carrying

20 out its responsibilities under subsections (a) and (b), the

21 State educational agency shall consult with school admin22 istrators, local educational agencies, teachers, counselors,

23 and parents.
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1 ‘‘(d) TIMING OF SELECTION.—The selection process

2 shall be completed, and the awards made, prior to the end

3 of each secondary school academic year.

4 ‘‘SEC. 420R. SCHOLARSHIP CONDITION.

5 ‘‘The State educational agency shall establish proce6 dures to assure that a scholar awarded a scholarship

7 under this subpart pursues a course of study at an institu8 tion of higher education that is related to a career in

9 teaching.

10 ‘‘SEC. 420S. RECRUITMENT.

11 ‘‘In carrying out a scholarship program under this

12 section, a State may use not less than 5 percent of the

13 amount awarded to the State under this subpart to carry

14 out recruitment programs through local educational agen15 cies. Such programs shall target liberal arts, education

16 and technical institutions of higher education in the State.

17 ‘‘SEC. 420T. INFORMATION.

18 ‘‘The Secretary shall develop additional programs or

19 strengthen existing programs to publicize information re20 garding the programs assisted under this title and teach21 ing careers in general.

22 ‘‘SEC. 420U. APPROPRIATIONS.

23 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated, and there

24 are appropriated, to carry out this subpart $10,000,000

25 for each of the fiscal years 2000 through 2004, of which
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1 not more than 0.5 percent shall be used by the Secretary

2 in any fiscal year to carry out section 420T.’’.

3 SEC. 503. TEACHER QUALITY.

4 Section 210 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20

5 U.S.C. 1030) is amended to read as follows:

6 ‘‘SEC. 210. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

7 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out

8 this title $435,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2000

9 through 2004, of which—

10 ‘‘(1) 62 percent shall be available for each fiscal

11 year to award grants under section 202;

12 ‘‘(2) 31 percent shall be available for each fiscal

13 year to award grants under section 203; and

14 ‘‘(3) 7 percent shall be available for each fiscal

15 year to award grants under section 204.’’.

16 SEC. 504. LOAN FORGIVENESS AND CANCELLATION FOR

17 TEACHERS.

18 (a) FEDERAL STAFFORD LOANS.—Section 428J of

19 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078–10) is

20 amended—

21 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)

22 of subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘for 5 consecutive

23 complete school years’’;

24 (2) by amending paragraph (1) of subsection

25 (c) to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(1) AMOUNT.—

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall

3 repay—

4 ‘‘(i) not more than $5,000 in the ag5 gregate of the loan obligation on a loan

6 made under section 428 or 428H that is

7 outstanding after the completion of the

8 second complete school year of teaching de9 scribed in subsection (b)(1); and

10 ‘‘(ii) not more than $5,000 in the ag11 gregate of such loan obligation that is out12 standing after the fifth complete school

13 year of teaching described in subsection

14 (b)(1).

15 ‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE.—No borrower may

16 receive a reduction of loan obligations under

17 both this section and section 460.’’; and

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

19 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

20 are authorized to be appropriated, and there are appro21 priated, to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each of

22 the fiscal years 2000 through 2004.’’.

23 (b) DIRECT LOANS.—Section 460 of the Higher Edu24 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087j) is amended—
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1 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i) of sub2 section (b)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘for 5 consecutive

3 complete school years’’;

4 (2) by amending paragraph (1) of subsection

5 (c) to read as follows:

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall

7 repay—

8 ‘‘(A) not more than $5,000 in the aggre9 gate of the loan obligation on a Federal Direct

10 Stafford Loan or a Federal Direct Unsub11 sidized Stafford Loan that is outstanding after

12 the completion of the second complete school

13 year of teaching described in subsection

14 (b)(1)(A); and

15 ‘‘(B) not more than $5,000 in the aggre16 gate of such loan obligation that is outstanding

17 after the fifth complete school year of teaching

18 described in subsection (b)(1)(A).’’; and

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

20 ‘‘(i) APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be

21 appropriated, and there are appropriated, to carry out this

22 section $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2000

23 through 2004.’’.
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1 SEC. 505. TEACHER QUALITY ENHANCEMENT GRANTS.

2 (a) STATES.—Section 202(d) of the Higher Edu3 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1022(d)) is amended by

4 adding at the end the following:

5 ‘‘(8) MENTORING.—Promoting mentoring pro6 grams that pair veteran teachers with novice teach7 ers in order to—

8 ‘‘(A) increase the skill level of the novice

9 teacher;

10 ‘‘(B) assist in the classroom effectiveness

11 of the novice teacher; and

12 ‘‘(C) help promote the retention of the nov13 ice teacher in the school.’’.

14 (b) PARTNERSHIPS.—Section 203(e) of the Higher

15 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1023(e)) is amended

16 by adding at the end the following:

17 ‘‘(5) MENTORING.—Promoting mentoring pro18 grams that pair veteran teachers with novice teach19 ers in order to—

20 ‘‘(A) increase the skill level of the novice

21 teacher;

22 ‘‘(B) assist in the classroom effectiveness

23 of the novice teacher; and

24 ‘‘(C) help promote the retention of the nov25 ice teacher in the school.’’.
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1 SEC. 506. IMPROVING TEACHER TECHNOLOGY TRAINING.

2 (a) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE FOR TITLE I.—Section

3 1001(d)(4) of the Elementary and Secondary Education

4 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301(d)(4)) is amended by insert5 ing ‘‘, giving particular attention to the role technology

6 can play in professional development and improved teach7 ing and learning’’ before the semicolon.

8 (b) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—Section

9 1119(b) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 6320(b)) is amended—

10 (1) in paragraph (1)—

11 (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking

12 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;

13 (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the

14 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

15 (C) by adding at the end the following:

16 ‘‘(F) include instruction in the use of tech17 nology.’’; and

18 (2) in paragraph (2)—

19 (A) by striking subparagraph (D); and

20 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (E)

21 through (I) as subparagraphs (D) through (H),

22 respectively.

23 (c) PURPOSES FOR TITLE II.—Section 2002(2) of

24 such Act (20 U.S.C. 6602(2)) is amended—

25 (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’

26 after the semicolon;
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1 (2) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period

2 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

4 ‘‘(G) uses technology to enhance the teach5 ing and learning process.’’.

6 (d) NATIONAL TEACHER TRAINING PROJECT.—Sec7 tion 2103(b)(2) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 6623(b)(2)) is

8 amended by adding at the end the following:

9 ‘‘(J) Technology.’’.

10 (e) LOCAL PLAN FOR IMPROVING TEACHING AND

11 LEARNING.—Section 2208(d)(1)(F) of such Act (20

12 U.S.C. 6648(d)(1)(F)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, tech13 nologies,’’ after ‘‘strategies’’.

14 (f) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Section

15 2210(b)(2)(C) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 6650(b)(2)(C)) is

16 amended by inserting ‘‘, and in particular technology,’’

17 after ‘‘practices’’.

18 (g) HIGHER EDUCATION ACTIVITIES.—Section

19 2211(a)(1)(C) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 6651(a)(1)(C)) is

20 amended by inserting ‘‘, including technological innova21 tion,’’ after ‘‘innovation’’.
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1 TITLE VI—INVESTMENT IN COM2 MUNITY-BASED SCHOOLS

3 AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

4 SEC. 601. 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS.

5 Part I of title X of the Elementary and Secondary

6 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8241 et seq.) is

7 amended—

8 (1) in section 10905, by adding at the end the

9 following:

10 ‘‘(14) Mentoring programs.

11 ‘‘(15) Academic assistance.

12 ‘‘(16) Drug, alcohol, and gang prevention ac13 tivities.’’; and

14 (2) in section 10907, by striking ‘‘$20,000,000

15 for fiscal year 1995’’ and all that follows through

16 the period and inserting ‘‘$600,000,000 for each of

17 the fiscal years 2000 through 2004, to carry out this

18 part.’’.

19 SEC. 602. GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS REQUIRING COMMU20 NITY SERVICE.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—From sums appropriated under

22 subsection (f) for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall

23 award grants to State educational agencies to enable such

24 State educational agencies to create and carry out pro-
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1 grams to help students meet State secondary school grad2 uation requirements relating to community service.

3 (b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant

4 under this section a State educational agency shall prepare

5 and submit to the Secretary an application at such time,

6 in such manner, and containing such information as the

7 Secretary may require.

8 (c) AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall determine the

9 amount of a grant awarded to a State educational agency

10 under this section.

11 (d) USE OF FUNDS.—A State educational agency

12 shall use amounts received under a grant under this sec13 tion to establish or expand a Statewide program, or school

14 district-wide programs, that help secondary school stu15 dents to perform community service in order to receive

16 their secondary school diplomas. In carrying out such pro17 grams the State educational agency shall determine the

18 type of community service required, the hours required,

19 and whether to exempt low-income students who are em20 ployed before or after school, or during summer months.

21 (e) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive

23 funds under this section, a State educational agency

24 shall provide assurances satisfactory to the Secretary

25 that non-Federal funds will be made available to
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1 carry out activities under this section in an amount

2 equal to the amount that is provided to the State

3 educational agency under this section, of which—

4 (A) 50 percent of such non-Federal funds

5 shall be provided by the State educational agen6 cy or local educational agencies in the State;

7 and

8 (B) 50 percent of such non-Federal funds

9 shall be provided from the private sector.

10 (2) CONTRIBUTIONS.—Non-Federal contribu11 tions required in paragraph (1) may be provided in

12 cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant,

13 equipment, or services.

14 (f) APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be

15 appropriated, and there are appropriated, $10,000,000 for

16 each of the fiscal years 2000 through 2004 to carry out

17 this section.

18 TITLE VII—EXPANDING NA19 TIONAL BOARD CERTIFI20 CATION PROGRAM FOR

21 TEACHERS

22 SEC. 701. PURPOSE.

23 It is the purpose of this title to assist 105,000 ele24 mentary school or secondary school teachers in becoming

25 board certified by the year 2006.
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1 SEC. 702. GRANTS TO EXPAND PARTICIPATION IN THE NA2 TIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated

4 under subsection (e), the Secretary shall award grants to

5 States to enable such States to provide subsidies to ele6 mentary school and secondary school teachers who enroll

7 in the certification program of the National Board for

8 Professional Teaching Standards.

9 (b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant

10 under subsection (a), a State shall prepare and submit to

11 the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner,

12 and containing such information as the Secretary may re13 quire.

14 (c) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—The amount of a grant

15 awarded to a State under subsection (a) shall be deter16 mined by the Secretary.

17 (d) USE OF FUNDS.—

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—A State shall use amounts

19 received under a grant under this section to provide

20 a subsidy to an eligible teacher who enrolls and com21 pletes the teaching certification program of the Na22 tional Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

23 (2) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a

24 subsidy under this section an individual shall—

25 (A) be a teacher in an elementary school or

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1 agency that meets the eligibility requirements

2 described in section 3(a)(2), in the State in3 volved;

4 (B) prepare and submit to the State an

5 application at such time, in such manner, and

6 containing such information as the State may

7 require; and

8 (C) certify to the State that the individual

9 intends to enroll and complete the teaching cer10 tification program of the National Board for

11 Professional Teaching Standards.

12 (3) AMOUNT OF SUBSIDY.—Subject to the

13 availability of funds, a State shall provide to a

14 teacher with an application approved under para15 graph (2) a subsidy in an amount equal to 90 per16 cent of the cost of enrollment in the program de17 scribed in paragraph (2)(C).

18 (e) APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be

19 appropriated, and there are appropriated, to carry out this

20 section $37,800,000 for each of the fiscal years 2000

21 through 2004.
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1 TITLE VIII—ENCOURAGING

2 PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE

3 SEC. 801. GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC SCHOOL

4 CHOICE.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated

6 under subsection (f), the Secretary shall award grants to

7 States to enable such States to implement public school

8 choice programs.

9 (b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant

10 under this section a State shall prepare and submit to the

11 Secretary an application at such time, in such manner,

12 and containing such information as the Secretary may re13 quire.

14 (c) AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall determine the

15 amount of a grant awarded to a State under this section.

16 (d) USE OF FUNDS.—Subject to section 3(a)(1), a

17 State shall use amounts received under a grant under this

18 section to establish a statewide public school choice pro19 gram under which elementary school and secondary school

20 students, who attend a school served by a local educational

21 agency that meets the eligibility requirements described in

22 section 3(a)(2), may enroll in any public school of their

23 choice. Amounts provided under such grant may also be

24 used—
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1 (1) to improve low performing school districts

2 that lose students as a result of the program; and

3 (2) for any other activities determined appro4 priate by the State.

5 (e) LIMITATION.—A State may use not more than 10

6 percent of the amount received under a grant under this

7 section to carry out activities under subsection (d)(2).

8 (f) APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be

9 appropriated, and there are appropriated, to carry out this

10 section, $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2000

11 through 2004.

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