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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1295

To provide for dropout prevention.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

OCTOBER 20, 1997

Mr. BINGAMAN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and

referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

A BILL

To provide for dropout prevention.

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 TITLES.

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

5 ‘‘National Dropout Prevention Act of 1997’’.

6 (b) TABLE OF TITLES.—The table of titles of this

7 Act is as follows:

TITLE I—DROPOUT PREVENTION

TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE CARL D. PERKINS VOCATIONAL

AND APPLIED TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ACT

TITLE III—DROPOUT PREVENTION IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION

ACT OF 1965

TITLE IV—STATE RESPONSIBILITIES
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1 TITLE I—DROPOUT PREVENTION

2 SEC. 101. DROPOUT PREVENTION.

3 Part C of title V of the Elementary and Secondary

4 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7261 et seq.) is amend5 ed to read as follows:

6 ‘‘PART C—ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS SCHOOL

7 DROPOUT PROBLEMS

8 ‘‘Subpart 1—Coordinated National Strategy

9 ‘‘SEC. 5311. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

10 ‘‘(a) NATIONAL PRIORITY.—It shall be a national pri11 ority, for the 5-year period beginning on the date of enact12 ment of the National Dropout Prevention Act of 1997, to

13 lower the school dropout rate, and increase school comple14 tion, for middle school and secondary school students in

15 accordance with Federal law. As part of this priority, all

16 Federal agencies that carry out activities that serve stu17 dents at risk of dropping out of school or that are intended

18 to help address the school dropout problem shall make

19 school dropout prevention a top priority in the agencies’

20 funding priorities during the 5-year period.

21 ‘‘(b) ENHANCED DATA COLLECTION.—The Secretary

22 shall collect systematic data on the participation of dif23 ferent racial and ethnic groups (including migrant and

24 limited English proficient students) in all Federal pro25 grams.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 5312. NATIONAL SCHOOL DROPOUT PREVENTION

2 STRATEGY.

3 ‘‘(a) PLAN.—The Director shall develop, implement,

4 and monitor an interagency plan (in this section referred

5 to as the ‘‘plan’’) to assess the coordination, use of re6 sources, and availability of funding under Federal law that

7 can be used to address school dropout prevention, or mid8 dle school or secondary school reentry. The plan shall be

9 completed and transmitted to the Secretary and Congress

10 not later than 180 days after the first Director is ap11 pointed.

12 ‘‘(b) COORDINATION.—The plan shall address inter13 and intra-agency program coordination issues at the Fed14 eral level with respect to school dropout prevention and

15 middle school and secondary school reentry, assess the

16 targeting of existing Federal services to students who are

17 most at risk of dropping out of school, and the cost-effec18 tiveness of various programs and approaches used to ad19 dress school dropout prevention.

20 ‘‘(c) AVAILABLE RESOURCES.—The plan shall also

21 describe the ways in which State and local agencies can

22 implement effective school dropout prevention programs

23 using funds from a variety of Federal programs, including

24 the programs under title I of the Elementary and Second25 ary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) and
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1 the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C.

2 6101 et seq.).

3 ‘‘(d) SCOPE.—The plan will address all Federal pro4 grams with school dropout prevention or school reentry

5 elements or objectives, programs under chapter 1 of sub6 part 2 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act

7 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–11 et seq.), title I of the Ele8 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.

9 6301 et seq.), the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of

10 1994 (20 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), and part B of title IV

11 of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1691 et

12 seq.), and other programs.

13 ‘‘SEC. 5313. NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE.

14 ‘‘Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment

15 of the National Dropout Prevention Act of 1997, the Di16 rector shall establish a national clearinghouse on effective

17 school dropout prevention, intervention and reentry pro18 grams. The clearinghouse shall be established through a

19 competitive grant or contract awarded to an organization

20 with a demonstrated capacity to provide technical assist21 ance and disseminate information in the area of school

22 dropout prevention, intervention, and reentry programs.

23 The clearinghouse shall—

24 ‘‘(1) collect and disseminate to educators, par25 ents, and policymakers information on research, ef-
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1 fective programs, best practices, and available Fed2 eral resources with respect to school dropout preven3 tion, intervention, and reentry programs, including

4 dissemination by an electronically accessible

5 database, a worldwide Web site, and a national jour6 nal; and

7 ‘‘(2) provide technical assistance regarding se8 curing resources with respect to, and designing and

9 implementing, effective and comprehensive school

10 dropout prevention, intervention, and reentry pro11 grams.

12 ‘‘SEC. 5314. NATIONAL RECOGNITION PROGRAM.

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall carry out a

14 national recognition program that recognizes schools that

15 have made extraordinary progress in lowering school drop16 out rates under which a public middle school or secondary

17 school from each State will be recognized. The Director

18 shall use uniform national guidelines that are developed

19 by the Director for the recognition program and shall rec20 ognize schools from nominations submitted by State edu21 cational agencies.

22 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS.—The Director may recog23 nize any public middle school or secondary school (includ24 ing a charter school) that has implemented comprehensive
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1 reforms regarding the lowering of school dropout rates for

2 all students at that school.

3 ‘‘(c) SUPPORT.—The Director may make monetary

4 awards to schools recognized under this section, in

5 amounts determined by the Director. Amounts received

6 under this section shall be used for dissemination activities

7 within the school district or nationally.

8 ‘‘Subpart 2—National School Dropout Prevention

9 Initiative

10 ‘‘SEC. 5321. FINDINGS.

11 ‘‘Congress finds that, in order to lower dropout rates

12 and raise academic achievement levels, improved and rede13 signed schools must—

14 ‘‘(1) challenge all children to attain their high15 est academic potential; and

16 ‘‘(2) ensure that all students have substantial

17 and ongoing opportunities to—

18 ‘‘(A) achieve high levels of academic and

19 technical skills;

20 ‘‘(B) prepare for college and careers;

21 ‘‘(C) learn by doing;

22 ‘‘(D) work with teachers in small schools

23 within schools;

24 ‘‘(E) receive ongoing support from adult

25 mentors;
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1 ‘‘(F) access a wide variety of information

2 about careers and postsecondary education and

3 training;

4 ‘‘(G) use technology to enhance and moti5 vate learning; and

6 ‘‘(H) benefit from strong links among mid7 dle schools, secondary schools, and postsecond8 ary institutions.

9 ‘‘SEC. 5322. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

10 ‘‘(a) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.—

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the sum made avail12 able under section 5332(b) for a fiscal year the Sec13 retary shall make an allotment to each State in an

14 amount that bears the same relation to the sum as

15 the amount the State received under title I of the

16 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

17 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) for the preceding fiscal

18 year bears to the amount received by all States

19 under such title for the preceding fiscal year.

20 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION OF STATE.—In this subpart,

21 the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several States

22 of the United States, the District of Columbia, the

23 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States

24 Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Com25 monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Re-
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1 public of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States

2 of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.

3 ‘‘(b) GRANTS.—From amounts made available to a

4 State under subsection (a), the State educational agency

5 may award grants to public middle schools or secondary

6 schools, that have school dropout rates which are in the

highest 1 7 ⁄3 of all school dropout rates in the State, to en8 able the schools to pay only the startup and implementa9 tion costs of effective, sustainable, coordinated, and whole

10 school dropout prevention programs that involve activities

11 such as—

12 ‘‘(1) professional development;

13 ‘‘(2) obtaining curricular materials;

14 ‘‘(3) release time for professional staff; and

15 ‘‘(4) planning and research.

16 ‘‘(b) INTENT OF CONGRESS.—It is the intent of Con17 gress that the activities started or implemented under sub18 section (a) shall be continued with funding provided under

19 part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Edu20 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.).

21 ‘‘(c) NUMBER.—The State educational agency shall

22 award not more than 1,000 grants under this subpart dur23 ing the first year that the State receives an allotment

24 under this subpart, not more than 1,500 grants during
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1 the second such year, and not more than 2,000 grants

2 during the third such year.

3 ‘‘(d) AMOUNT.—

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (e)

5 and except as provided in paragraph (2), a grant

6 under this subpart shall be awarded—

7 ‘‘(A) in the first year that a school receives

8 a grant payment under this subpart, in an

9 amount that is not less than $50,000 and not

10 more than $100,000, based on factors such

11 as—

12 ‘‘(i) school size;

13 ‘‘(ii) costs of the model being imple14 mented; and

15 ‘‘(iii) local cost factors such as poverty

16 rates;

17 ‘‘(B) in the second such year, in an

18 amount that is not less than 75 percent of the

19 amount the school received under this subpart

20 in the first such year;

21 ‘‘(C) in the third year, in an amount that

22 is not less than 50 percent of the amount the

23 school received under this subpart in the first

24 such year; and
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1 ‘‘(D) in each succeeding year in an amount

2 that is not less than 30 percent of the amount

3 the school received under this subpart in the

4 first such year.

5 ‘‘(2) INCREASES.—The Director shall increase

6 the amount awarded to a school under this subpart

7 by 10 percent if the school creates smaller learning

8 communities within the school and the creation is

9 certified by the State educational agency.

10 ‘‘(e) DURATION.—A grant under this subpart shall

11 be awarded for a period of 3 years, and may be continued

12 for a period of 2 additional years if the State educational

13 agency determines, based on the annual reports described

14 in section 5328(a), that significant progress has been

15 made in lowering the school dropout rate for students par16 ticipating in the program assisted under this subpart com17 pared to students at similar schools who are not partici18 pating in the program.

19 ‘‘SEC. 5323. STRATEGIES AND ALLOWABLE MODELS.

20 ‘‘(a) STRATEGIES.—Each school receiving a grant

21 under this subpart shall implement research-based, sus22 tainable, and widely replicated, strategies for school drop23 out prevention and reentry that address the needs of an

24 entire school population rather than a subset of students.

25 The strategies may include—
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1 ‘‘(1) specific strategies for targeted purposes;

2 and

3 ‘‘(2) approaches such as breaking larger schools

4 down into smaller learning communities and other

5 comprehensive reform approaches, developing clear

6 linkages to career skills and employment, and ad7 dressing specific gatekeeper hurdles that often limit

8 student retention and academic success.

9 ‘‘(b) ALLOWABLE MODELS.—The Director shall an10 nually establish and publish in the Federal Register the

11 principles, criteria, models, and other parameters regard12 ing the types of effective, proven program models that are

13 allowed to be used under this subpart, based on existing

14 research.

15 ‘‘(c) CAPACITY BUILDING.—

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director, through a

17 contract with a non-Federal entity, shall conduct a

18 capacity building and design initiative in order to in19 crease the types of proven strategies for dropout

20 prevention on a schoolwide level.

21 ‘‘(2) NUMBER AND DURATION.—

22 ‘‘(A) NUMBER.—The Director shall award

23 not more than 5 contracts under this sub24 section.
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1 ‘‘(B) DURATION.—The Director shall

2 award a contract under this section for a period

3 of not more than 5 years.

4 ‘‘(d) SUPPORT FOR EXISTING REFORM NET5 WORKS.—

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall provide

7 appropriate support to eligible entities to enable the

8 eligible entities to provide training, materials, devel9 opment, and staff assistance to schools assisted

10 under this subpart.

11 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The

12 term ‘eligible entity’ means an entity that, prior to

13 the date of enactment of the National Dropout Pre14 vention Act of 1997—

15 ‘‘(A) provided training, technical assist16 ance, and materials to 100 or more elementary

17 schools or secondary schools; and

18 ‘‘(B) developed and published a specific

19 educational program or design for use by the

20 schools.

21 ‘‘SEC. 5324. SELECTION OF SCHOOLS.

22 ‘‘(a) SCHOOL APPLICATION.—

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each school desiring a

24 grant under this subpart shall submit an application

25 to the State educational agency at such time, in
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1 such manner, and accompanied by such information

2 as the State educational agency may require.

3 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted

4 under paragraph (1) shall—

5 ‘‘(A) contain a certification from the local

6 educational agency serving the school that—

7 ‘‘(i) the school has the highest number

8 or rates of school dropouts in the age

9 group served by the local educational agen10 cy;

11 ‘‘(ii) the local educational agency is

12 committed to providing ongoing oper13 ational support, for the school’s com14 prehensive reform plan to address the

15 problem of school dropouts, for a period of

16 5 years; and

17 ‘‘(iii) the local educational agency will

18 support the plan, including—

19 ‘‘(I) release time for teacher

20 training;

21 ‘‘(II) efforts to coordinate activi22 ties for feeder schools; and

23 ‘‘(III) encouraging other schools

24 served by the local educational agency

25 to participate in the plan;
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1 ‘‘(B) demonstrate that the faculty and ad2 ministration of the school have agreed to apply

3 for assistance under this subpart, and provide

4 evidence of the school’s willingness and ability

5 to use the funds under this subpart, including

6 providing an assurance of the support of 80

7 percent or more of the professional staff at the

8 school;

9 ‘‘(C) describe the instructional strategies

10 to be implemented, how the strategies will serve

11 all students, and the effectiveness of the strate12 gies;

13 ‘‘(D) describe a budget and timeline for

14 implementing the strategies;

15 ‘‘(E) contain evidence of interaction with

16 an eligible entity described in section

17 5323(d)(2);

18 ‘‘(F) contain evidence of coordination with

19 existing resources;

20 ‘‘(G) provide an assurance that funds pro21 vided under this subpart will supplement and

22 not supplant other Federal, State, and local

23 funds;
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1 ‘‘(H) describe how the activities to be as2 sisted conform with an allowable model de3 scribed in section 5323(b); and

4 ‘‘(I) demonstrate that the school and local

5 educational agency have agreed to conduct a

6 schoolwide program under 1114.

7 ‘‘(b) STATE AGENCY REVIEW AND AWARD.—The

8 State educational agency shall review applications and

9 award grants to schools under subsection (a) according to

10 a review by a panel of experts on school dropout preven11 tion.

12 ‘‘(c) CRITERIA.—The Director shall establish clear

13 and specific selection criteria for awarding grants to

14 schools under this subpart. Such criteria shall be based

15 on school dropout rates and other relevant factors for

16 State educational agencies to use in determining the num17 ber of grants to award and the type of schools to be award18 ed grants.

19 ‘‘(d) ELIGIBILITY.—

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A school is eligible to re21 ceive a grant under this subpart if the school is—

22 ‘‘(A) a public school—

23 ‘‘(i) that is eligible to receive assist24 ance under part A of title I of the Elemen25 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
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1 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.), including a com2 prehensive secondary school, a vocational

3 or technical secondary school, and a char4 ter school; and

5 ‘‘(ii)(I) that serves students 50 per6 cent or more of whom are low-income indi7 viduals; or

8 ‘‘(II) with respect to which the feeder

9 schools that provide the majority of the in10 coming students to the school serve stu11 dents 50 percent or more of whom are low12 income individuals; or

13 ‘‘(B) is participating in a schoolwide pro14 gram under section 1114 during the grant pe15 riod.

16 ‘‘(2) OTHER SCHOOLS.—A private or parochial

17 school, an alternative school, or a school within a

18 school, is not eligible to receive a grant under this

19 subpart, but an alternative school or school within a

20 school may be served under this subpart as part of

21 a whole school reform effort within an entire school

22 building.

23 ‘‘(e) COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.—A school

24 that receives a grant under this subpart may use the grant
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1 funds to secure necessary services from a community2 based organization, including private sector entities, if—

3 ‘‘(1) the school approves the use;

4 ‘‘(2) the funds are used to provide school drop5 out prevention and reentry activities related to

6 schoolwide efforts; and

7 ‘‘(3) the community-based organization has

8 demonstrated the organization’s ability to provide ef9 fective services as described in section 107(a) of the

10 Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1517(a)).

11 ‘‘(f) COORDINATION.—Each school that receives a

12 grant under this subpart shall coordinate the activities as13 sisted under this subpart with other Federal programs,

14 such as programs assisted under chapter 1 of subpart 2

15 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965

16 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–11 et seq.) and the School-to-Work Op17 portunities Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.).

18 ‘‘SEC. 5325. DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES.

19 ‘‘Each school that receives a grant under this subpart

20 shall provide information and technical assistance to other

21 schools within the school district, including presentations,

22 document-sharing, and joint staff development.

23 ‘‘SEC. 5326. PROGRESS INCENTIVES.

24 ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each

25 local educational agency that receives funds under title I
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1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

2 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) shall use such funding to provide

3 assistance to schools served by the agency that have not

4 made progress toward lowering school dropout rates after

5 receiving assistance under this subpart for 2 fiscal years.

6 ‘‘SEC. 5327. SCHOOL DROPOUT RATE CALCULATION.

7 ‘‘For purposes of calculating a school dropout rate

8 under this subpart, a school shall use—

9 ‘‘(1) the annual event school dropout rate for

10 students leaving a school in a single year determined

11 in accordance with the National Center for Edu12 cation Statistics’ Common Core of Data, if available;

13 or

14 ‘‘(2) in other cases, a standard method for cal15 culating the school dropout rate as determined by

16 the State educational agency.

17 ‘‘SEC. 5328. REPORTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

18 ‘‘(a) REPORTING.—In order to receive funding under

19 this subpart for a fiscal year after the first fiscal year a

20 school receives funding under this subpart, the school shall

21 provide, on an annual basis, to the Director a report re22 garding the status of the implementation of activities

23 funded under this subpart, the disaggregated outcome

24 data for students at schools assisted under this subpart

25 such as dropout rates, and certification of progress from
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1 the eligible entity whose strategies the school is imple2 menting.

3 ‘‘(b) ACCOUNTABILITY.—On the basis of the reports

4 submitted under subsection (a), the Director shall evaluate

5 the effect of the activities assisted under this subpart on

6 school dropout prevention compared to a control group.

7 ‘‘SEC. 5329. PROHIBITION ON TRACKING.

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A school shall be ineligible to re9 ceive funding under this subpart for a fiscal year, if the

10 school—

11 ‘‘(1) has in place a general education track;

12 ‘‘(2) provides courses with significantly dif13 ferent material and requirements to students at the

14 same grade level; or

15 ‘‘(3) fails to encourage all students to take a

16 core curriculum of courses.

17 ‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall promul18 gate regulations implementing subsection (a).

19 ‘‘Subpart 3—Definitions; Authorization of

20 Appropriations

21 ‘‘SEC. 5331. DEFINITIONS.

22 ‘‘In this Act:

23 ‘‘(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means

24 the Director of the Office of Dropout Prevention and
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1 Program Completion established under section 219

2 of the General Education Provisions Act.

3 ‘‘(2) LOW-INCOME.—The term ‘‘low-income’’,

4 used with respect to an individual, means an individ5 ual determined to be low-income in accordance with

6 measures described in section 1113(a)(5) of the Ele7 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20

8 U.S.C. 6313(a)(5)).

9 ‘‘(3) SCHOOL DROPOUT.—The term ‘‘school

10 dropout’’ has the meaning given the term in section

11 4(17) of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of

12 1994 (20 U.S.C. 6103(17)).

13 ‘‘SEC. 5332. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

14 ‘‘(a) SUBPART 1.—There are authorized to be appro15 priated to carry out subpart 1, $5,000,000 for fiscal year

16 1999 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the

17 4 succeeding fiscal years.

18 ‘‘(b) SUBPART 2.—There are authorized to be appro19 priated to carry out subpart 2, $95,000,000 for fiscal year

20 1999 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the

21 4 succeeding fiscal years, of which—

22 ‘‘(1) $75,000,000 shall be available to carry out

23 section 5322; and

24 ‘‘(2) $20,000,000 shall be available to carry out

25 section 5323.’’.
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1 SEC. 102. OFFICE OF DROPOUT PREVENTION AND PRO2 GRAM COMPLETION.

3 Title II of the Department of Education Organization

4 Act (20 U.S.C. 3411) is amended—

5 (1) by redesignating section 216 (as added by

6 Public Law 103–227) as section 218; and

7 (2) by adding after section 218 (as redesignated

8 by paragraph (1)) the following:

9 ‘‘OFFICE OF DROPOUT PREVENTION AND PROGRAM

10 COMPLETION

11 ‘‘SEC. 219. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be in

12 the Department of Education an Office of Dropout Pre13 vention and Program Completion (hereafter in this section

14 referred to as the ‘Office’), to be administered by the Di15 rector of the Office of Dropout Prevention and Program

16 Completion. The Director of the Office shall report di17 rectly to the Secretary and shall perform such additional

18 functions as the Secretary may prescribe.

19 ‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Director of the Office of Dropout

20 Prevention and Program Completion (hereafter in this

21 section referred to as the ‘Director’), through the Office,

22 shall—

23 ‘‘(1) help coordinate Federal, State, and local

24 efforts to lower school dropout rates and increase

25 program completion by middle school, secondary

26 school, and college students;
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1 ‘‘(2) recommend Federal policies, objectives,

2 and priorities to lower school dropout rates and in3 crease program completion;

4 ‘‘(3) oversee the implementation of subpart 2 of

5 part C of title V of the Elementary and Secondary

6 Education Act of 1965;

7 ‘‘(4) develop and implement the National

8 School Dropout Prevention Strategy under section

9 5312 of the Elementary and Secondary Education

10 Act of 1965;

11 ‘‘(5) annually prepare and submit to Congress

12 and the Secretary a national report describing ef13 forts and recommended actions regarding school

14 dropout prevention and program completion;

15 ‘‘(6) recommend action to the Secretary and the

16 President, as appropriate, regarding school dropout

17 prevention and program completion; and

18 ‘‘(7) consult with and assist State and local

19 governments regarding school dropout prevention

20 and program completion.

21 ‘‘(c) SCOPE OF DUTIES.—The scope of the Director’s

22 duties under subsection (b) shall include examination of

23 all Federal and non-Federal efforts related to—

24 ‘‘(1) promoting program completion for children

25 attending middle school or secondary school;
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1 ‘‘(2) programs to obtain a secondary school di2 ploma or its recognized equivalent (including general

3 equivalency diploma (GED) programs), or college

4 degree programs; and

5 ‘‘(3) reentry programs for individuals aged 12

6 to 24 who are out of school.

7 ‘‘(d) DETAILING.—In carrying out the Director’s du8 ties under this section, the Director may request the head

9 of any Federal department or agency to detail personnel

10 who are engaged in school dropout prevention activities

11 to another Federal department or agency in order to im12 plement the National School Dropout Prevention Strat13 egy.’’.

14 TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE

15 CARL D. PERKINS VOCA16 TIONAL AND APPLIED TECH17 NOLOGY EDUCATION ACT

18 SEC. 201. PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND EXPECTED LEV19 ELS OF PERFORMANCE.

20 Section 115 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and

21 Applied Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2325) is

22 amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 115. PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND EXPECTED LEV2 ELS OF PERFORMANCE.

3 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PERFORMANCE MEAS4 URES.—After consultation with State educational agen5 cies, local educational agencies, eligible recipients, and

6 other interested parties (including representatives of busi7 ness and representatives of labor organizations), the Sec8 retary—

9 ‘‘(1) shall establish and publish performance

10 measures to assess the progress of each State edu11 cational agency in achieving—

12 ‘‘(A) student mastery of academic skills;

13 ‘‘(B) student mastery of vocational skill

14 proficiencies for students in vocational edu15 cation programs, that are necessary for the re16 ceipt of a secondary school diploma or its recog17 nized equivalent, or a secondary school skill cer18 tificate; and

19 ‘‘(C) placement in, retention in, and com20 pletion of, secondary school education (as deter21 mined under State law) and postsecondary edu22 cation; and

23 ‘‘(2) may establish and publish performance

24 measures to assess the progress of each State edu25 cational agency in achieving—
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1 ‘‘(A) student mastery of job readiness

2 skills;

3 ‘‘(B) receipt of a postsecondary degree or

4 certificate;

5 ‘‘(C) placement and retention in employ6 ment and in military service, including for spe7 cial populations;

8 ‘‘(D) participation in and completion of

9 nontraditional vocational education programs;

10 and

11 ‘‘(E) other performance measures as deter12 mined by the Secretary.

13 ‘‘(b) EXPECTED LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE.—In de14 veloping a State plan under section 113, each State shall

15 negotiate with the Secretary the expected levels of per16 formance for the performance measures described in

17 subsection (a).’’.

18 SEC. 202. STATE LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES.

19 Section 201 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and

20 Applied Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2331 et

21 seq.) is amended to read as follows:

22 ‘‘SEC. 201. STATE LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES.

23 ‘‘(a) MANDATORY.—Each State shall use the funds

24 reserved under section 102(a)(3) to conduct State leader25 ship activities that further the development, implementa-
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1 tion, and improvement of vocational education within the

2 State and that are integrated, to the maximum extent pos3 sible, with challenging State academic standards, includ4 ing—

5 ‘‘(1) providing comprehensive professional de6 velopment (including initial teacher preparation) for

7 vocational, academic, guidance, and administrative

8 personnel, that—

9 ‘‘(A) will help the teachers and personnel

10 to meet the expected levels of performance es11 tablished under section 115;

12 ‘‘(B) reflects the State educational agen13 cy’s assessment of the State educational agen14 cy’s needs for professional development; and

15 ‘‘(C) is integrated with the professional de16 velopment activities that the State carries out

17 under title II of the Elementary and Secondary

18 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6001 et

19 seq.);

20 ‘‘(2) monitoring and evaluating the quality of,

21 and improvement in, activities conducted with assist22 ance under this title; and

23 ‘‘(3) ensuring that sufficient vocational edu24 cation programs are provided under this title for
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1 adults and school dropouts to complete their second2 ary school education.

3 ‘‘(b) PERMISSIVE.—Each State may use the funds re4 served under section 102(a)(3) for—

5 ‘‘(1) improving guidance and counseling pro6 grams that assist students in making informed edu7 cation and vocational decisions;

8 ‘‘(2) supporting vocational student organiza9 tions, especially with respect to efforts to increase

10 the participation of students who are members of

11 special populations;

12 ‘‘(3) providing assistance to students who have

13 participated in services and activities under this title

14 in finding an appropriate job and continuing their

15 education;

16 ‘‘(4) developing and disseminating curricula

17 that are aligned, as appropriate, with challenging

18 State academic standards, and vocational and tech19 nological skills;

20 ‘‘(5) promoting gender equity in secondary and

21 postsecondary vocational education;

22 ‘‘(6) supporting tech-prep education activities;

23 ‘‘(7) improving and expanding the use of tech24 nology in instruction;
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1 ‘‘(8) supporting partnerships among local edu2 cational agencies, institutions of higher education,

3 adult education providers, and, as appropriate, other

4 entities, such as employers, labor organizations, par5 ents, and local partnerships, to enable students to

6 achieve to challenging State academic standards,

7 and vocational and technological skills; and

8 ‘‘(9) serving individuals in State institutions,

9 such as State correctional institutions and institu10 tions that serve individuals with disabilities.’’.

11 SEC. 203. LOCAL ACTIVITIES.

12 Subsection (c) of section 235 of the Carl D. Perkins

13 Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act (20

14 U.S.C. 2342(c)) is amended to read as follows:

15 ‘‘(c) LOCAL ACTIVITIES.—

16 ‘‘(1) MANDATORY.—Funds made available to

17 an eligible recipient under this part shall be used—

18 ‘‘(A) to conduct vocational education pro19 grams, and technological education programs

20 related to vocational education, that further

21 student achievement;

22 ‘‘(B) to provide services and activities that

23 are of sufficient size, scope, and quality to be

24 effective;
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1 ‘‘(C) to integrate academic education with

2 vocational education for students participating

3 in vocational education;

4 ‘‘(D) to provide services and activities de5 signed to engage students of varying levels of

6 academic performance;

7 ‘‘(E) to link secondary education (as deter8 mined under State law) and postsecondary edu9 cation, including implementing tech-prep pro10 grams;

11 ‘‘(F) to provide professional development

12 activities to teachers, counselors, and adminis13 trators, including—

14 ‘‘(i) inservice and preservice training

15 in state-of-the-art vocational education pro16 grams;

17 ‘‘(ii) internship programs that provide

18 business experience to teachers; and

19 ‘‘(iii) programs designed to train

20 teachers specifically in the use and applica21 tion of technology;

22 ‘‘(G) to improve or expand the use of tech23 nology in vocational instruction, including pro24 fessional development in the use of technology,

25 which may include distance learning;
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1 ‘‘(H) to expand, improve, and modernize

2 quality vocational education programs;

3 ‘‘(I) to provide access to quality vocational

4 education programs for students, including stu5 dents who are members of special populations;

6 ‘‘(J) to develop and implement perform7 ance management systems and evaluations;

8 ‘‘(K) to promote gender equity in second9 ary and postsecondary vocational education;

10 and

11 ‘‘(L) to provide vocational education pro12 grams for adults and school dropouts to com13 plete their secondary school education.

14 ‘‘(2) PERMISSIVE.—Funds made available to an

15 eligible recipient under this part may be used—

16 ‘‘(A) to carry out student internships;

17 ‘‘(B) to provide guidance and counseling

18 for students participating in vocational edu19 cation programs;

20 ‘‘(C) to acquire and adapt equipment, in21 cluding instructional aids;

22 ‘‘(D) to support vocational student organi23 zations;

24 ‘‘(E) to provide assistance to students who

25 have participated in services and activities
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1 under this title in finding an appropriate job

2 and continuing their education; and

3 ‘‘(F) to support other activities that are

4 consistent with the purpose of this Act.’’.

5 TITLE III—DROPOUT PREVEN6 TION IN THE HIGHER EDU7 CATION ACT OF 1965

8 SEC. 301. TRIO MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM.

9 Chapter 1 of subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the

10 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–11 et

11 seq.) is amended—

12 (1) by redesignating section 402H as 402I; and

13 (2) by inserting after section 402G the follow14 ing:

15 ‘‘SEC. 402H. TRIO MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM.

16 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall

17 carry out a program to be known as the Trio Middle

18 School Program which shall be designed to generate skills

19 and motivation necessary for success in making the transi20 tion to secondary school and completing secondary school.

21 ‘‘(b) PERMISSIBLE SERVICES.—Any Trio Middle

22 School project assisted under this chapter may provide

23 services to students in grades 6, 7, or 8, such as—
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1 ‘‘(1) instruction in reading, writing, study

2 skills, mathematics, and other subjects necessary for

3 success in making the transition to secondary school;

4 ‘‘(2) personal counseling;

5 ‘‘(3) academic advice and assistance in course

6 selection and preparation for secondary school;

7 ‘‘(4) tutorial services;

8 ‘‘(5) exposure to cultural events, academic pro9 grams, and other activities not usually available to

10 disadvantaged youth;

11 ‘‘(6) activities designed to acquaint youths par12 ticipating in the project with the range of career op13 tions available to the youths;

14 ‘‘(7) mentoring programs involving elementary

15 or secondary school teachers, faculty members at in16 stitutions of higher education, students, or any com17 bination of such persons; and

18 ‘‘(8) programs and activities described in para19 graphs (1) through (7) which are specially designed

20 for students of limited English proficiency.

21 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR APPROVAL OF APPLICA22 TIONS.—In approving applications for early intervention

23 projects under this chapter for any fiscal year, the Sec24 retary shall—
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‘‘(1) require an assurance that not less than 2 1 ⁄3

2 of the youths participating in the project proposed

3 to be carried out under any application be low-in4 come individuals who will be first generation college

5 students;

6 ‘‘(2) require an assurance that the remaining

7 youths participating in the project proposed to be

8 carried out under any application be low-income in9 dividuals or will be first generation college students;

10 and

11 ‘‘(3) require that there be a determination by

12 the institution, with respect to each participant in

13 such project that the participant has a need for aca14 demic support in order to make the transition to sec15 ondary school.

16 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

17 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

18 $45,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and such sums as may

19 be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.’’.

20 SEC. 302. TRIO AWARD CONSIDERATIONS.

21 Section 402A(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965

22 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–11(c)) is amended—

23 (1) by striking ‘‘(1) PRIOR EXPERIENCE.—In

24 making grants’’ and inserting the following:

25 ‘‘(1) CONSIDERATIONS.—
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1 ‘‘(A) PRIOR EXPERIENCE.—In making

2 grants’’;

3 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1)(A) (as re4 designated by paragraph (1)) the following new sub5 paragraph:

6 ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS.—

7 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In making grants

8 and contracts under this chapter, the Sec9 retary shall consider—

10 ‘‘(I) the degree to which the ap11 plicant will serve student populations

12 that are underrepresented in grants

13 and contracts previously made under

14 this chapter; and

15 ‘‘(II) in the case of grants and

16 contracts awarded under sections

17 402B and 402C, the degree to which

18 the applicant serves individuals from

19 population groups with disproportion20 ately high dropout rates from second21 ary schools.

22 ‘‘(ii) LEVEL OF CONSIDERATION.—

23 The level of consideration given to the fac24 tors described in this subparagraph shall

25 be equal to the level of consideration given
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1 for prior experience under subparagraph

2 (A).

3 ‘‘(iii) SPECIAL RULE.—The Secretary

4 shall give consideration to an applicant de5 scribed in subclause (I) or (II) of clause

6 (i), except that the Secretary shall not give

7 any additional consideration to an appli8 cant described in both such subclauses.’’;

9 and

10 (3) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and other

11 additional considerations’’ after ‘‘prior experience’’.

12 SEC. 303. LOCAL COORDINATION.

13 The last sentence of section 402A(c)(6) of the Higher

14 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–11) is amended

15 to read as follows: ‘‘The Secretary shall permit a Director

16 of a program assisted under this chapter to administer

17 1 or more other programs assisted under this chapter.’’.

18 SEC. 304. ADDITIONAL TRIO REQUIREMENTS.

19 Section 402A(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965

20 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–11(c)) is amended further by adding

21 at the end the following:

22 ‘‘(7) COORDINATION INCENTIVES.—The Sec23 retary shall provide an eligible recipient an addi24 tional 5 percent of the amount of any grant or con25 tract funds awarded the eligible recipient under this
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1 chapter if the program or project for which the re2 cipient receives the funds provides a continuum of

3 services to a school or student cohort that is served

4 pursuant to a different grant or contract under this

5 chapter.

6 ‘‘(8) RECRUITING.—Each recipient of a grant

7 or contract under this chapter shall not engage in

8 recruiting practices for student participation in the

9 program or project assisted under the grant or con10 tract that limit the opportunities for at-risk youth to

11 participate in the program or project, such as—

12 ‘‘(A) solely relying on posted flyers or

13 other passive means for recruitment for such

14 participation; or

15 ‘‘(B) screening out students with discipli16 nary problems that result in suspensions of less

17 than 10 days of school per academic year.

18 ‘‘(9) STUDENTS SERVED.—Notwithstanding

19 any other provision of this chapter, each recipient of

20 a grant or contract for a program or project assisted

21 under section 402B, 402C, or 420H shall ensure

that 1 22 ⁄3 of the students served under the program or

23 project are at-risk of not completing middle school,

24 secondary school, or college due to factors such as

25 chronic truancy, disciplinary proceedings, retention
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1 in grade, family mobility, or being from a family

2 whose taxable income for the preceding year did not

3 exceed 75 percent of an amount equal to the poverty

4 level determined by using criteria of poverty estab5 lished by the Bureau of the Census.

6 ‘‘(11) COUNSELING.—Each recipient of a grant

7 or contract for a program or project assisted under

8 this chapter shall coordinate activities with, and in9 vite to professional development activities, middle or

10 secondary school counselors in the area served by

11 the program or project.

12 SEC. 305. WORK STUDY.

13 Section 402C of the Higher Education Act of 1965

14 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–13) is amended—

15 (1) in subsection (b)—

16 (A) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’

17 after the semicolon;

18 (B) by redesignating paragraph (10) as

19 paragraph (11);

20 (C) in paragraph (11) (as redesignated by

21 subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘(9)’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘(10)’’; and

23 (D) by inserting after paragraph (9) the

24 following:
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1 ‘‘(10) provision of work-study positions where

2 youth participating in the project are exposed to ca3 reers requiring a postsecondary degree; and’’;

4 (2) in subsection (e), by inserting before the pe5 riod the following: ‘‘, except that youths participat6 ing in work-study positions under subsection (b)(10)

7 may be paid stipends of $300 per month during

8 June, July, and August’’; and

9 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub10 section:

11 ‘‘(f) UPWARD BOUND STUDENT RETENTION.—Each

12 recipient of a grant or contract under this section shall—

13 ‘‘(1) set as an outcome objective for the project

14 assisted under this section that not less than 75 per15 cent of the individuals served under the project for

16 a fiscal year shall be served pursuant to the project

17 in the succeeding fiscal year;

18 ‘‘(2) monitor and report to the Secretary the

19 student retention rates for the project; and

20 ‘‘(3) make adjustments in the project in order

21 to increase student retention rates to 75 percent

22 during the period of the grant or contract.
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1 SEC. 306. SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WHOSE FAM2 ILIES ARE ENGAGED IN MIGRANT AND SEA3 SONAL FARMWORK.

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Section 418A of the Higher Edu5 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070d–2) is amended—

6 (1) by redesignating subsections (a) through

7 (e), (f), and (g) as subsections (b) through (f), (i),

8 and (j), respectively; and

9 (2) by inserting before subsection (b) (as redes10 ignated by paragraph (1)) the following:

11 ‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds as follows:

12 ‘‘(1) Migrant workers are the most disadvan13 taged economic subgroup in the Nation.

14 ‘‘(2) Migrant workers are also the most educa15 tionally disadvantaged group in society.

16 ‘‘(3) The high school dropout rate for migrant

17 children exceeds 50 percent, the highest dropout rate

18 of any subgroup in the Nation.

19 ‘‘(4) The children of migrant families are the

20 least likely of all children to participate in post21 secondary education.

22 ‘‘(5) Successful participation by migrant stu23 dents in high school and postsecondary education

24 must be a national priority.

25 ‘‘(6) The high school equivalency program

26 under this section has shown remarkable success
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1 rates in educating migrant young people who have

2 dropped out of high school, with 69 percent of the

3 students participating in the program attaining their

4 high school diploma or its recognized equivalent, and

5 over 70 percent of those students continuing on to

6 postsecondary education.

7 ‘‘(7) The college assistance migrant program

8 under this section has successfully aided 96 percent

9 of its migrant students in completing their first year

10 of undergraduate education, with 73 percent of the

11 students participating in the program going on to

12 receive a baccalaureate degree.

13 ‘‘(8) Prior to the creation of the high school

14 equivalency program and the college assistance mi15 grant program, there is no record of a single son or

16 daughter of a migrant family having completed col17 lege. With the programs, hundreds of students re18 ceive baccalaureate degrees annually.

19 ‘‘(9) The high school equivalency program and

20 the college assistance migrant program are model

21 programs for reversing dropout statistics and pro22 moting successful participation in higher education

23 by migrant students.

24 ‘‘(10) The high school equivalency program and

25 the college assistance migrant program should be ex-
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1 panded to reach more students and should be con2 sidered as potential models for the development of

3 other programs to serve disadvantaged populations

4 with high dropout rates and low college attendance

5 rates. Limited funding for the programs allows the

6 programs to serve fewer than one in ten of the stu7 dents eligible to benefit from the programs.’’.

8 (b) CONSIDERATION OF PRIOR EXPERIENCE; CO9 ORDINATION OF SERVICES.—Section 418A of such Act is

10 amended—

11 (1) in subsection (f) (as redesignated by sub12 section (a)(1)), by striking ‘‘PERIOD; CONSIDER13 ATION OF PRIOR EXPERIENCE.—’’ and inserting

14 ‘‘PERIOD.—’’;

15 (2) by inserting after such subsection (f) the

16 following:

17 ‘‘(g) CONSIDERATIONS.—

18 ‘‘(1) PRIOR EXPERIENCE.—’’;

19 (3) by transferring and inserting the last 2 sen20 tences of such subsection (f) after the paragraph

21 heading for subsection (g)(1); and

22 (4) by adding at the end of subsection (g) the

23 following:

24 ‘‘(2) COORDINATION OF SERVICES.—For the

25 purpose of making grants under this subpart, the
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1 Secretary shall consider the degree to which the ap2 plicant demonstrates that the applicant will coordi3 nate its project with other local, State, and Federal

4 programs that provide health and education services

5 for migrant students.’’.

6 (c) DATA COLLECTION.—Section 418A of such Act

7 is amended by inserting after subsection (g) (as inserted

8 by subsection (b)) the following:

9 ‘‘(h) DATA COLLECTION.—

10 ‘‘(1) LONGITUDINAL STUDY.—The Secretary

11 shall develop and conduct a longitudinal study of—

12 ‘‘(A) the educational attainment of mi13 grant students; and

14 ‘‘(B) the health and education needs of

15 such students.

16 ‘‘(2) NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STA17 TISTICS.—The Assistant Secretary for Educational

18 Research and Improvement appointed under section

19 202(b) of the Department of Education Organiza20 tion Act (20 U.S.C. 3412(b)), through the National

21 Center for Education Statistics—

22 ‘‘(A) shall collect—

23 ‘‘(i) data on migrant students as part

24 of the common core of data collected by

25 such center; and
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1 ‘‘(ii) postsecondary education data on

2 migrant students; and

3 ‘‘(B) shall maintain such data in a manner

4 such that the data is discernible from data col5 lected on other student groups.

6 ‘‘(3) OTHER DATA.—The Secretary shall collect

7 data on migrant students in any case where the Sec8 retary collects data on students on a racial or ethnic

9 basis.’’.

10 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub11 section (j) of section 418A of such Act (as redesignated

12 by subsection (a)(1)) is amended—

13 (1) in paragraph (1)—

14 (A) by striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘$30,000,000’’; and

16 (B) by striking ‘‘1993’’ and inserting

17 ‘‘1999’’;

18 (2) in paragraph (2)—

19 (A) by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting

20 ‘‘$15,000,000’’; and

21 (B) by striking ‘‘1993’’ and inserting

22 ‘‘1999’’; and

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

24 ‘‘(3) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry

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1 such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeed2 ing fiscal years.’’.

3 (e) SPECIAL RULE.—Section 418A of such Act is

4 amended by adding at the end the following:

5 ‘‘(k) SPECIAL RULE.—

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

7 which appropriations for the high school equivalency

8 program exceed $20,000,000, and the appropriations

9 for the college assistance migrant program exceed

10 $10,000,000, and for which such appropriations are

11 made after the date of the enactment of this sub12 section, the Secretary may use not more than

13 $5,000,000 from each such amount to make grants

14 to eligible institutions (as defined in paragraph (2))

15 that demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Sec16 retary, that the eligible institutions—

17 ‘‘(A) will use the funds to provide services

18 described in subsection (c)(1)(B) to migrant

19 students enrolled at the institution; and

20 ‘‘(B) will assist such students to meet the

21 costs of attending the institution through

22 means such as charging migrant students who

23 are not residents of the State in which the insti24 tution is located a discounted tuition otherwise

25 offered only to in-State residents.
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1 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION DEFINED.—For

2 purposes of paragraph (1), an eligible institution is

3 an institution that, during the most recently com4 pleted academic year preceding the fiscal year for

5 which funds are made available to the institution

6 under such paragraph—

7 ‘‘(A) qualified as a part B institution (as

8 defined in section 322(2));

9 ‘‘(B) did not have any projects receiving

10 assistance under subsection (b) or (c) located at

11 the institution or at a nonprofit organization

12 working in cooperation with the institution; and

13 ‘‘(C) had enrolled at least 30 first-year mi14 grant students.’’.

15 (f) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 418A of

16 such Act is amended—

17 (1) in subsection (c)(1)(B)(i) (as redesignated

18 by subsection (a)(1)), by striking ‘‘or whose parents,

19 have’’ and inserting ‘‘or whose spouse or parent,

20 have’’; and

21 (2) in subsection (d)(1) (as redesignated by

22 subsection (a)(1))—

23 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking

24 ‘‘themselves or whose parents have’’ and insert-
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1 ing ‘‘themselves, or whose spouse or parent,

2 have’’; and

3 (B) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ‘‘in4 ternships,’’ after ‘‘academic programs,’’.

5 SEC. 307. PROGRAMS FOR COUNSELING EXCELLENCE.

6 Title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20

7 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end

8 the following:

9 ‘‘PART G—PROGRAMS FOR COUNSELING

10 EXCELLENCE

11 ‘‘SEC. 599A. AIM HIGH GRANTS.

12 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—From amounts appro13 priated under section 599C, the Secretary shall award

14 grants to develop model programs—

15 ‘‘(1) to counsel students, at an early age, and

16 parents, about college opportunities, secondary

17 school advanced placement courses and test require18 ments, study skill development, precollege require19 ments, the college admissions procedure, career ex20 ploration in the public and private sector and in

21 highly technical fields, financial aid opportunities,

22 and student support services, that are specially de23 signed or customized for use in specific geographic,

24 social, and cultural environments;
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1 ‘‘(2) which stimulate community partnerships

2 with schools by providing tutoring, mentoring, work

3 experiences, exposure to college campuses, and other

4 services which support making postsecondary edu5 cation a realistic goal for all students; or

6 ‘‘(3) to provide in-service training to equip and

7 prepare guidance counselors for new educational re8 form indicators, such as testing, high standards cur9 ricula, changing secondary school and college en10 trance requirements, and improved information

11 about college opportunities.

12 ‘‘(b) PRIORITIES IN SELECTION.—The Secretary

13 shall give priority to those model programs which are di14 rected at areas which have a high proportion of minority,

15 limited English proficiency, economically disadvantaged,

16 disabled, nontraditional, or at-risk students, or students

17 from a home in which a language other than English is

18 spoken.

19 ‘‘(c) PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS.—

20 ‘‘(1) TAILORING.—To receive a grant under

21 subsection (a)(1), the proposal submitted to the Sec22 retary shall demonstrate that the counseling on col23 lege opportunities, precollege requirements, the col24 lege admissions procedure, and financial aid oppor25 tunities (including early intervention counseling), is
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1 tailored to a specific geographic, social or cultural

2 environment.

3 ‘‘(2) COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.—To receive a

4 grant under subsection (a)(2), the proposal submit5 ted to the Secretary shall demonstrate the active in6 volvement of a local educational agency and at least

7 one of the following:

8 ‘‘(A) A local business.

9 ‘‘(B) A local community college or univer10 sity.

11 ‘‘(C) A community or education group.

12 ‘‘(3) GOALS AND OUTCOMES.—To receive a

13 grant under this section, each proposal shall contain

14 a statement of specific, measurable goals and meth15 ods for obtaining statistics on the number of partici16 pants who continue on to postsecondary education.

17 ‘‘SEC. 599B. DIFFUSION ACTIVITIES.

18 ‘‘(a) COLLECTION OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary

19 shall collect information concerning—

20 ‘‘(1) programs supported under section 599A

21 and programs of demonstrated effectiveness which

22 counsel students about college opportunities,

23 precollege requirements, the college admissions pro24 cedure, and financial aid opportunities;
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1 ‘‘(2) early intervention programs of dem2 onstrated effectiveness which set students on the

3 path toward staying in school and pursuing a post4 secondary education;

5 ‘‘(3) model programs which counsel students in

6 specific environments, such as urban, rural, and sub7 urban; and

8 ‘‘(4) model programs which develop partner9 ships between schools and communities to provide

10 mentoring, tutoring, work experiences and other

11 services which support making postsecondary edu12 cation a realistic goal for all students.

13 ‘‘(b) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary shall ensure

14 that the information collected under subsection (a) is dis15 seminated.

16 ‘‘SEC. 599C. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

17 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated

18 $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and such sums as may

19 be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years to

20 carry out this part.’’.
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1 TITLE IV—STATE

2 RESPONSIBILITIES

3 SEC. 401. STATE RESPONSIBILITIES.

4 Title XIV of the Elementary and Secondary Edu5 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801 et seq.) is amended

6 by adding at the end the following:

7 ‘‘PART I—DROPOUT PREVENTION

8 ‘‘SEC. 14851. DROPOUT PREVENTION.

9 ‘‘In order to receive any assistance under this Act,

10 a State educational agency shall comply with the following

11 provisions regarding school dropouts:

12 ‘‘(1) UNIFORM DATA COLLECTION.—Within 1

13 year after the date of enactment of the National

14 Dropout Prevention Act of 1997, a State educational

15 agency shall report to the Secretary and statewide,

16 all school district and school data regarding school

17 dropout rates in the State, and demographic break18 downs, according to procedures that conform with

19 the National Center for Education Statistics’ Com20 mon Core of Data.

21 ‘‘(2) ATTENDANCE-NEUTRAL FUNDING POLI22 CIES.—Within 2 years after the date of enactment

23 of the National Dropout Prevention Act of 1997, a

24 State educational agency shall develop and imple25 ment education funding formula policies for public
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1 schools that provide appropriate incentives to retain

2 an increasing percentage of students in school

3 throughout the school year, such as—

4 ‘‘(A) a student count methodology that

5 does not determine annual budgets based on at6 tendance on a single day early in the academic

7 year; and

8 ‘‘(B) specific incentives for retaining en9 rolled students throughout each year.

10 ‘‘(3) ALTERNATIVE PLACEMENTS.—Within 2

11 years after the date of enactment of the National

12 Dropout Prevention Act of 1997, a State educational

13 agency shall develop uniform, long-term suspension

14 and expulsion policies for serious infractions result15 ing in more than 10 days of exclusion from school

16 per academic year so that similar violations result in

17 similar penalties.

18 ‘‘(4) ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL PLACE19 MENT.—Within 3 years after the date of enactment

20 of the National Dropout Prevention Act of 1997, all

21 students expelled or suspended from elementary

22 schools or secondary schools for a period of more

23 than 10 school days per academic year will be pro24 vided access by the State educational agency or local

25 educational agency to an alternative educational
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1 placement in which the student may complete the

2 students’ academic year, secondary school education,

3 or degree or certificate program.’’.

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