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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6691 

To amend the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to establish a National 

Center for Advanced Development in Education at the Institute for 

Education Sciences, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 11, 2023 

Ms. BONAMICI (for herself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following 

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

A BILL 

To amend the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to 

establish a National Center for Advanced Development 

in Education at the Institute for Education Sciences, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘New Essential Edu5 cation Discoveries Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT 

2 IN EDUCATION. 

3 (a) ORGANIZATION.—Section 111(c)(3) of the Edu4 cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 

5 9511(c)(3)) is amended— 

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

7 the end; 

8 (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period 

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

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

11 ‘‘(E) the National Center for Advanced 

12 Development in Education (as described in part 

13 G).’’. 

14 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 102 of the Education 

15 Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9501) is amend16 ed by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(24) SCIENCE OF LEARNING AND DEVELOP18 MENT.—The term ‘science of learning and develop19 ment’ means the body of peer-reviewed knowledge 

20 from a variety of academic fields and disciplines that 

21 demonstrates how students best learn and develop.’’. 

22 (c) ESTABLISHMENT.—Title I of the Education 

23 Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9501 et seq.) 

24 is amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘PART G—NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCED 

2 DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATION 

3 ‘‘SEC. 195. ESTABLISHMENT. 

4 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

5 Institute a National Center for Advanced Development in 

6 Education (in this part referred to as the ‘Advanced De7 velopment Center’). 

8 ‘‘(b) MISSION.—The mission of the Advanced Devel9 opment Center is to— 

10 ‘‘(1) identify, develop, and promote advances in 

11 and new solutions for teaching and learning, with an 

12 emphasis on breakthrough technologies, new peda13 gogical approaches, innovative learning models, and 

14 more efficient, reliable, and valid forms of assess15 ments; 

16 ‘‘(2) identify, develop, and promote trans17 formative, community-informed solutions to address 

18 disparities in achievement and opportunity for stu19 dents; 

20 ‘‘(3) identify, develop, and promote community21 informed advances in teaching and learning that 

22 have the potential to transform education practices 

23 across— 

24 ‘‘(A) early childhood education; 

25 ‘‘(B) elementary and secondary education; 

26 ‘‘(C) postsecondary education; 


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1 ‘‘(D) adult education; 

2 ‘‘(E) special education and services for stu3 dents with disabilities; and 

4 ‘‘(F) services for English learners; 

5 ‘‘(4) identify, develop, test, and promote strate6 gies and interventions that support student relation7 ships and skill-building consistent with the science of 

8 learning and development; 

9 ‘‘(5) identify and provide community-informed 

10 recommendations and solutions that address addi11 tional factors that can improve student outcomes, in12 cluding— 

13 ‘‘(A) access to a diverse teaching work14 force; and 

15 ‘‘(B) institutional barriers, including with 

16 respect to students from underrepresented com17 munities; and 

18 ‘‘(6) investigate transformative research oppor19 tunities, including— 

20 ‘‘(A) technologies to analyze speech sam21 ples and identify speech and reading disorders; 

22 ‘‘(B) identifying tools to support skill ac23 quisition outside of school (including tools for 

24 parents); and 


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1 ‘‘(C) developing tools to provide feedback 

2 directly to students on their competencies. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 196. COMMISSIONER FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION DE4 VELOPMENT. 

5 ‘‘The Advanced Development Center shall be headed 

6 by a Commissioner for Advanced Education Development 

7 (in this part referred to as the ‘Advanced Development 

8 Commissioner’) who shall be highly qualified and have 

9 substantial knowledge of the methodologies used and ac10 tivities undertaken by the Advanced Development Center. 

11 ‘‘SEC. 197. DUTIES. 

12 ‘‘(a) GENERAL DUTIES.—The Advanced Develop13 ment Center shall— 

14 ‘‘(1) collect, report, analyze, and disseminate 

15 data related to transforming education in the United 

16 States; 

17 ‘‘(2) approve and terminate projects in accord18 ance with subsection (f)(2)(B); 

19 ‘‘(3) set priorities that align with the mission of 

20 the Advanced Development Center, including by 

21 identifying areas that can be furthered by research 

22 and development, including— 

23 ‘‘(A) interventions for learning recovery, 

24 with a particular focus on students who score 

25 below proficient on the academic assessments in 


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1 mathematics or reading or language arts de2 scribed in section 1111(b)(2) of the Elementary 

3 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

4 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)), including specific chal5 lenges due to the COVID–19 public health 

6 emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of 

7 the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) 

8 and other disruptions to instruction; 

9 ‘‘(B) pedagogy; and 

10 ‘‘(C) assessments administered to students, 

11 including such assessments that are summative, 

12 formative, competency-based, performance13 based, administered throughout the school year 

14 to produce a single summative assessment 

15 score, or incorporated into an instructional se16 quence or lesson; 

17 ‘‘(4) support the use of scientific discoveries 

18 and inventions to improve teaching and learning; 

19 ‘‘(5) carry out the evaluation and dissemination 

20 requirements under subsection (e); and 

21 ‘‘(6) convene and engage an advisory panel 

22 under section 198. 

23 ‘‘(b) PLAN.—Not later than 6 months after the date 

24 of the enactment of this part, and every 3 years thereafter, 


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1 the Advanced Development Commissioner shall submit to 

2 the Director a research plan that— 

3 ‘‘(1) is consistent with the priorities and mis4 sion of the Institute and the mission of the Ad5 vanced Development Center; and 

6 ‘‘(2) describes how the Advanced Development 

7 Center will use the performance management system 

8 described in section 185 to assess and improve the 

9 activities of the Advanced Development Center. 

10 ‘‘(c) TRAINING PROGRAM.—The Advanced Develop11 ment Commissioner may establish a program to train em12 ployees of public and private educational agencies, organi13 zations, and institutions and may establish a fellowship 

14 program to appoint such employees as temporary fellows 

15 at the Advanced Development Center in order to assist 

16 the Advanced Development Center in carrying out its du17 ties. 

18 ‘‘(d) COLLABORATION.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the duties 

20 under this section, the Advanced Development Com21 missioner may award grants and cash prizes, enter 

22 into contracts and cooperative agreements, and pro23 vide technical assistance. 

24 ‘‘(2) ENTITIES.—In awarding grants and cash 

25 prizes and entering into contracts and cooperative 


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1 agreements under paragraph (1), the Advanced De2 velopment Commissioner shall— 

3 ‘‘(A) solicit applications from public and 

4 private entities; and 

5 ‘‘(B) build research collaborations between 

6 a variety of stakeholders— 

7 ‘‘(i) from the private and public sec8 tors; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) with expertise in education prac10 tices, including teachers, principals and 

11 other school leaders, and local and State 

12 educational agency leaders. 

13 ‘‘(3) APPLICABLE PROGRAMS.—For purposes of 

14 carrying out an applicable program under subsection 

15 (f)(2), a program manager may enter into contracts 

16 and cooperative agreements in the manner described 

17 in paragraph (2). 

18 ‘‘(e) EVALUATION AND DISSEMINATION.— 

19 ‘‘(1) EVALUATION.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Advanced Devel21 opment Commissioner shall obtain independent, 

22 periodic, and rigorous evaluation of— 

23 ‘‘(i) the effectiveness of the processes 

24 that the Advanced Development Center is 


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1 using to achieve the mission described in 

2 section 195(b); 

3 ‘‘(ii) the relevance, accessibility, and 

4 utility of the awards made and trans5 actions entered into under subsection (d) 

6 to education practitioners; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) the effectiveness of the projects 

8 carried out through such awards and 

9 transactions, using evidence standards de10 veloped in consultation with the Institute 

11 of Education Sciences, and the suitability 

12 of such projects for further investment or 

13 increased scale. 

14 ‘‘(B) BEST PRACTICES.—The Advanced 

15 Development Commissioner shall assess the in16 formation obtained from the evaluation and 

17 identify best practices for the Advanced Devel18 opment Center. 

19 ‘‘(2) DISSEMINATION.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Advanced Devel21 opment Center shall disseminate, through the 

22 entities listed in subparagraph (B), information 

23 obtained from the evaluation under paragraph 

24 (1) and any other information determined to be 

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1 sioner with respect to effective practices and 

2 technologies developed under the Advanced De3 velopment Center, as appropriate, to— 

4 ‘‘(i) education professionals, including 

5 teachers, principals, and local and State 

6 superintendents; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) parents. 

8 ‘‘(B) ENTITIES.—The Advanced Develop9 ment Center shall distribute the information de10 scribed in subparagraph (A) through— 

11 ‘‘(i) the comprehensive centers estab12 lished under 203 of the Educational Tech13 nical Assistance Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 

14 9602); 

15 ‘‘(ii) the regional laboratories system 

16 established under section 174 of the Edu17 cation Sciences Reform Act (20 U.S.C. 

18 9564); and 

19 ‘‘(iii) such other means as the Ad20 vanced Development Commissioner, in con21 sultation with the Director and the Sec22 retary, determines to be appropriate. 

23 ‘‘(3) USE AND ADOPTION.—The Advanced De24 velopment Commissioner shall support the use and 


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1 adoption of the best practices identified in para2 graph (1)(B) at all levels of education and training. 

3 ‘‘(f) HIRING.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 

5 188, the Advanced Development Commissioner, with 

6 the approval of and in collaboration with the Direc7 tor, shall— 

8 ‘‘(A) make appointments of scientific, engi9 neering, and professional personnel, which may 

10 include temporary or time-limited appointments 

11 as determined by the Director to be necessary 

12 to carry out the mission described in section 

13 195(b), without regard to the provisions of title 

14 5, United States Code, governing appointment 

15 in the competitive service and fix the compensa16 tion of such personnel at a rate to be deter17 mined by the Director; 

18 ‘‘(B) hire staff with sufficient qualifica19 tions and expertise (as determined by the Com20 missioner in consultation with the Director) to 

21 enable the Advanced Development Center to 

22 carry out the duties described in subsection (a) 

23 in conjunction with other operations of the In24 stitute, without regard to the provisions of title 

25 5, United States Code, governing appointment 


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1 in the competitive service and fix the compensa2 tion of such staff at a rate to be determined by 

3 the Director; and 

4 ‘‘(C) use all existing authorities of the Di5 rector to hire administrative, financial, and cler6 ical staff as necessary to carry out this sub7 section and pay such staff in accordance with 

8 the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III 

9 of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, re10 lating to classification and General Schedule 

11 pay rates. 

12 ‘‘(2) PROGRAM MANAGERS.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Advanced Devel14 opment Commissioner, with the approval of and 

15 in collaboration with the Director, shall des16 ignate staff appointed or hired under subpara17 graph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1), respectively, 

18 to serve as program managers for the Advanced 

19 Development Center. 

20 ‘‘(B) DUTIES.—A program manager shall 

21 be responsible for— 

22 ‘‘(i) establishing research and develop23 ment goals for an applicable program, in24 cluding by developing and hosting work25 shops and consulting with outside experts; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) publicizing such goals; 

2 ‘‘(iii) soliciting applications from eligi3 ble entities for projects that advance such 

4 goals and contribute to making rapid ad5 vances in teaching and learning, to be sub6 mitted by such entities at such time, in 

7 such manner, and containing such infor8 mation as the program manager, in con9 junction with the Advanced Development 

10 Commissioner, may require; 

11 ‘‘(iv) selecting, on a competitive basis, 

12 such projects to be supported under an ap13 plicable program, taking into consider14 ation— 

15 ‘‘(I) the novelty and scientific 

16 and technical merit of a proposed 

17 project; 

18 ‘‘(II) the demonstrated capabili19 ties of the eligible entity to success20 fully carry out such proposed project; 

21 ‘‘(III) the extent to which the eli22 gible entity considered, as part of the 

23 application submitted under clause 

24 (iii), future commercial applications of 

25 a proposed project to increase the 


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1 likelihood of scalability of such 

2 project; and 

3 ‘‘(IV) such other criteria as the 

4 program manager, in conjunction with 

5 the Advanced Development Commis6 sioner, may require; 

7 ‘‘(v) terminating such projects, as ap8 plicable; and 

9 ‘‘(vi) establishing the research collabo10 rations described in subsection (d)(3). 

11 ‘‘(C) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(i) APPLICABLE PROGRAM.—The 

13 term ‘applicable program’ means a pro14 gram— 

15 ‘‘(I) for which a project manager 

16 establishes research and development 

17 goals; 

18 ‘‘(II) that supports projects 

19 aligned with such goals; and 

20 ‘‘(III) that receives funds from 

21 the Advanced Development Center. 

22 ‘‘(ii) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term 

23 ‘eligible entity’ means— 

24 ‘‘(I) a State educational agency; 

25 ‘‘(II) a local educational agency; 


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1 ‘‘(III) a public or private non2 profit institution of higher education; 

3 ‘‘(IV) a nonprofit educational or4 ganization; and 

5 ‘‘(V) a federally funded research 

6 and development center. 

7 ‘‘SEC. 198. ADVISORY PANEL. 

8 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 

9 the date on which the Advanced Development Commis10 sioner is appointed, the Commissioner shall establish an 

11 advisory panel to identify, evaluate, and make rec12 ommendations with respect to improving education re13 search in order to promote the mission of the Advanced 

14 Development Center. 

15 ‘‘(b) DUTIES.— 

16 ‘‘(1) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 

17 date on which the advisory panel is established, the 

18 advisory panel shall create and update on an annual 

19 basis a report that— 

20 ‘‘(A) identifies, analyzes, and evaluates the 

21 state of— 

22 ‘‘(i) education research and develop23 ment; and 

24 ‘‘(ii) education research priorities at 

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1 ‘‘(B) identifies and promotes advances in 

2 teaching and learning; and 

3 ‘‘(C) highlights factors that can have an 

4 impact on student learning outcomes, with par5 ticular attention to opportunity and achieve6 ment disparities for students, including the fac7 tors addressed in section 195(b)(6). 

8 ‘‘(2) SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION.—Not 

9 later than 1 month after the date on which the re10 port described in paragraph (1) is created and not 

11 later than 1 month after each subsequent update of 

12 such report, the advisory panel shall— 

13 ‘‘(A) submit such report to— 

14 ‘‘(i) the Advanced Development Com15 missioner; 

16 ‘‘(ii) the Director; 

17 ‘‘(iii) the Secretary; 

18 ‘‘(iv) the Committee on Appropria19 tions of the House of Representatives; 

20 ‘‘(v) the Committee on Appropriations 

21 of the Senate; 

22 ‘‘(vi) the Committee on Education and 

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1 ‘‘(vii) the Committee on Health, Edu2 cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(B) make such report publicly available 

5 on the website of the Institute. 

6 ‘‘(c) MEMBERSHIP.—The advisory panel shall be 

7 composed of at least 8, but not more than 12, members 

8 appointed by the Advanced Development Commissioner as 

9 follows: 

10 ‘‘(1) At least 1 but not more than 2 members 

11 shall be parents. 

12 ‘‘(2) At least 1 but not more than 2 members 

13 shall be education professionals. 

14 ‘‘(3) At least 1 but not more than 2 members 

15 shall be experts in technology. 

16 ‘‘(4) At least 1 but not more than 2 members 

17 shall be specialists in rapid gains in student achieve18 ment and school improvement. 

19 ‘‘(5) At least 1 but not more than 2 members 

20 shall be specialists in personalized learning. 

21 ‘‘(6) At least 1 but not more than 2 members 

22 shall be education and social science researchers. 

23 ‘‘(7) At least 1 but not more than 2 members 

24 shall be representatives from the Department or Na25 tional Science Foundation. 


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1 ‘‘(8) At least 1 but not more than 2 members 

2 shall be individuals with expertise in education 

3 issues not otherwise represented who will contribute 

4 to the overall rigor and quality of the Advanced De5 velopment Center. 

6 ‘‘(d) ADVISORY NATURE.—The function of the advi7 sory panel shall be advisory in nature. Nothing in this sec8 tion shall be construed as giving the advisory panel au9 thority over the activities authorized under this part. 

10 ‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—The advisory panel shall termi11 nate 5 years after the date of establishment of such panel. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 199. COMMUNITY-INFORMED DEFINED. 

13 ‘‘In this part, the term ‘community-informed’ means 

14 to be informed by input from State educational agencies, 

15 local educational agencies, parents, students, and edu16 cation practitioners, including teachers, principals, and 

17 other school leaders within the community or regional area 

18 where activities planned and carried out by the Advanced 

19 Development Center will occur. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 200. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap22 propriated to carry out this part $500,000,000 for each 

23 of fiscal years 2024 through 2028. 


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1 ‘‘(b) TIMING.—Amounts made available for a fiscal 

2 year under subsection (a) shall remain available until ex3 pended. 

4 ‘‘(c) RESERVATION.—The Secretary may reserve not 

5 more than 5 percent of the funds appropriated for a fiscal 

6 year under subsection (a) for administrative expenses and 

7 technical assistance.’’. 

8 SEC. 3. IMPROVING STATEWIDE LONGITUDINAL DATA SYS9 TEMS. 

10 Section 208 of the Education Sciences Reform Act 

11 (20 U.S.C. 9607) is amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 208. GRANT PROGRAM FOR STATEWIDE LONGITU13 DINAL DATA SYSTEMS. 

14 ‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary shall 

15 award grants to eligible entities to design, develop, im16 prove, and implement statewide longitudinal data systems 

17 (in this section referred to as ‘SLDS’) to— 

18 ‘‘(1) produce more consistent and comprehen19 sive data of individuals and on the pathways of such 

20 individuals from birth into the workforce; and 

21 ‘‘(2) efficiently and accurately manage, analyze, 

22 disaggregate, and use such data in a manner that 

23 protects the privacy of such individuals. 

24 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity seeking a 

25 grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary an 


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1 application in such form, at such time, and containing 

2 such information as the Secretary determines appropriate. 

3 ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity shall use a 

4 grant awarded under this section to— 

5 ‘‘(1) modernize data infrastructure and ana6 lytics capacity to— 

7 ‘‘(A) use and integrate data across edu8 cation, workforce, nutrition, and other social 

9 service systems into SLDS, including— 

10 ‘‘(i) early childhood education; 

11 ‘‘(ii) elementary and secondary edu12 cation; 

13 ‘‘(iii) career and technical education; 

14 ‘‘(iv) postsecondary education; and 

15 ‘‘(v) workforce development programs 

16 supported by the— 

17 ‘‘(I) Department of Education; 

18 ‘‘(II) Department of Labor; 

19 ‘‘(III) Department of Health and 

20 Human Services; 

21 ‘‘(IV) Department of Agriculture; 

22 ‘‘(V) Department of Defense; and 

23 ‘‘(VI) Department of Commerce; 

24 and 


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1 ‘‘(B) improve access to, and use of, data 

2 integrated across the systems described in sub3 paragraph (A); 

4 ‘‘(2) increase the capacity of staff at the eligible 

5 entity to oversee, maintain, support, and operate 

6 SLDS; 

7 ‘‘(3) ensure the technical quality, including va8 lidity and reliability, of the data described in para9 graph (1); 

10 ‘‘(4) promote linkages and use across States 

11 and systems, including with respect to— 

12 ‘‘(A) early childhood education; 

13 ‘‘(B) elementary and secondary education; 

14 ‘‘(C) postsecondary education; and 

15 ‘‘(D) workforce, including— 

16 ‘‘(i) employment; 

17 ‘‘(ii) healthcare; and 

18 ‘‘(iii) social services, including nutri19 tion; 

20 ‘‘(5) meet Federal and State law requirements 

21 with respect to protecting the privacy of individuals, 

22 including student privacy rights guaranteed by sec23 tion 444 of the General Education Provisions Act 

24 (20 U.S.C. 1232g) (commonly referred to as the 


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1 ‘Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 

2 1974’); 

3 ‘‘(6) provide, prior to beginning employment 

4 and on a regular basis thereafter, training to local 

5 and State employees, including school leaders and 

6 teachers, with respect to maintaining privacy of per7 sonally identifiable information and securely utilizing 

8 data from SLDS to improve education and work9 force practice, policy, and outcomes; 

10 ‘‘(7) promote the creation and management of 

11 accurate data that are needed— 

12 ‘‘(A) for State and local educational, labor, 

13 workforce, health, social services, and other rel14 evant agencies to comply with Federal and 

15 State laws and reporting requirements; 

16 ‘‘(B) to better understand and address 

17 achievement and opportunity gaps in education, 

18 employment, health, and social services; and 

19 ‘‘(C) to enable, facilitate, and participate 

20 in research within a State and across States to 

21 improve student academic achievement, close 

22 education and employment gaps and gaps re23 lated to access to health care and social serv24 ices, and improve student, worker, and family 

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1 ‘‘(8) support continual improvement of edu2 cation, workforce, health, and social services pro3 grams and systems, including by better under4 standing whether such programs and systems are— 

5 ‘‘(A) serving students, workers, and fami6 lies, with a focus on underserved students, 

7 workers, and families; 

8 ‘‘(B) supporting the attainment of key 

9 education, employment, health, social services, 

10 and other relevant outcomes, including sus11 tained increases in wages; 

12 ‘‘(C) making data available, in a way that 

13 protects personally identifiable student informa14 tion, to researchers and encouraging partner15 ships to make information actionable; 

16 ‘‘(D) achieving positive outcomes for the 

17 students, workers, families, and other demo18 graphics that such programs and systems are 

19 intended to serve; and 

20 ‘‘(E) engaging with diverse stakeholders to 

21 receive input and share information. 

22 ‘‘(d) FUNDS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds 

24 made available under this section shall be used to 

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1 or local funds used for developing statewide longitu2 dinal data systems. 

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

4 may reserve not more than 5 percent of the funds 

5 made available under this section for program ad6 ministration and technical assistance. 

7 ‘‘(e) REPORT.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta9 tion with the National Academies Committee on Na10 tional Statistics, shall make publicly available a re11 port on the implementation and effectiveness of the 

12 activities carried out by eligible entities with grant 

13 funds awarded under this section including by— 

14 ‘‘(A) identifying and analyzing State prac15 tices regarding the development and use of 

16 statewide longitudinal data systems; 

17 ‘‘(B) evaluating the ability of such systems 

18 to manage individual student data consistent 

19 with the Elementary and Secondary Education 

20 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), promote 

21 linkages across States, and protect student pri22 vacy consistent with section 183; and 

23 ‘‘(C) identifying best practices and areas 

24 for improvement. 


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1 ‘‘(2) TIMING.—The report required under para2 graph (1) shall be submitted— 

3 ‘‘(A) not later than 1 year after the date 

4 of the enactment of this section; and 

5 ‘‘(B) not later than 4 years after the date 

6 of the enactment of this section. 

7 ‘‘(f) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.—In this section, 

8 the term ‘eligible entity’ means— 

9 ‘‘(1) a State; 

10 ‘‘(2) a State educational agency; 

11 ‘‘(3) a State workforce development board; 

12 ‘‘(4) a State higher education agency (as such 

13 term is defined under section 103 of the Higher 

14 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003(22))); and 

15 ‘‘(5) other statewide data governance bodies or 

16 organizations managing or overseeing the SLDS of 

17 a State, as determined and designated by the Gov18 ernor. 

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

20 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec21 tion— 

22 ‘‘(1) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; and 

23 ‘‘(2) for each fiscal year thereafter, not less 

24 than the amount appropriated for fiscal year 2023.’’. 

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