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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2518 

To establish a grant program to incentivize States to implement comprehensive reforms and innovative strategies to significantly improve postsecondary outcomes for low-income and first generation college students, 

including increasing postsecondary enrollment and graduation rates, to 

reduce the need of postsecondary students for remedial education, to 

increase alignment of elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education, and to promote innovation in postsecondary education, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 24, 2014 

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

to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To establish a grant program to incentivize States to implement comprehensive reforms and innovative strategies 

to significantly improve postsecondary outcomes for lowincome and first generation college students, including 

increasing postsecondary enrollment and graduation 

rates, to reduce the need of postsecondary students for 

remedial education, to increase alignment of elementary, 

secondary, and postsecondary education, and to promote 

innovation in postsecondary education, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘College Access Act of 

5 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) ACCELERATED LEARNING MODEL.—The 

9 term ‘‘accelerated learning model’’ means a program 

10 that— 

11 (A) is designed to help students in sec12 ondary school learn at a faster and more rig13 orous pace; and 

14 (B) offers students the opportunity to earn 

15 postsecondary credits and, in some cases, obtain 

16 an occupational certificate or degree (including 

17 an associate degree), while such students are in 

18 secondary school. 

19 (2) ADULT EDUCATION.—The term ‘‘adult edu20 cation’’ means services or instruction below the post21 secondary level for individuals— 

22 (A) who have attained 16 years of age; 

23 (B) who are not enrolled or required to be 

24 enrolled in secondary school under State law; 

25 and 


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1 (C) who— 

2 (i) lack sufficient mastery of basic 

3 educational skills to function effectively in 

4 society; 

5 (ii) do not have a secondary school di6 ploma, or the recognized equivalent of such 

7 diploma, and have not achieved an equiva8 lent level of education; or 

9 (iii) are unable to speak, read, or 

10 write in the English language. 

11 (3) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘commu12 nity college’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘junior 

13 or community college’’ in section 312(f) of the High14 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058(f)). 

15 (4) DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM.—The term 

16 ‘‘dual enrollment program’’ means an academic pro17 gram through which a secondary school student is 

18 able to simultaneously earn credit toward a sec19 ondary school diploma and a postsecondary degree 

20 or certificate. 

21 (5) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti22 ty’’ means a State or a consortium of States. 

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1 tion 690.2(c) of title 34, Code of Federal Regula2 tions (as in effect on July 1, 2011). 

3 (7) FEDERAL PELL GRANT.—The term ‘‘Fed4 eral Pell Grant’’ means a Federal Pell Grant under 

5 section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

6 (20 U.S.C. 1070a). 

7 (8) FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT.— 

8 The term ‘‘first generation college student’’ has the 

9 meaning given the term in section 402A(h) of the 

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

11 11(h)). 

12 (9) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

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

14 meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher 

15 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 

16 (10) LOW-INCOME STUDENT.—The term ‘‘low17 income student’’ means a student with a taxable 

18 family income for the preceding year that did not ex19 ceed 80 percent of the median taxable family income 

20 for a family of the same size as the student in the 

21 State in which the student is a resident. 

22 (11) NET PRICE.—The term ‘‘net price’’ has 

23 the meaning given the term in section 132(a) of the 

24 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

25 1015a(a)). 


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1 (12) OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE.—The 

2 term ‘‘open educational resource’’ means an edu3 cational resource that is licensed under an open li4 cense and freely available online to the public. 

5 (13) OPEN LICENSE.—The term ‘‘open license’’ 

6 means a worldwide, royalty-free, nonexclusive, per7 petual, and irrevocable copyright license that grants 

8 the public permission to access, reproduce, publicly 

9 perform, publicly display, adapt, distribute, and oth10 erwise use the work governed by such license and 

11 adaptations of such work for any purpose, condi12 tioned only upon the requirement that an author of 

13 such work receives appropriate attribution. 

14 (14) POSTSECONDARY CREDENTIAL.—The term 

15 ‘‘postsecondary credential’’ means an associate de16 gree, a baccalaureate degree, or a certificate pro17 vided by a community college or a postsecondary vo18 cational institution. 

19 (15) POSTSECONDARY VOCATIONAL INSTITU20 TION.—The term ‘‘postsecondary vocational institu21 tion’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

22 102(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

23 U.S.C. 1002(c)). 

24 (16) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘sec25 ondary school’’ has the meaning given the term in 


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1 section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu2 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

3 (17) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 

4 means the Secretary of Education. 

5 (18) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean6 ing given the term in section 103 of the Higher 

7 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003). 

8 SEC. 3. RESERVATION OF FUNDS. 

9 From amounts made available to carry out this Act 

10 for each fiscal year, the Secretary may reserve not more 

11 than 2 percent of such amounts to carry out activities in 

12 accordance with this Act related to technical assistance, 

13 evaluation, outreach, and dissemination. 

14 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF STATE GRANT PROGRAM. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year for which 

16 funds are appropriated under section 11 and from such 

17 amounts not reserved under section 3, the Secretary shall 

18 award planning and implementation grants to eligible enti19 ties to enable such entities to develop or implement a com20 prehensive State plan described in section 5 to improve 

21 postsecondary outcomes for all students, especially low-in22 come and first generation college students. 

23 (b) PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.—In 

24 accordance with subparagraph (a), the Secretary shall 

25 award— 


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1 (1) planning grants, on a competitive basis, to 

2 eligible entities to enable such entities to develop a 

3 comprehensive State plan described in section 5; and 

4 (2) implementation grants, on a competitive 

5 basis, to eligible entities and without regard to 

6 whether the entities have received a planning grant 

7 under paragraph (1), to implement a comprehensive 

8 State plan described in section 5. 

9 (c) LIMITATION.—A State or a consortium of States 

10 shall not have more than 1 planning grant or more than 

11 1 implementation grant at any given time. A State or a 

12 consortium of States awarded a planning grant or an im13 plementation grant may reapply for such grant after the 

14 termination of such grant. 

15 (d) DURATION.— 

16 (1) PLANNING GRANTS.—Each planning grant 

17 awarded under subsection (b)(1) shall be for a pe18 riod of not more than 18 months. 

19 (2) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each implementation 

21 grant awarded under subsection (b)(2) shall be 

22 for a period of not more than 5 years, subject 

23 to the requirement under subparagraph (B). 

24 (B) SUFFICIENT PROGRESS.—An imple25 mentation grant awarded under subsection 


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1 (b)(2) shall terminate after a period of 2 years, 

2 if the Secretary determines that the eligible en3 tity receiving such implementation grant has 

4 not made sufficient progress in— 

5 (i) implementing a comprehensive 

6 State plan described in section 5, at a rate 

7 that the Secretary determines will result in 

8 complete implementation of such plan dur9 ing the remainder of the grant period; and 

10 (ii) meeting the annual targets under 

11 section 7. 

12 SEC. 5. COMPREHENSIVE STATE PLAN. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—To carry out the objectives of this 

14 Act, an eligible entity that receives a grant under this Act 

15 shall develop, in the case of a planning grant, and imple16 ment, in the case of an implementation grant, a com17 prehensive State plan to— 

18 (1) enhance the affordability of postsecondary 

19 education; and 

20 (2) increase the number and percentage of stu21 dents attaining a postsecondary credential, particu22 larly first generation college students and low-in23 come students. 

24 (b) REFORMS.— 


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1 (1) UNIVERSALLY REQUIRED REFORMS.—The 

2 comprehensive State plan for each eligible entity re3 ceiving a grant under this Act shall include each of 

4 the following reforms: 

5 (A) Increasing the transparency of infor6 mation provided to students and the families of 

7 such students about the costs and outcomes of 

8 attaining a postsecondary credential in each 

9 State participating in the eligible entity, and in10 creasing access to such information for students 

11 and their families, by taking measures that 

12 shall include— 

13 (i) requiring the institutions of higher 

14 education in each State participating in 

15 the eligible entity to adopt a net price cal16 culator under section 132(h) of the Higher 

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

18 1015a(h)) that meets the requirements of 

19 paragraph (4); 

20 (ii) adopting a common letter devel21 oped by the Secretary under section 484(a) 

22 of the Higher Education Opportunity Act 

23 (20 U.S.C. 1092 note) for institutions of 

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1 pating in the eligible entity to use in 

2 awarding financial aid to students; 

3 (iii) enhancing the financial literacy of 

4 students and the families of such students 

5 regarding the costs of postsecondary edu6 cation and financial aid opportunities, be7 ginning when such students enter sec8 ondary school; 

9 (iv) reporting accurate student grad10 uation rates for institutions of higher edu11 cation in each State participating in the el12 igible entity, disaggregated by status as a 

13 full-time student, or a part-time student, 

14 and status as a transfer student; 

15 (v) developing practices for the contin16 uous assessment of student learning at the 

17 postsecondary level and public reporting of 

18 student learning outcomes; 

19 (vi) developing multi-year tuition and 

20 fee schedules; and 

21 (vii) providing free degree audits to 

22 students residing in each State partici23 pating in the eligible entity. 


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1 (B) Implementing measures to maintain or 

2 increase fiscal support for postsecondary edu3 cation that shall include— 

4 (i) increasing need-based grant aid for 

5 postsecondary education; and 

6 (ii) restricting the increase in tuition 

7 at public institutions of higher education in 

8 each State participating in the eligible en9 tity to a rate that is below the rate of in10 flation. 

11 (2) SELECTIVE REFORMS.—The comprehensive 

12 State plan of each eligible entity receiving a grant 

13 under this Act shall include 1 or more of the fol14 lowing reforms, as chosen by such eligible entity in 

15 accordance with paragraph (3): 

16 (A) Removing barriers to innovation in 

17 postsecondary education that shall include— 

18 (i) developing innovative education de19 livery models, such as using technology to 

20 enhance online and classroom learning 

21 aimed to increase participation and reten22 tion of students, particularly first genera23 tion college students and low-income stu24 dents; 


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1 (ii) promoting the use of technology to 

2 increase personalized learning, advising, 

3 and support services for students; and 

4 (iii) creating programs to create and 

5 expand the use of open educational re6 sources. 

7 (B) Improving the transition of students to 

8 and from postsecondary institutions and in9 creasing the rate of graduation of students 

10 from postsecondary institutions, particularly 

11 such students graduating on time, by— 

12 (i) increasing participation in acceler13 ated learning models, which may include— 

14 (I) subsidizing the cost of ad15 vanced placement program examina16 tions for low-income students; 

17 (II) training teachers to offer ad18 vanced placement program courses; 

19 (III) subsidizing the cost of inter20 national baccalaureate examinations 

21 and programs for low-income stu22 dents; 

23 (IV) increasing access to dual en24 rollment programs for low-income stu25 dents; and 


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1 (V) developing programs to bring 

2 advanced placement program courses 

3 to rural schools; 

4 (ii) reforming postsecondary remedi5 ation by taking measures, which may in6 clude— 

7 (I) reducing the need for remedi8 ation, by creating targeted inventions 

9 to occur in secondary school or adult 

10 education that align with higher edu11 cation and waiving placement testing; 

12 (II) improving the quality of re13 mediation courses and developmental 

14 education based on emerging re15 search-based practices; and 

16 (III) improving the process for 

17 identifying the foundational skills 

18 needs of students for remediation or 

19 developmental education while such 

20 students are in secondary school or 

21 adult education; 

22 (iii) improving the credit transfer poli23 cies and articulation agreements, as de24 fined in section 486A(a) of the Higher 

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1 1093a(a)), between or among institutions 

2 of higher education in each State partici3 pating in the eligible entity; and 

4 (iv) incentivizing institutions of higher 

5 education in each State participating in 

6 the eligible entity to increase the number 

7 and percentage of Federal Pell Grant re8 cipients who attain a postsecondary cre9 dential at such institutions of higher edu10 cation. 

11 (3) REQUIREMENT FOR SELECTING RE12 FORMS.—An eligible entity receiving a grant under 

13 this Act shall only select a reform under paragraph 

14 (2) that each State participating in the eligible enti15 ty does not have in place on the date on which such 

16 eligible entity receives such grant. 

17 (4) REQUIREMENTS FOR NET PRICE CALCU18 LATOR.—The net price calculator, adopted under 

19 paragraph (1)(A)(i) by each institution of higher 

20 education in each State participating in an eligible 

21 entity, shall meet each of the following requirements: 

22 (A) The link to the net price calculator 

23 made publicly available on the website of such 

24 institution— 


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1 (i) shall be labeled as a ‘‘net price cal2 culator’’ in a prominent, clear, and con3 spicuous manner, using a size and contrast 

4 (such as shade) that is readily noticeable 

5 and readable; 

6 (ii) shall be posted on the website of 

7 such institution in locations that provide 

8 information on costs and aid (such as web 

9 pages for financial aid, prospective stu10 dents, or tuition and fees); 

11 (iii) shall match in size and font to 

12 the other prominent links on the primary 

13 web page of such website; and 

14 (iv) may be included on the web page 

15 of such institution that contains informa16 tion relating to compliance with Federal, 

17 State, and local laws. 

18 (B) The results screen for the net price 

19 calculator shall specify each of the following: 

20 (i) The individual net price (as cal21 culated under section 132(h)(2) of the 

22 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

23 1015a(h)(2))) for an individual student, 

24 which shall be the most visually prominent 

25 figure on such screen. 


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1 (ii) The cost of attendance at such in2 stitution of higher education for a first3 time, full-time undergraduate student en4 rolled in the institution, including— 

5 (I) tuition and fees; 

6 (II) the average annual cost of 

7 room and board; 

8 (III) the average annual cost of 

9 books and supplies; and 

10 (IV) the estimated cost of other 

11 expenses (including personal expenses 

12 and transportation). 

13 (iii) The estimated total need-based 

14 grant aid and merit-based grant aid, from 

15 Federal, State, and institutional sources, 

16 that may be available to an individual stu17 dent, showing the subtotal for each such 

18 category and the total of all sources of 

19 grant aid. 

20 (iv) The percentage of the first-time, 

21 full-time undergraduate students enrolled 

22 in the institution that received any type of 

23 grant aid described in clause (iii). 


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1 (v) The disclaimer described in section 

2 132(h)(4) of the Higher Education Act of 

3 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015a(h)(4)). 

4 (vi) In the case of a calculator that— 

5 (I) includes questions to estimate 

6 the eligibility of a student (or prospec7 tive student) for veteran’s education 

8 benefits (as defined in section 480(c) 

9 of the Higher Education Act of 1956 

10 (20 U.S.C. 1087vv(c))) or educational 

11 benefits for active duty service mem12 bers, the results screen shall display 

13 such benefits in a manner that clearly 

14 distinguishes them from the grant aid 

15 described in clause (iii); or 

16 (II) does not include questions to 

17 estimate eligibility for the benefits de18 scribed in subclause (I), the results 

19 screen shall indicate that certain stu20 dents (or prospective students) may 

21 qualify for such benefits and include a 

22 link to information about such bene23 fits. 

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1 demic years prior to the most recent academic 

2 year completed on the date of enactment of this 

3 Act. 

4 (D) The net price calculator shall clearly 

5 indicate which questions are required to be an6 swered for a net price estimate. 

7 (E) In the case of a calculator that re8 quests contact information from users, the net 

9 price calculator shall clearly indicate that such 

10 request is ‘‘optional’’. 

11 (F) The net price calculator shall protect 

12 the confidentiality of users by including mecha13 nisms to prevent any personally identifiable in14 formation from being sold or made available to 

15 third parties. The net price calculator shall 

16 clearly state: ‘‘Any information that you provide 

17 on this site is confidential.’’. 

18 (G) The net price calculator shall not store 

19 responses, shall not require any personal identi20 fying information from users, and shall clearly 

21 state: ‘‘The Net Price Calculator does not store 

22 your responses and does not require personal 

23 identifying information of any kind.’’. 


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1 SEC. 6. APPLICATIONS. 

2 (a) SUBMISSION.—An eligible entity desiring a plan3 ning grant or an implementation grant under this Act 

4 shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, 

5 in such manner, and containing such information as the 

6 Secretary may reasonably require. 

7 (b) CONTENTS FOR ALL GRANTS.—Each application 

8 for a planning grant or an implementation grant under 

9 this Act shall include, at a minimum, a demonstration that 

10 the eligible entity— 

11 (1) has established mechanisms and the ability 

12 to use funds made available under this Act and 

13 other sources of funding, including Federal, State, 

14 and local funds, to implement the reforms under sec15 tion 5(b); and 

16 (2) will include, in carrying the reforms under 

17 section 5(b), all public institutions of higher edu18 cation within each State participating in the eligible 

19 entity and all State agencies with governing author20 ity over postsecondary education in each such State. 

21 (c) PLANNING GRANTS.—An application for a plan22 ning grant awarded under section 4(b)(1) shall include, 

23 in addition to the requirements described in subsection 

24 (b)— 


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1 (1) a proposal describing how the eligible entity 

2 will develop and establish a comprehensive State 

3 plan to implement the reforms under section 5(b); 

4 (2) a description of how the eligible entity will 

5 include, in developing the comprehensive State 

6 plan— 

7 (A) all public institutions of higher edu8 cation in each State participating in the eligible 

9 entity; 

10 (B) private nonprofit organizations that 

11 choose to participate in the development of such 

12 plan; 

13 (C) each State educational agency and 

14 local educational agency (as such terms are de15 fined in section 9101 of the Elementary and 

16 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

17 7801)) in each State participating in the eligi18 ble entity; and 

19 (D) other stakeholders, as designated by 

20 the Governor of each State participating in the 

21 eligible entity; and 

22 (3) a description of the State agencies and 

23 other entities that the Governor of each State par24 ticipating in the eligible entity has determined will 

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1 such entities will interact in carrying out the activi2 ties of the planning grant. 

3 (d) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.—An application for 

4 an implementation grant awarded under section 4(b)(2) 

5 shall include, in addition to the requirements described in 

6 subsection (b)— 

7 (1) a proposal describing how the eligible entity 

8 will use the implementation grant to— 

9 (A) carry out the reforms under section 

10 5(b), in accordance with the comprehensive 

11 State plan; and 

12 (B) meet the annual targets established by 

13 the eligible entity under section 7, at a rate 

14 that the Secretary determines will result in 

15 reaching the goals of the grant established by 

16 such eligible entity under such section; and 

17 (2) a description of the State agencies and 

18 other entities that the Governor of each State par19 ticipating in the eligible entity has determined will 

20 control the programs funded by the grant and how 

21 such entities will interact in carrying out the activi22 ties of the implementation grant. 

23 (e) APPLICATION REVIEW.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 

2 grants under this Act on a competitive basis consid3 ering the quality of the applications submitted. 

4 (2) PUBLICATION OF EXPLANATION.—The Sec5 retary shall prepare and submit to Congress and 

6 publish on the website of the Department of Edu7 cation an explanation of the application process, in8 cluding the fairness, equity, transparency, and objec9 tivity of the process. 

10 (3) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 

11 Act, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible enti12 ties that show a stronger capacity to use the funds 

13 made available under this Act to implement a com14 prehensive State plan under section 5. 

15 SEC. 7. PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; ANNUAL TARGETS; 

16 GOALS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity receiving a 

18 planning grant under this Act, or each eligible entity de19 scribed in subsection (c) that is applying for an implemen20 tation grant under this Act, shall establish, subject to ap21 proval by the Secretary— 

22 (1) performance indicators that measure the 

23 progress of such eligible entity in each of the areas 

24 described in subsection (b); 


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1 (2) annual targets, for the programs and activi2 ties carried out under this Act, that will enable such 

3 eligible entity to reach the goals under paragraph 

4 (3); and 

5 (3) goals, to be met by such eligible entity at 

6 the end of the implementation grant period, for 

7 achieving progress in each of the areas described in 

8 subsection (b). 

9 (b) PROGRESS AREAS.—The performance indicators, 

10 annual targets, and goals described in subsection (a) shall, 

11 at a minimum, track the progress of the eligible entity 

12 in each of the following areas: 

13 (1) Implementing the reforms under section 

14 5(b). 

15 (2) Increasing— 

16 (A) the student graduation rate of first 

17 generation college students and low-income stu18 dents at institutions of higher education; and 

19 (B) the number and percentage of students 

20 from community colleges and postsecondary vo21 cational institutions who transfer to a 4-year 

22 institution of higher education and attain a bac23 calaureate degree. 

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1 (c) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.—An eligible entity 

2 that has received a planning grant under this Act may 

3 use the performance indicators, annual targets, and goals 

4 developed by such entity using the funds of such planning 

5 grant to apply for and carry out the activities of an imple6 mentation grant under this Act. An eligible entity that has 

7 not received a planning grant under this Act shall estab8 lish performance indicators, annual targets, and goals de9 scribed in subsection (a) prior to applying for an imple10 mentation grant under this Act and verify such establish11 ment in the application for such implementation grant. 

12 SEC. 8. USES OF FUNDS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity receiving funds 

14 from a grant under this Act shall use such funds to carry 

15 out the activities of the grant. 

16 (b) PROHIBITIONS.—An eligible entity receiving 

17 funds from a grant under this Act shall not use such funds 

18 to— 

19 (1) promote any lender’s loans; or 

20 (2) compensate for a decrease in State appro21 priations for higher education. 

22 (c) TERMINATED GRANTS.—If an implementation 

23 grant is terminated under section 4(d)(2)(B), the eligible 

24 entity that received such grant shall return any unused 


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1 funds of the grant to the Secretary. The Secretary shall 

2 use such funds to— 

3 (1) increase funds made available to other 

4 grants awarded under this Act; or 

5 (2) award additional grants to other eligible en6 tities. 

7 SEC. 9. REPORTS AND EVALUATION. 

8 (a) REPORTS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that re10 ceives an implementation grant under this Act shall 

11 submit to the Secretary an annual report that, at a 

12 minimum, includes— 

13 (A) data on the progress of such eligible 

14 entity in achieving the annual targets estab15 lished under section 7; and 

16 (B) a description of the challenges that 

17 such eligible entity has faced in carrying out 

18 the grant and how such eligible entity has ad19 dressed or plans to address such challenges. 

20 (b) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall— 

21 (1) acting through the Director of the Institute 

22 of Education Sciences, evaluate the implementation 

23 and impact of the activities carried out by this Act; 

24 and 


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1 (2) disseminate research on best practices for 

2 carrying out activities to achieve the objectives of 

3 this Act. 

4 SEC. 10. SUPPLEMENT AND NOT SUPPLANT. 

5 The funds authorized under this Act shall supple6 ment, and not supplant, other Federal, State, and local 

7 funds that are available to enhance the affordability of at8 taining a postsecondary credential and increase the stu9 dent graduation rates for institutions of higher education. 

10 SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

11 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 

12 as may be necessary to carry out this Act. 

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