II 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 426 

To strengthen student achievement and graduation rates and prepare young 

people for college, careers, and citizenship through innovative partnerships that meet the comprehensive needs of children and youth. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 1, 2011 

Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, and Ms. MIKULSKI) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To strengthen student achievement and graduation rates and 

prepare young people for college, careers, and citizenship 

through innovative partnerships that meet the comprehensive needs of children and youth. 

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 ‘‘Developing Innovative Partnerships and Learning Op6 portunities that Motivate Achievement Act’’ or the ‘‘DI7 PLOMA Act’’. 


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

2 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Purposes. 

Sec. 4. Definitions. 

Sec. 5. Demonstration program authorized; allotment to States. 

Sec. 6. State child and youth strategy. 

Sec. 7. Coordinating body; State applications. 

Sec. 8. State use of funds. 

Sec. 9. Local consortium application; local child and youth strategy. 

Sec. 10. Local use of funds. 

Sec. 11. Construction. 

Sec. 12. Accountability and transparency. 

Sec. 13. Authorization of appropriations. 

3 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) The future strength of the Nation’s democ6 racy, as well as the Nation’s economy, is dependent 

7 upon the investments made in children and youth 

8 today. 

9 (2) Approximately 25 percent of 9th graders do 

10 not graduate from high school 4 years later. Of stu11 dents who graduate from high school, 2 out of 3 (67 

12 percent) enroll in a 2- or 4-year college in the fall 

13 after completing high school. Only about half (58 

14 percent) of first-time, full-time college freshmen 

15 seeking a 4-year degree receive a bachelor’s degree 

16 within 6 years or less. 

17 (3) Over the past 4 decades, the United States 

18 has slipped from being first in the world in high 

19 school and college graduation rates to 20th and 


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1 14th, respectively, putting the Nation at a growing 

2 competitive disadvantage with other countries. 

3 (4) Research shows that the holistic needs of 

4 students must be met in order to strengthen student 

5 achievement. One analysis of 16 factors influencing 

6 student achievement found that over half of the fac7 tors identified were present in the lives of students 

8 outside of the classroom. 

9 (5) An analysis of health problems, maternal 

10 child rearing practices, and the impact of such prob11 lems and practices on education published by Prince12 ton University and the Brookings Institution esti13 mates that differences in these factors may account 

14 for a quarter of the racial gap in school readiness. 

15 (6) Research from Johns Hopkins University 

16 found that the lack of summer learning opportuni17 ties explains about two-thirds of the 9th grade 

18 achievement gap between high- and low-income stu19 dents. 

20 (7) Research from the Government Account21 ability Office found that students who change 

22 schools frequently were less likely to perform at 

23 grade level and more likely to repeat a grade than 

24 their more stable peers. 


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1 (8) Evidence demonstrates that effective part2 nerships among schools and communities increase 

3 student achievement by addressing the academic 

4 needs of students as well as the challenges the stu5 dents face outside the classroom. For example— 

6 (A) Chicago Public Schools leads the Na7 tion’s largest community school initiative and 

8 found that nearly half of the students in com9 munity schools had increased math and reading 

10 grades, and that between 2001 and 2006, com11 munity schools had greater gains in math and 

12 reading than regular Chicago public schools; 

13 (B) by meeting the comprehensive needs of 

14 students, Communities In Schools, a national 

15 dropout prevention organization, demonstrates 

16 that 78 percent of participating students im17 proved their attendance, 89 percent had fewer 

18 behavior incidents, 80 percent improved their 

19 academic performance, and 78 percent of eligi20 ble seniors graduated from high school; and 

21 (C) through a pipeline of comprehensive 

22 services addressing the needs of children, youth, 

23 and families from prenatal opportunities 

24 through the transition to adulthood, 90 percent 


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1 of high school seniors served by Harlem Chil2 dren’s Zone are accepted into college. 

3 SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 

4 The purposes of this Act are— 

5 (1) to create engaging learning experiences 

6 that— 

7 (A) strengthen academic achievement, 

8 build civic capacity, and provide a continuum of 

9 supports and opportunities for children, youth, 

10 and their families; and 

11 (B) prepare young people for college, ca12 reers, and citizenship through results-focused 

13 partnerships at all levels that mobilize and co14 ordinate school and community resources; 

15 (2) to ensure the academic, physical, social, 

16 emotional, health, mental health, and civic develop17 ment of disadvantaged youth and thereby strengthen 

18 their families and communities; 

19 (3) to engage and support parents, care givers, 

20 and families in their role as first educators of their 

21 children; 

22 (4) to promote community engagement in edu23 cation and family engagement in education; 

24 (5) to leverage and integrate the human and fi25 nancial assets of local communities, schools, State 


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1 governments, the Federal Government, and the nat2 ural assets of communities— 

3 (A) toward better results for children, 

4 youth, and families; and 

5 (B) for sustained civic capacity; and 

6 (6) to develop strategies that achieve key re7 sults, such as full service community schools, com8 munity-based, integrated student services, and re9 lated approaches that meet the comprehensive needs 

10 of children and youth. 

11 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

12 In this Act: 

13 (1) COMMUNITY-BASED, INTEGRATED STUDENT

14 SERVICES.—The term ‘‘community-based, integrated 

15 student services’’ means interventions, coordinated 

16 through a single point of contact, that improve stu17 dent achievement by connecting community re18 sources with the academic and social service needs 

19 of students. 

20 (2) COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN EDU21 CATION.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘community 

23 engagement in education’’ means systematic ef24 forts to involve, engage, and collaborate with 

25 parents, community residents, members of 


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1 school communities, community partners, and 

2 other stakeholders in exploring the needs of 

3 their students and schools, developing plans to 

4 address those needs, and working together to 

5 address those needs. 

6 (B) INCLUSIONS.—The term includes ef7 fective community engagement in an ongoing 

8 process to develop a welcoming school and 

9 school system, mobilize the community’s assets 

10 to support student achievement and growth, en11 gage those individuals and stakeholders who 

12 traditionally have not participated, improve 

13 working relationships, and deepen the commit14 ment to student success. 

15 (3) FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IN EDUCATION.— 

16 The term ‘‘family engagement in education’’ means 

17 a shared responsibility of families and schools for 

18 student success, in which schools and community19 based organizations are committed to reaching out 

20 to engage families in meaningful ways that encour21 age the families to actively support their children’s 

22 learning and development, as well as the learning 

23 and development of other children. The shared re24 sponsibility is continuous from birth through young 


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1 adulthood and reinforces learning that takes place in 

2 the home, school, and community. 

3 (4) FULL SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOL.—The 

4 term ‘‘full service community school’’ means a public 

5 elementary school or secondary school that— 

6 (A) participates in a community-based ef7 fort to coordinate educational, developmental, 

8 family, health, and other comprehensive services 

9 through community-based organizations and 

10 specialized instructional support personnel em11 ployed by the school or the local educational 

12 agency, and public and private partnerships; 

13 and 

14 (B) provides access to such services to stu15 dents, families, and the community. 

16 (5) LOCAL CONSORTIUM.—The term ‘‘local con17 sortium’’ means a consortium consisting of commu18 nity representatives that— 

19 (A) shall include— 

20 (i) a local educational agency; and 

21 (ii) not less than 1 other community 

22 partner that is independent of the local 

23 educational agency; and 

24 (B) may include a broad array of commu25 nity partners, including— 


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1 (i) a community-based organization; 

2 (ii) a child and youth serving organi3 zation or agency; 

4 (iii) an institution of higher education; 

5 (iv) a foundation; 

6 (v) a business; 

7 (vi) a teacher organization; 

8 (vii) an organization representing edu9 cation professionals; 

10 (viii) a local government, including a 

11 government agency serving children and 

12 youth, such as a child welfare and juvenile 

13 justice agency; 

14 (ix) an organization representing stu15 dents; and 

16 (x) an organization representing par17 ents; and 

18 (C) may include representatives from mul19 tiple jurisdictions. 

20 (6) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

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

22 the term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec23 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

24 (7) OUTLYING AREA.—The term ‘‘outlying 

25 area’’ has the meaning given the term in section 


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1 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

2 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

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

4 the Secretary of Education. 

5 (9) SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT

6 PERSONNEL.—The term ‘‘specialized instructional 

7 support personnel’’ means school counselors, school 

8 social workers, school psychologists, and other quali9 fied professional personnel involved in providing as10 sessment, diagnosis, counseling, educational, thera11 peutic, and other necessary corrective or supportive 

12 services (including related services as that term is 

13 defined in section 602 of the Individuals with Dis14 abilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401)) as part of 

15 a comprehensive program to meet student needs. 

16 (10) SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT

17 SERVICES.—The term ‘‘specialized instructional sup18 port services’’ means the services provided by spe19 cialized instructional support personnel, and includes 

20 any other corrective or supportive services to meet 

21 student needs. 

22 (11) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

23 the several States of the United States, the District 

24 of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 


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1 SEC. 5. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM AUTHORIZED; ALLOT2 MENT TO STATES. 

3 (a) FORMULA GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—For any fiscal year for 

5 which the amount appropriated under section 13 is 

6 equal to or greater than $200,000,000, the Sec7 retary is authorized to award grants, from allot8 ments under subsection (c), to States having appli9 cations approved under section 5 to enable the 

10 States to award subgrants to local consortia to lever11 age and integrate human and financial assets at all 

12 levels in order to— 

13 (A) ensure the academic, physical, social, 

14 emotional, and civic development of disadvan15 taged youth; and 

16 (B) strengthen the families and commu17 nities of the disadvantaged youth and achieve 

18 the results developed pursuant to section 

19 6(c)(1). 

20 (2) DURATION.—The Secretary shall award a 

21 grant under this subsection for a period of 5 years. 

22 (3) RENEWAL.—The Secretary may renew a 

23 grant under this subsection for a period of 5 years. 

24 (b) RESERVATION.—From the funds appropriated 

25 under section 13 for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall 

26 reserve— 


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1 (1) not more than 2 percent for national activi2 ties, which the Secretary may carry out directly or 

3 through grants and contracts, such as— 

4 (A) providing training and training tech5 nical assistance to local consortia and organiza6 tions partnering with local consortia to carry 

7 out services under this Act; or 

8 (B) conducting the national evaluation 

9 pursuant to section 12(a)(3); and 

10 (2) not more than 1 percent for payments to 

11 the outlying areas and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

12 to be allotted in accordance with their respective 

13 needs for assistance under this Act, as determined 

14 by the Secretary, to enable the outlying areas and 

15 the Bureau of Indian Affairs to carry out the pur16 poses of this Act. 

17 (c) STATE ALLOTMENTS.— 

18 (1) DETERMINATION.—From the funds appro19 priated under section 13 for any fiscal year that are 

20 equal to or greater than $200,000,000 which remain 

21 after the Secretary makes the reservations under 

22 subsection (b), the Secretary shall allot to each State 

23 for the fiscal year an amount that bears the same 

24 relationship to the remainder as the amount the 

25 State received under subpart 2 of part A of title I 


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1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

2 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6331 et seq.) for the preceding fis3 cal year bears to the amount all States received 

4 under that subpart for the preceding fiscal year, ex5 cept that no State shall receive less than an amount 

equal to 1 6 ⁄2 of 1 percent of such funds. 

7 (2) REALLOTMENT OF UNUSED FUNDS.—If a 

8 State does not receive an allotment under this Act 

9 for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reallot the 

10 amount of the State’s allotment to the remaining 

11 States in accordance with this section. 

12 (d) COMPETITIVE GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—For any year for which the 

14 amount appropriated under section 13 is less than 

15 $200,000,000, the Secretary shall award grants, on 

16 a competitive basis, to local consortia to enable the 

17 local consortia to carry out local strategies in ac18 cordance with sections 9 and 10. 

19 (2) TARGETED LOCAL CONSORTIA.—The Sec20 retary shall only award a grant to a local consortium 

21 under this subsection if the local consortium submits 

22 an application that proposes— 

23 (A) to serve children and youth in schools 

24 or communities with the highest proportions of 

25 students from low-income families; and 


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1 (B) to provide a comprehensive continuum 

2 of services, including not less than 1 service 

3 from each of not less than 3 categories of serv4 ices described in paragraphs (3) through (11) 

5 of section 10(b), which proposal— 

6 (i) shall be submitted by a local con7 sortium comprised of a broad representa8 tion of stakeholders and decisionmakers in 

9 the community, including a multitude of 

10 community partners described in section 

11 4(5)(B); or 

12 (ii) shall demonstrate the capacity for 

13 successful implementation through a his14 tory of successful collaboration and effec15 tiveness in strengthening outcomes for chil16 dren and youth. 

17 (3) ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.— 

18 The Secretary shall apply those provisions of section 

19 12 that the Secretary determines applicable to local 

20 consortia receiving funds under this subsection. 

21 SEC. 6. STATE CHILD AND YOUTH STRATEGY. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives a grant 

23 under this Act shall use the grant funds to develop and 

24 implement a State child and youth strategy (hereafter in 

25 this Act referred to as the ‘‘State strategy’’). 


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1 (b) STRATEGY REQUIREMENTS.—The State strat2 egy— 

3 (1) shall be developed by the Governor of the 

4 State; 

5 (2) shall include the components described in 

6 subsection (c); and 

7 (3) may include other components as the Gov8 ernor determines necessary to strengthen results for 

9 children and youth. 

10 (c) REQUIRED COMPONENTS.—The State strategy 

11 components required under subsection (b) are the fol12 lowing: 

13 (1) STATE RESULTS FRAMEWORK.—The State 

14 strategy shall contain comprehensive, research-based 

15 annual goals and aligned quantifiable indicators 

16 demonstrating continuous improvement with respect 

17 to youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, that 

18 shall serve as targets for each year with respect to 

19 which the State strategy applies. The goals shall in20 clude the following: 

21 (A) Children are ready for school. 

22 (B) Students are engaged and achieving in 

23 school. 

24 (C) Students are physically, mentally, so25 cially, and emotionally healthy. 


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1 (D) Schools and neighborhoods are safe 

2 and provide a positive climate for learning. 

3 (E) Families are supportive and engaged 

4 in their children’s education. 

5 (F) Graduates are ready for postsecondary 

6 education and 21st century careers. 

7 (G) Students are contributing to their 

8 communities. 

9 (2) NEEDS AND ASSETS ASSESSMENT.—The 

10 State strategy shall contain an assessment of the 

11 children’s needs, and of assets within the State that 

12 can be mobilized, coordinated, and integrated to 

13 achieve the State strategy’s goals, which may include 

14 data collected by the Federal Interagency Forum on 

15 Child and Family Statistics. 

16 (3) STATE CHILD AND YOUTH PLAN.—The 

17 State strategy shall include a description of the 

18 State’s plan to achieve the goals described in para19 graph (1) for young people from birth through the 

20 transition to adulthood, including the following: 

21 (A) LEVERAGE AND INTEGRATION.—A de22 scription of how funds received under this Act 

23 will be coordinated and integrated with other 

24 Federal and State funds in order to achieve the 

25 goals developed pursuant to paragraph (1). 


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1 (B) ELIMINATION OF STATE BARRIERS TO

2 COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION.—A descrip3 tion of how funds received under this Act will 

4 be used to identify and eliminate State barriers 

5 to the coordination and integration of pro6 grams, initiatives, and funding streams to 

7 achieve the goals developed pursuant to para8 graph (1). 

9 (C) COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN EDU10 CATION.—A description of the State’s plan to 

11 increase community engagement in education. 

12 (D) FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IN EDU13 CATION.—A description of the State’s plan to 

14 increase family engagement in education. 

15 (d) EXISTING PLANS, STRATEGIES, AND ASSESS16 MENTS.—Existing plans, strategies, needs assessments, or 

17 assets assessments may be used to satisfy the require18 ments of this section if such existing plans, strategies, 

19 needs assessments, or assets assessments include the in20 formation required by this section, or can be modified to 

21 do so, and are submitted to the Secretary with such modi22 fications. 

23 SEC. 7. COORDINATING BODY; STATE APPLICATIONS. 

24 (a) COORDINATING BODY.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—In order for a State to be el2 igible to receive a grant under this Act, the Gov3 ernor of the State shall designate or establish a co4 ordinating body for student learning and develop5 ment that shall— 

6 (A) administer funds provided under this 

7 Act; 

8 (B) facilitate communication between the 

9 public and the Governor pertaining to issues 

10 impacting children and youth from birth 

11 through the transition to adulthood, including 

12 issues pertaining to service coordination and in13 tegration; 

14 (C) identify and eliminate State barriers to 

15 the coordination and integration of programs, 

16 initiatives, and funding streams, and facilitate 

17 coordination and collaboration among State 

18 agencies serving children and youth; 

19 (D) strengthen the capacity of State and 

20 local organizations to achieve positive outcomes 

21 for children and youth through training, tech22 nical assistance, professional development, and 

23 other means; 

24 (E) assist the Governor in developing and 

25 carrying out the State strategy; and 


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1 (F) coordinate the submission of the State 

2 application under subsection (b). 

3 (2) DESIGNATION OF COORDINATING BODY.— 

4 The Governor may designate an existing agency, 

5 Children’s Cabinet, P–20 Council, child and youth 

6 development partnership, or other organization as 

7 the coordinating body for student learning and de8 velopment described in paragraph (1) if the agency, 

9 cabinet, council, partnership, or organization— 

10 (A) performs duties similar to the duties 

11 described in paragraph (1); or 

12 (B) if the duties of the agency, cabinet, 

13 council, partnership, or organization can be 

14 modified to include the duties described in 

15 paragraph (1). 

16 (b) STATE APPLICATION.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each State desiring a grant 

18 under this Act shall submit to the Secretary an ap19 plication at such time, in such manner, and con20 taining such information as the Secretary may re21 quire. 

22 (2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted 

23 under this subsection shall include the following: 

24 (A) STATE STRATEGY.—A description of 

25 how the State will develop the State strategy. 


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1 (B) GRANTS TO LOCAL CONSORTIA.—A de2 scription of how subgrants to local consortia 

3 will be awarded pursuant to section 8 and how 

4 the subgrants will facilitate community plan5 ning and effective service coordination, integra6 tion, and provision at the local level to achieve 

7 the goals developed by the State pursuant to 

8 section 6(c)(1) within the context of local needs 

9 and priorities. 

10 (C) CAPACITY BUILDING.—A description of 

11 how grant funds received under this Act will be 

12 used to build State and local capacity through 

13 training, technical assistance, and professional 

14 development. 

15 (D) ACCOUNTABILITY FOR RESULTS.—A 

16 description of the State’s plans to adhere to the 

17 accountability and transparency requirements 

18 described in section 12(b). 

19 (3) REVISED APPLICATION.—Each State desir20 ing to renew a grant under this Act shall submit a 

21 revised application to the Secretary every 5 years 

22 based on an assessment of the activities conducted 

23 under this Act. 


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1 SEC. 8. STATE USE OF FUNDS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—From the grant funds made avail3 able to a State under this Act for any fiscal year— 

4 (1) the State shall use not less than 95 percent 

5 to award subgrants to local consortia under sub6 section (b); 

7 (2) the State may use not less than 3 percent 

8 for evaluation and capacity building activities, in9 cluding training, technical assistance, and profes10 sional development; and 

11 (3) the State may use not more than 2 percent 

12 for the administrative costs of carrying out respon13 sibilities under this Act. 

14 (b) SUBGRANTS TO LOCAL CONSORTIA.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives a 

16 grant under this Act shall use the portion of the 

17 grant funds described in subsection (a)(1) to award 

18 subgrants to local consortia. 

19 (2) PRIORITY.—In awarding subgrants to local 

20 consortia, a State shall give priority to applications 

21 from local consortia that propose— 

22 (A) to serve children and youth in schools 

23 or communities with the highest proportions of 

24 students from low-income families; and 

25 (B) to provide a comprehensive continuum 

26 of services, including not less than 1 service 


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1 from each of not less than 3 categories of serv2 ices described in paragraphs (3) through (11) 

3 of section 10(b), which proposal— 

4 (i) shall be submitted by local con5 sortia comprised of a broad representation 

6 of stakeholders and decisionmakers in the 

7 community, including a multitude of com8 munity partners described in section 

9 4(5)(B); or 

10 (ii) shall demonstrate the capacity for 

11 successful implementation through a his12 tory of successful collaboration and effec13 tiveness in strengthening outcomes for chil14 dren and youth. 

15 (3) DURATION OF GRANT.—Each subgrant 

16 awarded under this section shall be for a period of 

17 5 years and shall be renewable based on progress to18 ward achieving the results described in section 

19 9(b)(2)(A). 

20 (c) PLANNING GRANTS.—A State that receives a 

21 grant under this Act may award planning grants to local 

22 consortia to enable the local consortia to develop the local 

23 strategy described in section 9(b). Such planning grants 

24 shall be for a duration of— 


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1 (1) not more than 6 months and in an amount 

2 of not more than $50,000; or 

3 (2) not more than 1 year and in an amount of 

4 not more than $100,000. 

5 (d) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—A State that re6 ceives a grant under this Act shall use the grant funds 

7 to supplement, not supplant, Federal and non-Federal 

8 funds available to support child and youth services. 

9 (e) ALLOCATION TO RURAL AREAS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives grant 

11 funding under this Act for a fiscal year shall use the 

12 grant funds to award an amount, in the aggregate, 

13 of subgrant funding under section 8 to rural local 

14 consortia in the State that is not less than the 

15 amount that bears the same relation to the amount 

16 of the grant funding as the amount received by local 

17 educational agencies serving rural local consortia in 

18 the State under subpart 2 of part A of title I of the 

19 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

20 (20 U.S.C. 6331 et seq.) for the preceding fiscal 

21 year bears to the amount received by the State 

22 under such subpart for the preceding fiscal year. 

23 (2) RURAL LOCAL CONSORTIUM.—In this sub24 section the term ‘‘rural local consortium’’ means a 


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1 local consortium serving an area of the State that 

2 has a locale code of 41, 42, or 43. 

3 SEC. 9. LOCAL CONSORTIUM APPLICATION; LOCAL CHILD 

4 AND YOUTH STRATEGY. 

5 (a) LOCAL CONSORTIUM APPLICATION.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—A local consortium that de7 sires a subgrant under section 8 shall submit an ap8 plication to the State at such time, in such manner, 

9 and containing such information as the State may 

10 require. 

11 (2) CONTENTS.—An application submitted 

12 under this section shall include— 

13 (A) a description of the local consortium, 

14 including which public or nonprofit entity par15 ticipating in the local consortium shall serve as 

16 the fiscal agent for the local consortium; 

17 (B) the local child and youth strategy 

18 (hereafter in this Act referred to as ‘‘local 

19 strategy’’) described in subsection (b); and 

20 (C) a description of how the local strategy 

21 will be coordinated with the local educational 

22 agency plan required under section 1112 of the 

23 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

24 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6312). 

25 (b) LOCAL STRATEGY.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The local strategy— 

2 (A) shall be developed by the local consor3 tium; 

4 (B) shall include the components described 

5 in paragraph (2); and 

6 (C) may include such other components as 

7 the local consortium determines necessary to 

8 strengthen outcomes for young people from 

9 birth through the transition to adulthood. 

10 (2) COMPONENTS.—The local strategy compo11 nents required under paragraph (1)(B) are the fol12 lowing: 

13 (A) LOCAL RESULTS FRAMEWORK.—Com14 prehensive, research-based goals and aligned 

15 quantifiable indicators for the goals, with re16 spect to youth, particularly disadvantaged 

17 youth, that shall serve as targets for the year 

18 with respect to which the local strategy applies. 

19 The goals shall include the following: 

20 (i) Children are ready for school. 

21 (ii) Students are engaged and achiev22 ing in school. 

23 (iii) Students are physically, mentally, 

24 socially, and emotionally healthy. 


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1 (iv) Schools and neighborhoods are 

2 safe and provide a positive climate for 

3 learning. 

4 (v) Families are supportive and en5 gaged in their children’s education. 

6 (vi) Students are ready for postsec7 ondary education and 21st Century ca8 reers. 

9 (vii) Students are contributing to 

10 their communities. 

11 (B) ASSETS ASSESSMENT.—An assessment 

12 of potential resources, services, and opportuni13 ties available within or near the community that 

14 children and youth, their families, and re15 sources in the community may be able to access 

16 in order to meet the needs identified under sub17 paragraph (C), to help achieve the goals and in18 dicators under subparagraph (A), and to sup19 port students to achieve the challenging State 

20 student academic achievement standards, in21 cluding the variety of services that can be inte22 grated— 

23 (i) into a community school site; and 

24 (ii) through the presence of special25 ized instructional support personnel and 


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1 local educational agency liaisons for home2 less children and youth designated pursu3 ant to section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of the 

4 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 

5 (42 U.S.C. 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii)). 

6 (C) NEEDS ASSESSMENT.—An analysis of 

7 the comprehensive needs of the students served 

8 by the local consortium, their families, and the 

9 community that— 

10 (i) includes input from students and 

11 parents; 

12 (ii) assesses the academic, physical, 

13 social, emotional, health, mental health, 

14 and civic needs of students and their fami15 lies; and 

16 (iii) may impact students’ ability to 

17 meet the challenging State student aca18 demic achievement standards. 

19 (D) SERVICE INTEGRATION AND PROVI20 SION.—A plan to coordinate and integrate serv21 ices and provide services in order to meet the 

22 needs identified under subparagraph (C) and 

23 achieve the results and aligned quantifiable in24 dicators described in subparagraph (A), includ25 ing— 


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1 (i) a description of the services admin2 istered by members of the local consortium 

3 that are funded through grants provided 

4 under the Elementary and Secondary Edu5 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et 

6 seq.) that will be coordinated as part of the 

7 subgrant provided under section 8; and 

8 (ii) if applicable, a description of the 

9 coordination among services provided by 

10 community-based organizations and serv11 ices provided by specialized instructional 

12 support personnel employed by the school 

13 or the local educational agency partici14 pating in the local consortium. 

15 (E) COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN EDU16 CATION.—A plan to increase community en17 gagement in education. 

18 (F) FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IN EDU19 CATION.—A plan to increase family engagement 

20 in education. 

21 (3) EXISTING PLANS, STRATEGIES, AND AS22 SESSMENTS.—Existing plans, strategies, needs as23 sessments, or assets assessments may be used to 

24 satisfy the requirements of this section if such exist25 ing plans, strategies, needs assessments, or assets 


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1 assessments include the information required by this 

2 section, or can be modified to do so, and are sub3 mitted to the Secretary with such modifications. 

4 SEC. 10. LOCAL USE OF FUNDS. 

5 (a) MANDATORY USE OF FUNDS.—A local consor6 tium that receives a subgrant under section 8 shall use 

7 the subgrant funds— 

8 (1) to integrate multiple private and public 

9 services into a comprehensive, coordinated con10 tinuum that meets the holistic needs of young peo11 ple; 

12 (2) to implement the comprehensive, coordi13 nated continuum of services described in paragraph 

14 (1) through research-based services producing quan15 tifiable results that align with the local results 

16 framework described in section 9(b)(2)(A); 

17 (3) to address the needs identified in the needs 

18 assessment carried out pursuant to section 

19 9(b)(2)(C) by leveraging the assets identified in the 

20 assets assessment carried out pursuant to section 

21 9(b)(2)(B); and 

22 (4) if applicable, to coordinate efforts with the 

23 specialized instructional support personnel employed 

24 by the school or the local educational agency partici25 pating in the local consortium. 


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1 (b) PERMISSIBLE USE OF FUNDS.—A local consor2 tium that receives a subgrant under section 8 may use 

3 the subgrant funds to coordinate, integrate, and enhance 

4 existing services, and provide new services, in order to pro5 vide young people with research-based, comprehensive 

6 services at, or that are connected to, schools, including— 

7 (1) community-based, integrated student serv8 ices; 

9 (2) full-service community schools; 

10 (3) high-quality early childhood development, 

11 including— 

12 (A) early childhood education; 

13 (B) programs under the Head Start Act 

14 (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), including Early Head 

15 Start programs; 

16 (C) early reading first programs; 

17 (D) child care services; 

18 (E) early childhood-school transition serv19 ices; 

20 (F) home visiting; 

21 (G) parenting education; and 

22 (H) services for young children with spe23 cial needs; 

24 (4) academic support services, including— 

25 (A) tutoring; 


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1 (B) extended day programs, including serv2 ices provided through 21st Century Community 

3 Learning Centers under part B of title IV of 

4 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

5 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171 et seq.); 

6 (C) programs for students and parents to 

7 learn together, including opportunities in such 

8 fields as technology, art, music, and language 

9 acquisition; 

10 (D) multiple pathways toward attaining a 

11 high school diploma and preparing students for 

12 college, including— 

13 (i) dual enrollment programs; 

14 (ii) early college high schools; 

15 (iii) strategies for preventing at-risk 

16 youth from dropping out of high school; 

17 (iv) dropout recovery strategies, in18 cluding strategies that award credit based 

19 on student performance instead of instruc20 tional time; and 

21 (v) other activities that combine rig22 orous coursework, personalized learning 

23 environments, practical applications, and 

24 comprehensive support services; 


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1 (E) summer enrichment and learning expe2 riences; and 

3 (F) services for students with disabilities; 

4 (5) health services, including— 

5 (A) primary health care; 

6 (B) dental care; 

7 (C) vision care; 

8 (D) hearing care; 

9 (E) mental health services; 

10 (F) nutrition services; 

11 (G) health education; and 

12 (H) developmental and habilitation services 

13 for young people with special needs; 

14 (6) youth development, including— 

15 (A) mentoring and other youth develop16 ment programs, including programs that engage 

17 older adults; 

18 (B) recreation and physical education; 

19 (C) service learning, civic education, lead20 ership development, entrepreneurship, and com21 munity service opportunities; 

22 (D) job training, career counseling, and in23 ternship opportunities; 

24 (E) career and technical education; 


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1 (F) college preparation and counseling 

2 services; and 

3 (G) positive behavioral interventions and 

4 supports; 

5 (7) social services for students and families, in6 cluding— 

7 (A) family support programs, including 

8 housing assistance, counseling, financial edu9 cation, crisis intervention, and related services; 

10 (B) programs that provide assistance to 

11 students who have been truant, suspended, or 

12 expelled; 

13 (C) programs or efforts intended to iden14 tify young people without a high school diploma 

15 and reengage the young people in school so that 

16 the young people may attain a high school di17 ploma; and 

18 (D) strategies that engage older adults as 

19 resources to students and families; 

20 (8) parent and adult education programs, in21 cluding— 

22 (A) programs that promote family literacy, 

23 including Even Start; 

24 (B) parent and caregiver leadership and 

25 parent and caregiver education activities; 


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1 (C) adult education, including instruction 

2 in English as a second language, and job train3 ing; and 

4 (D) citizenship preparation for individuals 

5 choosing to become United States citizens; 

6 (9) juvenile crime prevention and rehabilitation 

7 programs, including— 

8 (A) youth courts, teen courts, peer juries, 

9 and drug courts; and 

10 (B) tribal youth programs; 

11 (10) specialized instructional support services, 

12 including specialized instructional support personnel; 

13 (11) service coordination staffing that ensures 

14 young people receive comprehensive services to meet 

15 the holistic needs of the young people; 

16 (12) training, technical assistance, and profes17 sional development for school-based and community18 based personnel providing comprehensive services to 

19 children and youth; 

20 (13) subgrants to nonprofit and other organiza21 tions to implement the requirements and allowable 

22 services under this section; 

23 (14) reasonable program administration and 

24 planning associated with the activities required 

25 under this section; and 


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1 (15) other services consistent with this section. 

2 SEC. 11. CONSTRUCTION. 

3 Nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter or oth4 erwise affect the rights, remedies, and procedures afforded 

5 school or school district employees under Federal, State, 

6 or local laws (including applicable regulations or court or7 ders) or under the terms of collective bargaining agree8 ments, memoranda of understanding, or other agreements 

9 between such employees and their employers. 

10 SEC. 12. ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. 

11 (a) FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANS12 PARENCY.— 

13 (1) ANNUAL REPORT.—On an annual basis, the 

14 Secretary shall report to the public, Congress, and 

15 the President— 

16 (A) the collective progress made by— 

17 (i) States in achieving the goals estab18 lished within the State results frameworks 

19 described in section 6(c)(1); and 

20 (ii) communities in achieving the goals 

21 established within the local results frame22 works pursuant to section 9(b)(2)(A); 

23 (B) how funds under this Act were used by 

24 States and local consortia to improve the lives 

25 of children, youth, and families, including— 


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1 (i) the characteristics of the young 

2 people and families served by the activities 

3 and services assisted under this Act; 

4 (ii) the services and supports provided 

5 under this Act; and 

6 (iii) outcomes resulting from the ac7 tivities and services funded under this Act; 

8 (C) actions taken pursuant to paragraph 

9 (2) regarding misuse or ineffective use of funds; 

10 and 

11 (D) other information the Secretary deter12 mines to be of interest to the public. 

13 (2) CORRECTION OF DEFICIENCIES.—If the 

14 Secretary determines, based on a review of State an15 nual reports, State strategies, State data submis16 sions, evaluations, or other documentation, that a 

17 State or entity that receives funds through a grant 

18 or contract made under this Act makes insufficient 

19 progress toward achieving the goals established with20 in the State results framework pursuant to section 

21 6(c)(1) within 3 years of receiving a grant under 

22 section 5(a), or is misusing, ineffectively using, or 

23 otherwise not complying with the requirements of 

24 this Act, the Secretary shall— 


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1 (A) notify the State of the deficiencies that 

2 require correction and request that the State 

3 submit a plan to correct the deficiencies; 

4 (B) negotiate a plan to correct the defi5 ciencies, and provide appropriate training or 

6 technical assistance designed to assist the State 

7 in complying with the requirements of this Act; 

8 and 

9 (C) in the case that the State fails to sub10 mit or negotiate a plan to correct the defi11 ciencies or fails to make substantial efforts, 

12 within 6 months after the date of the notifica13 tion described in paragraph (1), to correct the 

14 deficiencies and comply with the requirements 

15 of this Act— 

16 (i) terminate the provision of funds 

17 under this Act to the State or entity for 

18 the remainder of the period of the grant or 

19 contract; and 

20 (ii) redistribute the terminated fund21 ing in the manner described in section 

22 5(c). 

23 (3) INDEPENDENT ONGOING EVALUATION.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

25 carry out an ongoing evaluation of the activities 


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1 conducted under this Act and shall submit the 

2 evaluation results to Congress and the public in 

3 July of 2014 and in July of 2016. 

4 (B) RIGOROUS AND INDEPENDENT EVAL5 UATION.—The Secretary shall enter into a con6 tract with an entity independent of the Depart7 ment of Education to carry out the evaluation 

8 required under this paragraph. To the extent 

9 the Secretary determines feasible, the evalua10 tion shall include large-scale, longitudinal, ran11 domized studies to identify the most effective 

12 combinations of academic and nonacademic 

13 interventions, including interventions adminis14 tered by community-based organizations, to 

15 achieve improvements in academic and other 

16 outcomes for students. 

17 (C) EVALUATION OUTCOMES.— 

18 (i) IN GENERAL.—The evaluation re19 quired under this paragraph shall measure 

20 the process of developing and imple21 menting effective partnerships among 

22 schools, school districts, families, students, 

23 and community partners, as well as the im24 pact of activities conducted under this Act, 


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1 which may include impacts on the fol2 lowing outcomes: 

3 (I) Student achievement as meas4 ured by assessment data, classroom 

5 grades, and other means of measuring 

6 student performance. 

7 (II) Graduation rates. 

8 (III) School readiness. 

9 (IV) Numbers of detentions, sus10 pensions, and expulsions. 

11 (V) Enrollment in postsecondary 

12 education. 

13 (VI) The degree of communica14 tion between schools and families. 

15 (VII) The degree of parental par16 ticipation in school activities. 

17 (VIII) Student health, including 

18 mental health and risk factors at 

19 birth. 

20 (IX) Student civic participation. 

21 (X) Attendance. 

22 (XI) The number of students and 

23 families receiving services. 

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1 tion with State educational agencies, 

2 local educational agencies, teacher or3 ganizations, secondary students, and 

4 nonprofit organizations providing 

5 services to children and youth. 

6 (ii) DISAGGREGATION.—The outcomes 

7 described in clause (i) shall be 

8 disaggregated by gender, race, and family 

9 income. 

10 (b) STATE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.— 

11 (1) ANNUAL REPORT.—On an annual basis, 

12 each State shall report to the public and the Sec13 retary such information as the Secretary may rea14 sonably require, including— 

15 (A) progress made toward achieving— 

16 (i) the goals established within the 

17 State results framework pursuant to sec18 tion 6(c)(1) disaggregated in the same 

19 manner as information is disaggregated 

20 under subsection (a)(3)(C)(ii); and 

21 (ii) the goals established within the 

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1 (B) how funds under this Act were used by 

2 States and local consortia to improve the lives 

3 of children, youth, and families, including— 

4 (i) the characteristics of the young 

5 people and families served by the activities 

6 and services assisted under this Act; 

7 (ii) the services and supports provided 

8 under this Act; and 

9 (iii) outcomes resulting from the ac10 tivities and services funded under this Act; 

11 (C) information on Federal barriers to ef12 fective State and local coordination; 

13 (D) the extent of coordination between 

14 State departments and agencies providing youth 

15 services in place to achieve the goals within the 

16 State results framework pursuant to section 

17 6(c)(1); 

18 (E) the extent to which the objectives and 

19 budgets of State departments and agencies pro20 viding child and youth services were consistent 

21 with the recommendations of the State strategy 

22 for the preceding year; 

23 (F) the efficiency and adequacy of State 

24 and local programs and policies with respect to 

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1 (G) actions taken pursuant to paragraph 

2 (2) regarding misuse or ineffective use of funds; 

3 and 

4 (H) other information the State determines 

5 to be of interest to the public. 

6 (2) CORRECTION OF DEFICIENCIES.—If the 

7 State determines, based on a review of reports, data 

8 submissions, evaluations, or other documentation, 

9 that a local consortium or organization that receives 

10 funds through a subgrant made under this Act 

11 makes insufficient progress toward achieving the 

12 goals established within the local results framework 

13 pursuant to section 9(b)(2)(A) within 3 years of re14 ceiving a subgrant under section 8, or is misusing, 

15 ineffectively using, or otherwise not complying with 

16 the requirements of this Act, the State shall— 

17 (A) notify the local consortium of the defi18 ciencies that require correction and request that 

19 the consortium submit a plan to correct the de20 ficiencies; 

21 (B) negotiate a plan to correct the defi22 ciencies, and provide appropriate training or 

23 technical assistance designed to assist the local 

24 consortium in complying with the requirements 

25 of this Act; and 


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1 (C) in the case that the local consortium 

2 fails to submit or negotiate a plan to correct 

3 the deficiencies or fails to make substantial ef4 forts, within 6 months after the date of the no5 tification described in subparagraph (A), to cor6 rect the deficiencies and comply with the re7 quirements of this Act, terminate the provision 

8 of funds under this Act to the local consortium 

9 or organization for the remainder of the period 

10 of the subgrant and redistribute the terminated 

11 funding in a manner determined by the State to 

12 be in the best interests of the children and 

13 youth in such State in accordance with this Act. 

14 (c) LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.— 

15 On an annual basis, each local consortium shall report to 

16 the public and the State such information as the State 

17 may reasonably require, including— 

18 (1) progress made toward achieving the goals 

19 established within the local results framework pursu20 ant to section 9(b)(2)(A) disaggregated in the same 

21 manner as information is disaggregated under sub22 section (a)(3)(C)(ii); 

23 (2) how funds under this Act were used by the 

24 local consortium and subgrant recipients to improve 

25 the lives of children, youth, and families, including— 


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1 (A) the characteristics of the young people 

2 and families served by the activities and serv3 ices assisted under this Act; 

4 (B) the services and supports provided 

5 under this Act; and 

6 (C) outcomes resulting from the activities 

7 and services funded under this Act; 

8 (3) information on State barriers to effective 

9 local coordination; 

10 (4) the extent of coordination between local 

11 agencies and organizations providing services to 

12 achieve the goals within the local results framework 

13 pursuant to section 9(b)(2)(A); and 

14 (5) other information the local consortium de15 termines to be of interest to the public. 

16 SEC. 13. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

17 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

18 this Act $2,500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012, 

19 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016. 

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