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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1662 

To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a pilot program to provide 

grants to secondary schools for assistive technology devices and assistive 

technology services and to create programs to benefit students with 

autism or apraxia, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 11, 2019 

Mr. MARCHANT (for himself and Ms. SEWELL of Alabama) introduced the 

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

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a pilot 

program to provide grants to secondary schools for assistive technology devices and assistive technology services and to create programs to benefit students with 

autism or apraxia, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cultivating Learning 

5 Assistance for Student Success Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AUTISM AND APRAXIA GRANT PILOT PROGRAM. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

3 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall es4 tablish a pilot program under which the Secretary shall 

5 award grants to public or private secondary schools to ben6 efit students with autism or apraxia in accordance with 

7 subsection (c). 

8 (b) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

9 under this section, a secondary school shall submit to the 

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

11 and containing such information as the Secretary may re12 quire. 

13 (c) REQUIREMENTS.—A secondary school that re14 ceives a grant under this section shall use the funds to— 

15 (1) provide assistive technology devices and as16 sistive technology service to students with autism or 

17 apraxia; 

18 (2) create a program to provide individual sup19 port and services for the academic and social inclu20 sion of students with autism or apraxia in academic 

21 courses and extracurricular activities provided by the 

22 secondary school; and 

23 (3) not later than 180 days after the date on 

24 which a secondary school receives such grant, seek 

25 a partnership with one or more local educational 

26 agencies licensed in the respective State to support 


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1 the participation of students in the program under 

2 paragraph (2). 

3 (d) GRANT DURATION AND AMOUNT.— 

4 (1) DURATION.—Each grant under this section 

5 shall be made for a period of 1 year. 

6 (2) AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall determine 

7 the maximum amount of each grant under this sec8 tion. 

9 (e) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—A secondary 

10 school shall use a grant received under this section only 

11 to supplement funds that would, in the absence of such 

12 grant, be made from other Federal, State, or local sources 

13 for activities supported by the grant, not to supplant such 

14 funds. 

15 (f) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

16 on which the pilot program under subsection (a) is com17 pleted, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 

18 Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and 

19 the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen20 sions of the Senate a report on such pilot program, includ21 ing a detailed description of grants awarded under the 

22 pilot program and an evaluation of the pilot program. 

23 (g) TERMINATION OF PILOT PROGRAM.—The pilot 

24 program under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date 


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1 that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this 

2 Act. 

3 (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘secondary 

5 school’’, ‘‘Secretary’’, and ‘‘local educational agency’’ 

6 have the meanings given the terms in section 8101 

7 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

8 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

9 (2) IDEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘assistive tech10 nology device’’, ‘‘assistive technology service’’, and 

11 ‘‘child with a disability’’ have the meanings given the 

12 terms in section 602 of the Individuals with Disabil13 ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401). 

14 (3) STUDENT WITH AUTISM OR APRAXIA.—The 

15 term ‘‘student with autism or apraxia’’ means a 

16 child with a disability who has autism or apraxia. 

17 (i) AMENDMENT TO DEFINITION OF CHILD WITH A

18 DISABILITY.—Section 602(3)(A)(i) of the Individuals with 

19 Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401(3)(A)(i)) is 

20 amended by inserting ‘‘apraxia,’’ after ‘‘autism,’’. 

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