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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5474 

To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to support early college 

high schools and dual or concurrent enrollment programs, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023 

Mr. ESPAILLAT (for himself, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. CLARKE

of New York, Mr. SWALWELL, and Ms. JACKSON LEE) introduced the 

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

Workforce 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to 

support early college high schools and dual or concurrent 

enrollment programs, 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 ‘‘Jumpstart on College 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

7 The purpose of this Act is to increase the percentage 

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1 dential within 100 percent of the normal time for the com2 pletion of such credential, including low-income students 

3 and students from other populations that are underrep4 resented in higher education. 

5 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

6 In this Act: 

7 (1) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘dual or concur8 rent enrollment program’’, ‘‘early college high 

9 school’’, ‘‘educational service agency’’, ‘‘four-year ad10 justed cohort graduation rate’’, ‘‘local educational 

11 agency’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, and ‘‘State’’ have the 

12 meanings given the terms in section 8101 of the Ele13 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

14 U.S.C. 7801). 

15 (2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti16 ty’’ means an institution of higher education in part17 nership with one or more local educational agencies 

18 (which may be an educational service agency). Such 

19 partnership may also include other entities, such as 

20 nonprofit organizations or businesses and schools in 

21 juvenile detention centers. 

22 (3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

23 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

24 meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher 

25 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 


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1 (4) LOW-INCOME STUDENT.—The term ‘‘low-in2 come student’’ means a student counted under sec3 tion 1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu4 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6333(c)). 

5 (5) RECOGNIZED POSTSECONDARY CREDEN6 TIAL.—The term ‘‘recognized postsecondary creden7 tial’’ has the meaning given the term in section 3 of 

8 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

9 U.S.C. 3102). 

10 (6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

11 the Secretary of Education. 

12 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; RESERVA13 TIONS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—To carry out this Act, there are 

15 authorized to be appropriated $250,000,000 for fiscal year 

16 2024 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years. 

17 (b) RESERVATIONS.—From the funds appropriated 

18 under subsection (a) for each fiscal year, the Secretary 

19 shall reserve— 

20 (1) not less than 40 percent for grants to eligi21 ble entities under section 5; 

22 (2) not less than 55 percent for grants to 

23 States under section 6; and 

24 (3) not less than 5 percent for national activi25 ties under section 8. 


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1 SEC. 5. GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award grants 

3 to eligible entities, on a competitive basis, to assist such 

4 entities in establishing or supporting an early college high 

5 school or dual or concurrent enrollment program in ac6 cordance with this section. 

7 (b) DURATION.—Each grant under this section shall 

8 be awarded for a period of 6 years. 

9 (c) GRANT AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall ensure 

10 that the amount of each grant under this section is suffi11 cient to enable each grantee to carry out the activities de12 scribed in subsection (h), except that a grant under this 

13 section may not exceed $2,000,000, of which not more 

14 than 15 percent of the overall grant total may be used 

15 to improve data systems for the purpose of facilitating the 

16 execution of the reporting requirement in section 7(a). 

17 (d) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—For each year that an eligi19 ble entity receives a grant under this section, the en20 tity shall contribute matching funds, in the amounts 

21 described in paragraph (2), for the activities sup22 ported by the grant. 

23 (2) AMOUNTS DESCRIBED.—The amounts de24 scribed in this paragraph are— 


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1 (A) for each of the first and second years 

2 of the grant period, 20 percent of the grant 

3 amount; 

4 (B) for each of the third and fourth years 

5 of the grant period, 30 percent of the grant 

6 amount; 

7 (C) for the fifth year of the grant period, 

8 40 percent of the grant amount; and 

9 (D) for the sixth year of the grant period, 

10 50 percent of the grant amount. 

11 (3) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT CONTRIB12 UTED.— 

13 (A) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Sec14 retary shall allow an eligible entity to meet the 

15 requirements of this subsection through in-kind 

16 contributions. 

17 (B) NON-FEDERAL SOURCES.—Not less 

18 than half of each amount described in para19 graph (2) shall be provided by the eligible entity 

20 from non-Federal sources. 

21 (e) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—An eligible enti22 ty shall use a grant received under this section only to 

23 supplement funds that would, in the absence of such a 

24 grant, be made available from other Federal, State, or 


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1 local sources for activities supported by the grant, not to 

2 supplant such funds. 

3 (f) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec4 tion, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities 

5 that— 

6 (1) propose to establish or support an early col7 lege high school or dual or concurrent enrollment 

8 program that will serve a student population of 

9 which not less than 51 percent are low-income stu10 dents; 

11 (2) include a local educational agency which 

12 serves a high school that is— 

13 (A) identified for comprehensive support 

14 and improvement under section 

15 1111(c)(4)(D)(i) of the Elementary and Sec16 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

17 6311(c)(4)(D)(i)); or 

18 (B) implementing a targeted support and 

19 improvement plan as described in section 

20 1111(d)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary 

21 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(d)(2)); 

22 (3) are from States that provide assistance to 

23 early college high schools or dual or concurrent en24 rollment programs, such as assistance to defray the 


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1 costs of higher education (including costs of tuition, 

2 fees, and textbooks); and 

3 (4) propose to establish or support an early col4 lege high school or dual or concurrent enrollment 

5 program that meets quality standards established 

6 by— 

7 (A) a nationally recognized accrediting 

8 agency or association that offers accreditation 

9 specifically for such programs; or 

10 (B) a State process specifically for the re11 view and approval of such programs. 

12 (g) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary shall 

13 ensure, to the extent practicable, that eligible entities re14 ceiving grants under this section— 

15 (1) are from a representative cross section of— 

16 (A) urban, suburban, and rural areas; and 

17 (B) regions of the United States; and 

18 (2) include both two-year and four-year institu19 tions of higher education. 

20 (h) USES OF FUNDS.— 

21 (1) MANDATORY ACTIVITIES.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity shall 

23 use grant funds received under this section— 

24 (i) to support the activities described 

25 in its application under subsection (i); 


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1 (ii) to create and maintain a coherent 

2 system of supports for students, teachers, 

3 principals, and faculty under the program, 

4 including— 

5 (I) college and career readiness, 

6 academic, and social support services 

7 for students; and 

8 (II) professional development for 

9 secondary school teachers, faculty, 

10 and principals, and faculty from the 

11 institution of higher education, includ12 ing— 

13 (aa) joint professional devel14 opment activities; and 

15 (bb) activities to assist such 

16 teachers, faculty, and principals 

17 in using effective parent and 

18 community engagement strate19 gies and to help ensure the suc20 cess of students academically at 

21 risk of not enrolling in or com22 pleting postsecondary education, 

23 first-generation college students, 

24 and each category of students de25 scribed in section 


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1 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) of the Elemen2 tary and Secondary Education 

3 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

4 6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)); 

5 (iii) to carry out liaison activities 

6 among the partners that comprise the eli7 gible entity pursuant to an agreement or 

8 memorandum of understanding docu9 menting commitments, resources, roles, 

10 and responsibilities of the partners con11 sistent with the design of the program; 

12 (iv) for outreach programs to ensure 

13 that secondary school students and their 

14 families, including students academically at 

15 risk of not enrolling in or completing post16 secondary education, first-generation col17 lege students, and each category of stu18 dents described in section 

19 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) of the Elementary and 

20 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

21 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)), are— 

22 (I) aware of, and recruited into, 

23 the early college high school or dual 

24 or concurrent enrollment program; 

25 and 


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1 (II) assisted with the process of 

2 enrolling and succeeding in the early 

3 college high school or dual or concur4 rent enrollment program, which may 

5 include providing academic support; 

6 (v) to collect, share, and use data (in 

7 compliance with section 444 of the General 

8 Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 

9 1232g)) for program improvement and 

10 program evaluation; and 

11 (vi) to review and strengthen its pro12 gram to maximize the potential that stu13 dents participating in the program will 

14 eventually complete a recognized postsec15 ondary credential, including by opti16 mizing— 

17 (I) the curriculum of the pro18 gram; 

19 (II) the use of high-quality as20 sessments of student learning, such as 

21 performance-based, project-based, or 

22 portfolio assessments that measure 

23 higher-order thinking skills; 

24 (III) the sequence of courses of25 fered by the program; and 


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1 (IV) the alignment of academic 

2 calendars between the secondary 

3 schools and the institution of higher 

4 education participating in the pro5 gram. 

6 (B) NEW PROGRAMS.—In the case of an 

7 eligible entity that uses a grant under this sec8 tion to establish an early college high school or 

9 dual or concurrent enrollment program, the en10 tity shall use such funds during the first year 

11 of the grant period— 

12 (i) to design the curriculum and se13 quence of courses in collaboration with, at 

14 a minimum— 

15 (I) faculty from the institution of 

16 higher education; 

17 (II) teachers and faculty from 

18 the local educational agency; and 

19 (III) in the case of a career and 

20 technical education program, employ21 ers or workforce development entities 

22 to ensure that the program is aligned 

23 with labor market demand; 

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1 tion of higher education and the local edu2 cational agency that governs how sec3 ondary and postsecondary credits will be 

4 awarded under the program; and 

5 (iii) to carry out the activities de6 scribed in subparagraph (A). 

7 (2) ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES.—An eligible entity 

8 may use grant funds received under this section to 

9 support the activities described in its application 

10 under subsection (i), including by— 

11 (A) purchasing textbooks and equipment 

12 that support the program’s curriculum; 

13 (B) pursuant to the assurance provided by 

14 the eligible entity under subsection (i)(3)(A), 

15 paying tuition and fees for postsecondary 

16 courses taken by students under the program; 

17 (C) incorporating work-based learning op18 portunities (other than by paying wages of stu19 dents) into the program (which may include 

20 partnering with entities that provide such op21 portunities), including— 

22 (i) internships; 

23 (ii) career-based capstone projects; 

24 (iii) pre-apprenticeships and reg25 istered apprenticeships provided by eligible 


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1 providers of apprenticeship programs de2 scribed in section 122(a)(2)(B) of the 

3 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

4 (29 U.S.C. 3152(a)(2)(B)); and 

5 (iv) work-based learning opportunities 

6 provided under chapters 1 and 2 of sub7 part 2 of part A of title IV of the Higher 

8 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a– 

9 11 et seq.); 

10 (D) providing students with transportation 

11 to and from the program; 

12 (E) paying costs for— 

13 (i) high school teachers to obtain the 

14 skills, credentials, or industry certifications 

15 necessary to teach for the institution of 

16 higher education participating in the pro17 gram; or 

18 (ii) postsecondary faculty to become 

19 certified to teach high school; or 

20 (F) providing time during which secondary 

21 school teachers and faculty and faculty from an 

22 institution of higher education can collaborate, 

23 which may include— 

24 (i) professional development; 


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1 (ii) the planning of team activities for 

2 such teachers and faculty; and 

3 (iii) curricular design and student as4 sessment. 

5 (i) APPLICATION.— 

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

7 grant under this section, an eligible entity shall sub8 mit to the Secretary an application at such time, in 

9 such manner, and containing such information as 

10 the Secretary may require. 

11 (2) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—The applica12 tion under paragraph (1) shall include, at minimum, 

13 a description of— 

14 (A) the partnership that comprises the eli15 gible entity, including documentation of partner 

16 commitments, resources and budget, roles, and 

17 responsibilities; 

18 (B) how the partners that comprise the eli19 gible entity will coordinate to carry out the 

20 mandatory activities described in subsection 

21 (h)(1); 

22 (C) the number of students intended to be 

23 served by the program and demographic infor24 mation relating to such students; 


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1 (D) how the eligible entity’s curriculum 

2 and sequence of courses form a program of 

3 study leading to a recognized postsecondary cre4 dential; 

5 (E) how postsecondary credits earned will 

6 be transferable to institutions of higher edu7 cation within the State, including any applicable 

8 statewide transfer agreements and any provi9 sions of such agreements that are specific to 

10 dual or concurrent enrollment programs; 

11 (F) how the eligible entity will conduct 

12 outreach to students; 

13 (G) how the eligible entity will determine 

14 the eligibility of students for postsecondary 

15 courses, including an explanation of the mul16 tiple factors the entity will take into account to 

17 assess the readiness of students for such 

18 courses; and 

19 (H) the sustainability plan for the early 

20 college high school or dual or concurrent enroll21 ment program. 

22 (3) ASSURANCES.—The application under para23 graph (1) shall include assurances from the eligible 

24 entity that— 


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1 (A) students participating in a program 

2 funded with a grant under this section will not 

3 be required to pay tuition or fees for postsec4 ondary courses taken under the program; 

5 (B) postsecondary credits earned by stu6 dents under the program will be transcribed 

7 upon completion of the required course work; 

8 and 

9 (C) instructors of postsecondary courses 

10 under the program will meet the same stand11 ards applicable to other faculty at the institu12 tion of higher education that is participating in 

13 the program. 

14 SEC. 6. GRANTS TO STATES. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award grants 

16 to States, on a competitive basis, to assist States in sup17 porting or establishing early college high schools or dual 

18 or concurrent enrollment programs. 

19 (b) DURATION.—Each grant under this section shall 

20 be awarded for a period of 6 years. 

21 (c) GRANT AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall ensure 

22 that the amount of each grant under this section is suffi23 cient to enable each grantee to carry out the activities de24 scribed in subsection (f), of which not more than 15 per25 cent of the overall grant total may be used to improve data 


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1 systems for the purpose of facilitating the execution of the 

2 reporting requirement in section 7(a). 

3 (d) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—For each year that 

4 a State receives a grant under this section, the State shall 

5 provide, from non-Federal sources, an amount equal to 50 

6 percent of the amount of the grant received by the State 

7 for such year to carry out the activities supported by the 

8 grant. 

9 (e) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—A State shall 

10 use a grant received under this section only to supplement 

11 funds that would, in the absence of such grant, be made 

12 available from other Federal, State, or local sources for 

13 activities supported by the grant, not to supplant such 

14 funds. 

15 (f) USES OF FUNDS.— 

16 (1) MANDATORY ACTIVITIES.—A State shall use 

17 grant funds received under this section to— 

18 (A) support the activities described in its 

19 application under subsection (g); 

20 (B) plan and implement a statewide strat21 egy for expanding access to early college high 

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1 ondary education, and completion of recognized 

2 postsecondary credentials, with a focus on stu3 dents academically at risk of not enrolling in or 

4 completing postsecondary education; 

5 (C) identify any obstacles to such a strat6 egy under State law or policy; 

7 (D) provide technical assistance (either di8 rectly or through a knowledgeable intermediary) 

9 to early college high schools and dual or concur10 rent enrollment programs, which may include— 

11 (i) brokering relationships and agree12 ments that forge a strong partnership be13 tween elementary and secondary and post14 secondary partners; and 

15 (ii) offering statewide training, profes16 sional development, and peer learning op17 portunities for school leaders, instructors, 

18 and counselors or advisors; 

19 (E) identify and implement policies that 

20 will improve the effectiveness and ensure the 

21 quality of early college high schools and dual or 

22 concurrent enrollment programs, such as eligi23 bility and access, funding, data and quality as24 surance, governance, accountability, and align25 ment policies; 


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1 (F) update the State’s requirements for a 

2 student to receive a regular high school diploma 

3 to align with the challenging State academic 

4 standards and entrance requirements for credit5 bearing coursework as described in subpara6 graphs (A) and (D) of section 1111(b)(1) of the 

7 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

8 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(1)); 

9 (G) incorporate indicators regarding stu10 dent access to and completion of early college 

11 high schools and dual or concurrent enrollment 

12 programs into the school quality and student 

13 success indicators included in the State system 

14 of annual meaningful differentiation as de15 scribed under section 1111(c)(4)(B)(v)(I) of the 

16 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

17 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(c)(4)(B)(v)(I)); 

18 (H) disseminate best practices for early 

19 college high schools and dual or concurrent en20 rollment programs, which may include best 

21 practices from programs in the State or other 

22 States; 

23 (I) facilitate statewide secondary and post24 secondary data collection, research and evalua25 tion, and reporting to policymakers and other 


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1 stakeholders, disaggregated for each category of 

2 students described in section 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) 

3 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

4 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)); and 

5 (J) conduct outreach programs to ensure 

6 that secondary school students, their families, 

7 and community members are made aware of 

8 early college high schools and dual or concur9 rent enrollment programs in the State through 

10 a new or existing State online website that com11 plies with the web accessibility requirements 

12 under Federal and State laws that protect indi13 viduals with disabilities. 

14 (2) ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES.—A State may use 

15 grant funds received under this section to— 

16 (A) establish a mechanism to offset the 

17 costs of tuition, fees, standardized testing, per18 formance assessments, and support services for 

19 low-income students and students from under20 represented populations enrolled in early college 

21 high schools or dual or concurrent enrollment 

22 programs; 

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1 vate institutions to maximize the transferability 

2 of postsecondary courses; 

3 (C) provide incentives to local educational 

4 agencies that— 

5 (i) assist high school teachers in get6 ting the credentials needed to participate 

7 in early college high school and dual or 

8 concurrent enrollment programs; 

9 (ii) encourage the use of instructors 

10 at institutions of higher education to teach 

11 postsecondary courses in high schools; and 

12 (iii) participate in an annual assess13 ment of current availability and shortages 

14 of high school instructors who are 

15 credentialed to teach a dual or concurrent 

16 enrollment course, and shortages of these 

17 instructors in specific curricular areas; and 

18 (D) support initiatives to improve the qual19 ity of early college high school and dual or con20 current enrollment programs at participating 

21 institutions, including by assisting such institu22 tions in aligning programs with the quality 

23 standards described in section 5(f)(4). 

24 (g) STATE APPLICATIONS.— 


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1 (1) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a 

2 grant under this section, a State shall submit to the 

3 Secretary an application at such time, in such man4 ner, and containing such information as the Sec5 retary may require. 

6 (2) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—The applica7 tion under paragraph (1) shall include, at minimum, 

8 a description of— 

9 (A) how the State will carry out the man10 datory State activities described in subsection 

11 (f)(1); 

12 (B) how the State will ensure that any 

13 programs funded with a grant under this sec14 tion are coordinated with programs under— 

15 (i) the Carl D. Perkins Career and 

16 Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 

17 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.); 

18 (ii) the Workforce Innovation and Op19 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.); 

20 (iii) the Elementary and Secondary 

21 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et 

22 seq.); and 

23 (iv) the Individuals with Disabilities 

24 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.); 


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1 (C) how the State intends to use grant 

2 funds to address achievement gaps for each cat3 egory of students described in section 

4 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) of the Elementary and Sec5 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

6 6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)); 

7 (D) how the State will access and leverage 

8 additional resources necessary to sustain early 

9 college high schools and dual or concurrent en10 rollment programs; 

11 (E) how the State will identify and elimi12 nate barriers to implementing effective early 

13 college high schools and dual or concurrent en14 rollment programs after the grant expires, in15 cluding by engaging businesses and nonprofit 

16 organizations; and 

17 (F) such other information as the Sec18 retary determines to be appropriate. 

19 SEC. 7. REPORTING AND OVERSIGHT. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than once an21 nually, each State and eligible entity that receives a grant 

22 under this Act shall submit to the Secretary a report on 

23 the progress of the State or eligible entity in carrying out 

24 the programs supported by such grant. 


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1 (b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report under subsection 

2 (a) shall be submitted to the Secretary at such time, in 

3 such manner, and containing such information as the Sec4 retary may require. The Secretary shall issue uniform 

5 guidelines describing the information that shall be re6 ported by grantees under such subsection. 

7 (c) CONTENTS OF REPORT.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The report under subsection 

9 (a) shall include, at minimum, the following: 

10 (A) The number of students enrolled in the 

11 early college high school or dual or concurrent 

12 enrollment program. 

13 (B) The number and percentage of stu14 dents enrolled in the early college high school or 

15 dual or concurrent enrollment program who 

16 earn a recognized postsecondary credential con17 currently with a high school diploma. 

18 (C) The number of postsecondary credits 

19 earned by students while enrolled in the early 

20 college high school or dual or concurrent enroll21 ment program that may be applied toward a 

22 recognized postsecondary credential. 

23 (D) The number and percentage of stu24 dents enrolled in the early college high school or 


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1 dual or concurrent enrollment program who 

2 earn a high school diploma. 

3 (E) The number and percentage of individ4 uals who complete the early college high school 

5 or dual or concurrent enrollment program and 

6 who enroll in postsecondary education. 

7 (2) CATEGORIES OF STUDENTS.—The informa8 tion described in each of subparagraphs (A) through 

9 (E) of paragraph (1) shall be disaggregated for each 

10 category of students described in section 

11 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) of the Elementary and Secondary 

12 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

13 6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)). 

14 SEC. 8. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 

15 (a) REPORTING BY SECRETARY.—Not less frequently 

16 than once annually, the Secretary shall submit to Con17 gress a report that includes— 

18 (1) an analysis of the information received from 

19 States and eligible entities under section 7; 

20 (2) an identification of best practices for car21 rying out programs supported by grants under this 

22 Act; and 

23 (3) the results of the evaluation under sub24 section (b). 


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1 (b) NATIONAL EVALUATION.—Not later than 6 

2 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

3 Secretary shall seek to enter into a contract with an inde4 pendent entity to perform an evaluation of the grants 

5 awarded under this Act. Such evaluation shall apply rig6 orous procedures to obtain valid and reliable data con7 cerning student outcomes by social and academic charac8 teristics and monitor the progress of students from sec9 ondary school to and through postsecondary education. 

10 (c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 

11 provide technical assistance to States and eligible entities 

12 concerning best practices and quality improvement pro13 grams in early college high schools and dual or concurrent 

14 enrollment programs and shall disseminate such best prac15 tices among eligible entities, States, and local educational 

16 agencies. 

17 (d) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—From amounts re18 served to carry out this section under section 4(b)(3), the 

19 Secretary may reserve such sums as may be necessary for 

20 the direct administrative costs of carrying out the Sec21 retary’s responsibilities under this Act. 

22 SEC. 9. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 

23 (a) EMPLOYEES.—Nothing in this Act shall be con24 strued to alter or otherwise affect the rights, remedies, 

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1 cational agencies (including schools) or institutions of 

2 higher education under Federal, State, or local laws (in3 cluding applicable regulations or court orders) or under 

4 the terms of collective bargaining agreements, memoranda 

5 of understanding, or other agreements between such em6 ployees and their employers. 

7 (b) GRADUATION RATE.—For purposes of this Act 

8 and any other Federal law, a student who graduates from 

9 an early college high school supported by a grant under 

10 section 5 within 100 percent of the normal time for com11 pletion described in the eligible entity’s application under 

12 such section shall be counted in the four-year adjusted co13 hort graduation rate for such high school. 

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