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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2637 

To strengthen student achievement and graduation rates and prepare young 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 25, 2011 

Ms. CHU (for herself and Mr. LOEBSACK) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in 

addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be 

subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 

of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To strengthen student achievement and graduation rates and 

prepare young people for college, careers, and citizenship 

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

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

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1 portunities that Motivate Achievement Act’’ or the ‘‘DI2 PLOMA Act’’. 

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

4 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Purposes. 

Sec. 4. Definitions. 

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

Sec. 6. State child and youth strategy. 

Sec. 7. Coordinating body; State applications. 

Sec. 8. State use of funds. 

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

Sec. 10. Local use of funds. 

Sec. 11. Construction. 

Sec. 12. Accountability and transparency. 

Sec. 13. Authorization of appropriations. 

5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

6 Congress finds the following: 

7 (1) The future strength of the Nation’s democ8 racy, as well as the Nation’s economy, is dependent 

9 upon the investments made in children and youth 

10 today. 

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

12 not graduate from high school 4 years later. Of stu13 dents who graduate from high school, 2 out of 3 (67 

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

15 after completing high school. Only about half (58 

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

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

18 within 6 years or less. 


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

2 has slipped from being first in the world in high 

3 school and college graduation rates to 20th and 

4 14th, respectively, putting the Nation at a growing 

5 competitive disadvantage with other countries. 

6 (4) Research shows that the holistic needs of 

7 students must be met in order to strengthen student 

8 achievement. One analysis of 16 factors influencing 

9 student achievement found that over half of the fac10 tors identified were present in the lives of students 

11 outside of the classroom. 

12 (5) An analysis of health problems, maternal 

13 child rearing practices, and the impact of such prob14 lems and practices on education published by Prince15 ton University and the Brookings Institution esti16 mates that differences in these factors may account 

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

18 (6) Research from Johns Hopkins University 

19 found that the lack of summer learning opportuni20 ties explains about two-thirds of the 9th grade 

21 achievement gap between high- and low-income stu22 dents. 

23 (7) Research from the Government Account24 ability Office found that students who change 

25 schools frequently were less likely to perform at 


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1 grade level and more likely to repeat a grade than 

2 their more stable peers. 

3 (8) Evidence demonstrates that effective part4 nerships among schools and communities increase 

5 student achievement by addressing the academic 

6 needs of students as well as the challenges the stu7 dents face outside the classroom. For example— 

8 (A) Chicago Public Schools leads the Na9 tion’s largest community school initiative and 

10 found that nearly half of the students in com11 munity schools had increased math and reading 

12 grades, and that between 2001 and 2006, com13 munity schools had greater gains in math and 

14 reading than regular Chicago public schools; 

15 (B) by meeting the comprehensive needs of 

16 students, Communities In Schools, a national 

17 dropout prevention organization, demonstrates 

18 that 78 percent of participating students im19 proved their attendance, 89 percent had fewer 

20 behavior incidents, 80 percent improved their 

21 academic performance, and 78 percent of eligi22 ble seniors graduated from high school; and 

23 (C) through a pipeline of comprehensive 

24 services addressing the needs of children, youth, 

25 and families from prenatal opportunities 


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1 through the transition to adulthood, 90 percent 

2 of high school seniors served by Harlem Chil3 dren’s Zone are accepted into college. 

4 SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 

5 The purposes of this Act are— 

6 (1) to create engaging learning experiences 

7 that— 

8 (A) strengthen academic achievement, 

9 build civic capacity, and provide a continuum of 

10 supports and opportunities for children, youth, 

11 and their families; and 

12 (B) prepare young people for college, ca13 reers, and citizenship through results-focused 

14 partnerships at all levels that mobilize and co15 ordinate school and community resources; 

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

17 emotional, health, mental health, and civic develop18 ment of disadvantaged youth and thereby strengthen 

19 their families and communities; 

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

21 and families in their role as first educators of their 

22 children; 

23 (4) to promote community engagement in edu24 cation and family engagement in education; 


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1 (5) to leverage and integrate the human and fi2 nancial assets of local communities, schools, State 

3 governments, the Federal Government, and the nat4 ural assets of communities— 

5 (A) toward better results for children, 

6 youth, and families; and 

7 (B) for sustained civic capacity; and 

8 (6) to develop school improvement strategies 

9 that incorporate approaches that meet the com10 prehensive needs of children and youth, such as full 

11 service community schools, community-based, inte12 grated student services, and related approaches. 

13 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

14 In this Act: 

15 (1) COMMUNITY-BASED, INTEGRATED STUDENT

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

17 student services’’ means interventions, coordinated 

18 through a single point of contact, that improve stu19 dent achievement by connecting community re20 sources with the academic and social service needs 

21 of students. 

22 (2) COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN EDU23 CATION.— 

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

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1 forts to involve, engage, and collaborate with 

2 parents, community residents, members of 

3 school communities, community partners, and 

4 other stakeholders in exploring the needs of 

5 their students and schools, developing plans to 

6 address those needs, and working together to 

7 address those needs. 

8 (B) INCLUSIONS.—The term includes ef9 fective community engagement in an ongoing 

10 process to develop a welcoming school and 

11 school system, mobilize the community’s assets 

12 to support student achievement and growth, en13 gage those individuals and stakeholders who 

14 traditionally have not participated, improve 

15 working relationships, and deepen the commit16 ment to student success. 

17 (3) FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IN EDUCATION.— 

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

19 a shared responsibility of families and schools for 

20 student success, in which schools and community21 based organizations are committed to reaching out 

22 to engage families in meaningful ways that encour23 age the families to actively support their children’s 

24 learning and development, as well as the learning 

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1 sponsibility is continuous from birth through young 

2 adulthood and reinforces learning that takes place in 

3 the home, school, and community. 

4 (4) FULL SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOL.—The 

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

6 elementary school or secondary school that— 

7 (A) participates in a community-based ef8 fort to coordinate educational, developmental, 

9 family, health, and other comprehensive services 

10 through community-based organizations, spe11 cialized instructional support personnel em12 ployed by the school or the local educational 

13 agency, and public and private partnerships; 

14 and 

15 (B) provides access to such services to stu16 dents, families, and the community. 

17 (5) LOCAL CONSORTIUM.—The term ‘‘local con18 sortium’’ means a consortium consisting of commu19 nity representatives that— 

20 (A) shall include— 

21 (i) a local educational agency; and 

22 (ii) not less than 1 other community 

23 partner that is independent of the local 

24 educational agency; and 


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1 (B) may include a broad array of commu2 nity partners, including— 

3 (i) a community-based organization; 

4 (ii) a child and youth serving organi5 zation or agency; 

6 (iii) an institution of higher education; 

7 (iv) a foundation; 

8 (v) a business; 

9 (vi) a teacher organization; 

10 (vii) an organization representing edu11 cation professionals; 

12 (viii) a local government, including a 

13 government agency serving children and 

14 youth, such as a child welfare and juvenile 

15 justice agency; 

16 (ix) an organization representing stu17 dents; and 

18 (x) an organization representing par19 ents; and 

20 (C) may include representatives from mul21 tiple jurisdictions. 

22 (6) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

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

24 the term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec25 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 


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

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

3 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

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

5 (8) PERSISTENTLY LOWEST-ACHIEVING

6 SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘persistently lowest-achieving 

7 school’’ has the meaning given the term in the final 

8 requirements for school improvement grants pub9 lished by the Department of Education in the Fed10 eral Register on October 28, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 

11 66367 et seq.) 

12 (9) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

13 the Secretary of Education. 

14 (10) SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT

15 PERSONNEL.—The term ‘‘specialized instructional 

16 support personnel’’ means school counselors, school 

17 social workers, school psychologists, and other quali18 fied professional personnel involved in providing as19 sessment, diagnosis, counseling, educational, thera20 peutic, and other necessary corrective or supportive 

21 services (including related services as that term is 

22 defined in section 602 of the Individuals with Dis23 abilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401)) as part of 

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1 (11) SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT

2 SERVICES.—The term ‘‘specialized instructional sup3 port services’’ means the services provided by spe4 cialized instructional support personnel, and includes 

5 any other corrective or supportive services to meet 

6 student needs. 

7 (12) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

8 the several States of the United States, the District 

9 of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

10 SEC. 5. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM AUTHORIZED; ALLOT11 MENT TO STATES. 

12 (a) FORMULA GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

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

14 which the amount appropriated under section 13 is 

15 equal to or greater than $200,000,000, the Sec16 retary is authorized to award grants, from allot17 ments under subsection (c), to States having appli18 cations approved under section 5 to enable the 

19 States to award subgrants to local consortia to lever20 age and integrate human and financial assets at all 

21 levels in order to— 

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

23 emotional, and civic development of disadvan24 taged youth; and 


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1 (B) strengthen the families and commu2 nities of the disadvantaged youth and achieve 

3 the results developed pursuant to section 

4 6(c)(1). 

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

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

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

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

9 (b) RESERVATION.—From the funds appropriated 

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

11 reserve— 

12 (1) not more than 2 percent for national activi13 ties, which the Secretary may carry out directly or 

14 through grants and contracts, such as— 

15 (A) providing training technical assistance 

16 to local consortia and organizations partnering 

17 with local consortia to carry out services under 

18 this Act; or 

19 (B) conducting the national evaluation 

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

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

22 the outlying areas and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

23 to be allotted in accordance with their respective 

24 needs for assistance under this Act, as determined 

25 by the Secretary, to enable the outlying areas and 


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1 the Bureau of Indian Affairs to carry out the pur2 poses of this Act. 

3 (c) STATE ALLOTMENTS.— 

4 (1) DETERMINATION.—From the funds appro5 priated under section 13 for any fiscal year that are 

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

7 after the Secretary makes the reservations under 

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

9 for the fiscal year an amount that bears the same 

10 relationship to the remainder as the amount the 

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

12 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

13 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6331 et seq.) for the preceding fis14 cal year bears to the amount all States received 

15 under that subpart for the preceding fiscal year, ex16 cept that no State shall receive less than an amount 

equal to 1 17 ⁄2 of 1 percent of such funds. 

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

19 State does not receive an allotment under this Act 

20 for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reallot the 

21 amount of the State’s allotment to the remaining 

22 States in accordance with this section. 

23 (d) COMPETITIVE GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

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

25 amount appropriated under section 13 is less than 


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1 $200,000,000, the Secretary shall award grants, on 

2 a competitive basis, to local consortia to enable the 

3 local consortia to carry out local strategies in ac4 cordance with sections 9 and 10. 

5 (2) TARGETED LOCAL CONSORTIA.—The Sec6 retary shall only award a grant to a local consortium 

7 under this subsection if the local consortium submits 

8 an application that proposes— 

9 (A) to serve children and youth in schools 

10 or communities with the highest proportions of 

11 students from low-income families; and 

12 (B) to provide a comprehensive continuum 

13 of services, including not less than 1 service 

14 from each of not less than 3 categories of serv15 ices described in paragraphs (3) through (11) 

16 of section 10(b), which proposal— 

17 (i) shall be submitted by a local con18 sortium comprised of a broad representa19 tion of stakeholders and decisionmakers in 

20 the community, including a multitude of 

21 community partners described in section 

22 4(5)(B); or 

23 (ii) shall demonstrate the capacity for 

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1 tiveness in strengthening outcomes for chil2 dren and youth. 

3 (3) ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.— 

4 The Secretary shall apply those provisions of section 

5 12 that the Secretary determines applicable to local 

6 consortia receiving funds under this subsection. 

7 SEC. 6. STATE CHILD AND YOUTH STRATEGY. 

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

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

10 implement a State child and youth strategy (hereafter in 

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

12 (b) STRATEGY REQUIREMENTS.—The State strat13 egy— 

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

15 State and the State educational agency; 

16 (2) shall include the components described in 

17 subsection (c); and 

18 (3) may include other components as the Gov19 ernor determines necessary to strengthen results for 

20 children and youth. 

21 (c) REQUIRED COMPONENTS.—The State strategy 

22 components required under subsection (b) are the fol23 lowing: 

24 (1) STATE RESULTS FRAMEWORK.—The State 

25 strategy shall contain comprehensive, research-based 


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1 annual goals and aligned quantifiable indicators 

2 demonstrating continuous improvement with respect 

3 to youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, that 

4 shall serve as targets for each year with respect to 

5 which the State strategy applies. The goals shall in6 clude the following: 

7 (A) Children are ready for school. 

8 (B) Students are engaged and achieving in 

9 school. 

10 (C) Students are physically, mentally, so11 cially, and emotionally healthy. 

12 (D) Schools and neighborhoods are safe 

13 and provide a positive climate for learning. 

14 (E) Families are supportive and engaged 

15 in their children’s education. 

16 (F) Graduates are ready for postsecondary 

17 education and 21st-century careers. 

18 (G) Students are contributing to their 

19 communities. 

20 (2) NEEDS AND ASSETS ASSESSMENT.—The 

21 State strategy shall contain an assessment of the 

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

23 can be mobilized, coordinated, and integrated to 

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


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1 data collected by the Federal Interagency Forum on 

2 Child and Family Statistics. 

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

4 State strategy shall include a description of the 

5 State’s plan to achieve the goals described in para6 graph (1) for young people from birth through the 

7 transition to adulthood, including the following: 

8 (A) LEVERAGE AND INTEGRATION.—A de9 scription of how funds received under this Act 

10 will be coordinated and integrated with other 

11 Federal and State funds in order to achieve the 

12 goals developed pursuant to paragraph (1). 

13 (B) ELIMINATION OF STATE BARRIERS TO

14 COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION.—A descrip15 tion of how funds received under this Act will 

16 be used to identify and eliminate State barriers 

17 to the coordination and integration of pro18 grams, initiatives, and funding streams to 

19 achieve the goals developed pursuant to para20 graph (1). 

21 (C) COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN EDU22 CATION.—A description of the State’s plan to 

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1 (D) FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IN EDU2 CATION.—A description of the State’s plan to 

3 increase family engagement in education. 

4 (d) EXISTING PLANS, STRATEGIES, AND ASSESS5 MENTS.—Existing plans, strategies, needs assessments, or 

6 assets assessments may be used to satisfy the require7 ments of this section if such existing plans, strategies, 

8 needs assessments, or assets assessments include the in9 formation required by this section, or can be modified to 

10 do so, and are submitted to the Secretary with such modi11 fications. 

12 SEC. 7. COORDINATING BODY; STATE APPLICATIONS. 

13 (a) COORDINATING BODY.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—In order for a State to be el15 igible to receive a grant under this Act, the Gov16 ernor of the State shall designate or establish a co17 ordinating body for student learning and develop18 ment that shall— 

19 (A) administer funds provided under this 

20 Act; 

21 (B) facilitate communication between the 

22 public and the Governor pertaining to issues 

23 impacting children and youth from birth 

24 through the transition to adulthood, including 


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1 issues pertaining to service coordination and in2 tegration; 

3 (C) identify and eliminate State barriers to 

4 the coordination and integration of programs, 

5 initiatives, and funding streams, and facilitate 

6 coordination and collaboration among State 

7 agencies serving children and youth; 

8 (D) strengthen the capacity of State and 

9 local organizations to achieve positive outcomes 

10 for children and youth through training, tech11 nical assistance, professional development, and 

12 other means; 

13 (E) assist the Governor in developing and 

14 carrying out the State strategy; and 

15 (F) coordinate the submission of the State 

16 application under subsection (b). 

17 (2) DESIGNATION OF COORDINATING BODY.— 

18 The Governor may designate an existing agency, 

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

20 development partnership, or other organization as 

21 the coordinating body for student learning and de22 velopment described in paragraph (1) if the agency, 

23 cabinet, council, partnership, or organization— 

24 (A) performs duties similar to the duties 

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

2 council, partnership, or organization can be 

3 modified to include the duties described in 

4 paragraph (1). 

5 (b) STATE APPLICATION.— 

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

7 under this Act shall submit to the Secretary an ap8 plication at such time, in such manner, and con9 taining such information as the Secretary may re10 quire. 

11 (2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted 

12 under this subsection shall include the following: 

13 (A) STATE STRATEGY.—A description of 

14 how the State will develop the State strategy. 

15 (B) GRANTS TO LOCAL CONSORTIA.—A de16 scription of how subgrants to local consortia 

17 will be awarded pursuant to section 8 and how 

18 the subgrants will facilitate community plan19 ning and effective service coordination, integra20 tion, and provision at the local level to achieve 

21 the goals developed by the State pursuant to 

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

23 and priorities. 

24 (C) CAPACITY BUILDING.—A description of 

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1 used to build State and local capacity through 

2 training, technical assistance, and professional 

3 development. 

4 (D) ACCOUNTABILITY FOR RESULTS.—A 

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

6 accountability and transparency requirements 

7 described in section 12(b). 

8 (3) REVISED APPLICATION.—Each State desir9 ing to renew a grant under this Act shall submit a 

10 revised application to the Secretary every 5 years 

11 based on an assessment of the activities conducted 

12 under this Act. 

13 SEC. 8. STATE USE OF FUNDS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—From the grant funds made avail15 able to a State under this Act for any fiscal year— 

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

17 to award subgrants to local consortia under sub18 section (b); 

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

20 for evaluation and capacity building activities, in21 cluding training, technical assistance, and profes22 sional development; and 

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

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1 (b) SUBGRANTS TO LOCAL CONSORTIA.— 

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

3 grant under this Act shall use the portion of the 

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

5 subgrants to local consortia. 

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

7 consortia, a State shall give priority to applications 

8 from local consortia— 

9 (A) that— 

10 (i) propose to serve children and 

11 youth in schools designated by the State 

12 educational agency as persistently lowest13 achievement schools; or 

14 (ii) that include at least one persist15 ently lowest-achieving school, as deter16 mined by the State; and 

17 (B) that propose to provide a comprehen18 sive continuum of services, including not less 

19 than 1 service from each of not less than 3 cat20 egories of services described in paragraphs (3) 

21 through (11) of section 10(b), which proposal— 

22 (i) shall be submitted by local con23 sortia comprised of a broad representation 

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1 munity partners described in section 

2 4(5)(B); or 

3 (ii) shall demonstrate the capacity for 

4 successful implementation through a his5 tory of successful collaboration and effec6 tiveness in strengthening outcomes for chil7 dren and youth. 

8 (3) DURATION OF GRANT.—Each subgrant 

9 awarded under this section shall be for a period of 

10 5 years and shall be renewable based on progress to11 ward achieving the results described in section 

12 9(b)(2)(A). 

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

14 grant under this Act may award planning grants to local 

15 consortia to enable the local consortia to develop the local 

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

17 shall be for a duration of— 

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

19 of not more than $50,000; or 

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

21 not more than $100,000. 

22 (d) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—A State that re23 ceives a grant under this Act shall use the grant funds 

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

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1 (e) ALLOCATION TO RURAL AREAS.— 

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

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

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

5 of subgrant funding under section 8 to rural local 

6 consortia in the State that is not less than the 

7 amount that bears the same relation to the amount 

8 of the grant funding as the amount received by local 

9 educational agencies serving rural local consortia in 

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

11 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

12 (20 U.S.C. 6331 et seq.) for the preceding fiscal 

13 year bears to the amount received by the State 

14 under such subpart for the preceding fiscal year. 

15 (2) RURAL LOCAL CONSORTIUM.—In this sub16 section the term ‘‘rural local consortium’’ means a 

17 local consortium serving an area of the State that 

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

19 SEC. 9. LOCAL CONSORTIUM APPLICATION; LOCAL CHILD 

20 AND YOUTH STRATEGY. 

21 (a) LOCAL CONSORTIUM APPLICATION.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—A local consortium that de23 sires a subgrant under section 8 shall submit an ap24 plication to the State at such time, in such manner, 


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1 and containing such information as the State may 

2 require. 

3 (2) CONTENTS.—An application submitted 

4 under this section shall include— 

5 (A) a description of the local consortium, 

6 including which public or nonprofit entity par7 ticipating in the local consortium shall serve as 

8 the fiscal agent for the local consortium; 

9 (B) the local child and youth strategy 

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

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

12 (C) a description of how the local strategy 

13 will be coordinated with the local educational 

14 agency plan required under section 1112 of the 

15 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

16 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6312). 

17 (b) LOCAL STRATEGY.— 

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

19 (A) shall be developed by the local consor20 tium; 

21 (B) shall include the components described 

22 in paragraph (2); and 

23 (C) may include such other components as 

24 the local consortium determines necessary to 


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1 strengthen outcomes for young people from 

2 birth through the transition to adulthood. 

3 (2) COMPONENTS.—The local strategy compo4 nents required under paragraph (1)(B) are the fol5 lowing: 

6 (A) LOCAL RESULTS FRAMEWORK.—Com7 prehensive, research-based goals and aligned 

8 quantifiable indicators for the goals, with re9 spect to youth, particularly disadvantaged 

10 youth, that shall serve as targets for the year 

11 with respect to which the local strategy applies. 

12 The goals shall include the following: 

13 (i) Children are ready for school. 

14 (ii) Students are engaged and achiev15 ing in school. 

16 (iii) Students are physically, mentally, 

17 socially, and emotionally healthy. 

18 (iv) Schools and neighborhoods are 

19 safe and provide a positive climate for 

20 learning. 

21 (v) Families are supportive and en22 gaged in their children’s education. 

23 (vi) Students are ready for postsec24 ondary education and 21st-century careers. 


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1 (vii) Students are contributing to 

2 their communities. 

3 (B) ASSETS ASSESSMENT.—An assessment 

4 of potential resources, services, and opportuni5 ties available within or near the community that 

6 children and youth, their families, and re7 sources in the community may be able to access 

8 in order to meet the needs identified under sub9 paragraph (C), to help achieve the goals and in10 dicators under subparagraph (A), and to sup11 port students to achieve the challenging State 

12 student academic achievement standards, in13 cluding the variety of services that can be inte14 grated— 

15 (i) into a community school site; and 

16 (ii) through the presence of special17 ized student support personnel and local 

18 educational agency liaisons for homeless 

19 children and youth designated pursuant to 

20 section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of the McKinney21 Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

22 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii)). 

23 (C) NEEDS ASSESSMENT.—An analysis of 

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1 by the local consortium, their families, and the 

2 community that— 

3 (i) includes input from students and 

4 parents; 

5 (ii) assesses the academic, physical, 

6 social, emotional, health, mental health, 

7 and civic needs of students and their fami8 lies; and 

9 (iii) may impact students’ ability to 

10 meet the challenging State student aca11 demic achievement standards. 

12 (D) SERVICE INTEGRATION AND PROVI13 SION.—A plan to coordinate and integrate serv14 ices and provide services in order to meet the 

15 needs identified under subparagraph (C) and 

16 achieve the results and aligned quantifiable in17 dicators described in subparagraph (A), includ18 ing— 

19 (i) a description of the services admin20 istered by members of the local consortium 

21 that are funded through grants provided 

22 under the Elementary and Secondary Edu23 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et 

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

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1 (ii) if applicable, a description of the 

2 coordination among services provided by 

3 community-based organizations and serv4 ices provided by specialized instructional 

5 support personnel serving local educational 

6 agencies participating in the local consor7 tium. 

8 (E) COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN EDU9 CATION.—A plan to increase community en10 gagement in education. 

11 (F) FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IN EDU12 CATION.—A plan to increase family engagement 

13 in education. 

14 (3) EXISTING PLANS, STRATEGIES, AND AS15 SESSMENTS.—Existing plans, strategies, needs as16 sessments, or assets assessments may be used to 

17 satisfy the requirements of this section if such exist18 ing plans, strategies, needs assessments, or assets 

19 assessments include the information required by this 

20 section, or can be modified to do so, and are sub21 mitted to the Secretary with such modifications. 

22 SEC. 10. LOCAL USE OF FUNDS. 

23 (a) MANDATORY USE OF FUNDS.—A local consor24 tium that receives a subgrant under section 8 shall use 

25 the subgrant funds— 


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1 (1) to integrate multiple private and public 

2 services into a comprehensive, coordinated con3 tinuum that meets the holistic needs of young peo4 ple; 

5 (2) to implement the comprehensive, coordi6 nated continuum of services described in paragraph 

7 (1) through research-based services producing quan8 tifiable results that align with the local results 

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

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

11 assessment carried out pursuant to section 

12 9(b)(2)(C) by leveraging the assets identified in the 

13 assets assessment carried out pursuant to section 

14 9(b)(2)(B); and 

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

16 specialized instructional support personnel serving 

17 local educational agencies participating in the local 

18 consortium. 

19 (b) PERMISSIBLE USE OF FUNDS.—A local consor20 tium that receives a subgrant under section 8 may use 

21 the subgrant funds to coordinate, integrate, and enhance 

22 existing services, and provide new services, in order to pro23 vide young people with research-based, comprehensive 

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1 (1) community-based, integrated student serv2 ices; 

3 (2) full service community schools; 

4 (3) high-quality early childhood development, 

5 including— 

6 (A) early childhood education; 

7 (B) programs under the Head Start Act 

8 (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), including Early Head 

9 Start programs; 

10 (C) early reading first programs; 

11 (D) child care services; 

12 (E) early childhood-school transition serv13 ices; 

14 (F) home visiting; 

15 (G) parenting education; and 

16 (H) services for young children with spe17 cial needs; 

18 (4) academic support services, including— 

19 (A) tutoring; 

20 (B) extended day programs, including serv21 ices provided through 21st Century Community 

22 Learning Centers under part B of title IV of 

23 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

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1 (C) academic support services for English2 language learners; 

3 (D) programs for students and parents to 

4 learn together, including opportunities in such 

5 fields as technology, art, music, and language 

6 acquisition; 

7 (E) multiple pathways toward attaining a 

8 high school diploma and preparing students for 

9 college, including— 

10 (i) dual enrollment programs; 

11 (ii) early college high schools; 

12 (iii) strategies for preventing at-risk 

13 youth from dropping out of high school; 

14 (iv) dropout recovery strategies, in15 cluding strategies that award credit based 

16 on student performance instead of instruc17 tional time; and 

18 (v) other activities that combine rig19 orous coursework, personalized learning 

20 environments, practical applications, and 

21 comprehensive support services; 

22 (F) summer enrichment and learning expe23 riences; and 

24 (G) services for students with disabilities; 

25 (5) health services, including— 


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1 (A) primary health care; 

2 (B) dental care; 

3 (C) vision care; 

4 (D) speech and hearing care; 

5 (E) mental health services; 

6 (F) nutrition services; 

7 (G) health education; and 

8 (H) developmental and habilitation services 

9 for young people with special needs; 

10 (6) youth development, including— 

11 (A) mentoring and other youth develop12 ment programs, including programs that engage 

13 older adults; 

14 (B) recreation and physical education; 

15 (C) service learning, civic education, lead16 ership development, entrepreneurship, and com17 munity service opportunities; 

18 (D) job training, career counseling, and in19 ternship opportunities; 

20 (E) career and technical education; 

21 (F) college preparation and counseling 

22 services; and 

23 (G) positive behavioral interventions and 

24 supports; 


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1 (7) social services for students and families, in2 cluding— 

3 (A) family support programs, including 

4 housing assistance, counseling, financial edu5 cation, crisis intervention, and related services; 

6 (B) programs that provide assistance to 

7 students who have been truant, suspended, or 

8 expelled; 

9 (C) programs or efforts intended to iden10 tify young people without a high school diploma 

11 and reengage the young people in school so that 

12 the young people may attain a high school di13 ploma; and 

14 (D) strategies that engage older adults as 

15 resources to students and families; 

16 (8) parent and adult education programs, in17 cluding— 

18 (A) programs that promote family literacy, 

19 including family literacy programs for English20 language learners and Even Start; 

21 (B) parent and caregiver leadership and 

22 parent and caregiver education activities; 

23 (C) translation services; 


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1 (D) adult education, including instruction 

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

4 (E) citizenship preparation for individuals 

5 choosing to become United States citizens; 

6 (9) juvenile crime prevention and rehabilitation 

7 programs, including— 

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

9 and drug courts; and 

10 (B) tribal youth programs; 

11 (10) specialized instructional support services, 

12 including specialized instructional support personnel; 

13 (11) service coordination staffing that ensures 

14 young people receive comprehensive services to meet 

15 the holistic needs of the young people; 

16 (12) training, technical assistance, and profes17 sional development for school-based and community18 based personnel to build capacity and skills to edu19 cate English-language learners; 

20 (13) training, technical assistance, and profes21 sional development for school-based and community22 based personnel providing comprehensive services to 

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1 (14) subgrants to nonprofit and other organiza2 tions to implement the requirements and allowable 

3 services under this section; 

4 (15) reasonable program administration and 

5 planning associated with the activities required 

6 under this section; and 

7 (16) other services consistent with this section. 

8 SEC. 11. CONSTRUCTION. 

9 Nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter or oth10 erwise affect the rights, remedies, and procedures afforded 

11 school or school district employees under Federal, State, 

12 or local laws (including applicable regulations or court or13 ders) or under the terms of collective bargaining agree14 ments, memoranda of understanding, or other agreements 

15 between such employees and their employers. 

16 SEC. 12. ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. 

17 (a) FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANS18 PARENCY.— 

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

20 Secretary shall report to the public, Congress, and 

21 the President— 

22 (A) the collective progress made by— 

23 (i) States in achieving the goals estab24 lished within the State results frameworks 

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1 (ii) communities in achieving the goals 

2 established within the local results frame3 works pursuant to section 9(b)(2)(A); 

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

5 States and local consortia to improve the lives 

6 of children, youth, and families, including— 

7 (i) the characteristics of the young 

8 people and families served by the activities 

9 and services assisted under this Act; 

10 (ii) the services and supports provided 

11 under this Act; and 

12 (iii) outcomes resulting from the ac13 tivities and services funded under this Act; 

14 (C) actions taken pursuant to paragraph 

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

16 and 

17 (D) other information the Secretary deter18 mines to be of interest to the public. 

19 (2) CORRECTION OF DEFICIENCIES.—If the 

20 Secretary determines, based on a review of State an21 nual reports, State strategies, State data submis22 sions, evaluations, or other documentation, that a 

23 State or entity that receives funds through a grant 

24 or contract made under this Act makes insufficient 

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1 in the State results framework pursuant to section 

2 6(c)(1) within 3 years of receiving a grant under 

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

4 otherwise not complying with the requirements of 

5 this Act, the Secretary shall— 

6 (A) notify the State of the deficiencies that 

7 require correction and request that the State 

8 submit a plan to correct the deficiencies; 

9 (B) negotiate a plan to correct the defi10 ciencies, and provide appropriate training or 

11 technical assistance designed to assist the State 

12 in complying with the requirements of this Act; 

13 and 

14 (C) in the case that the State fails to sub15 mit or negotiate a plan to correct the defi16 ciencies or fails to make substantial efforts, 

17 within 6 months after the date of the notifica18 tion described in paragraph (1), to correct the 

19 deficiencies and comply with the requirements 

20 of this Act— 

21 (i) terminate the provision of funds 

22 under this Act to the State or entity for 

23 the remainder of the period of the grant or 

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1 (ii) redistribute the terminated fund2 ing in the manner described in section 

3 5(c). 

4 (3) INDEPENDENT ONGOING EVALUATION.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

6 carry out an ongoing evaluation of the activities 

7 conducted under this Act and shall submit the 

8 evaluation results to Congress and the public in 

9 July of 2014 and in July of 2016. 

10 (B) RIGOROUS AND INDEPENDENT EVAL11 UATION.—The Secretary shall enter into a con12 tract with an entity independent of the Depart13 ment of Education to carry out the evaluation 

14 required under this paragraph. To the extent 

15 the Secretary determines feasible, the evalua16 tion shall include large-scale, longitudinal, ran17 domized studies to identify the most effective 

18 combinations of academic and nonacademic 

19 interventions, including interventions adminis20 tered by community-based organizations, to 

21 achieve improvements in academic and other 

22 outcomes for students. 

23 (C) EVALUATION OUTCOMES.— 

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1 the process of developing and imple2 menting effective partnerships among 

3 schools, school districts, families, students, 

4 and community partners, as well as the im5 pact of activities conducted under this Act, 

6 which may include impacts on the fol7 lowing outcomes: 

8 (I) Student achievement as meas9 ured by assessment data, classroom 

10 grades, and other means of measuring 

11 student performance. 

12 (II) Graduation rates. 

13 (III) School readiness. 

14 (IV) Numbers of detentions, sus15 pensions, and expulsions. 

16 (V) Enrollment in postsecondary 

17 education. 

18 (VI) The degree of communica19 tion between schools and families. 

20 (VII) The degree of parental par21 ticipation in school activities. 

22 (VIII) Student health, including 

23 mental health and risk factors at 

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1 (X) Attendance. 

2 (XI) The number of students and 

3 families receiving services. 

4 (XII) Other outcome areas as de5 termined by the Secretary in consulta6 tion with State educational agencies, 

7 local educational agencies, teacher or8 ganizations, secondary students, and 

9 nonprofit organizations providing 

10 services to children and youth. 

11 (ii) DISAGGREGATION.—The outcomes 

12 described in clause (i) shall be 

13 disaggregated by gender, race, and family 

14 income. 

15 (b) STATE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.— 

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

17 each State shall report to the public and the Sec18 retary such information as the Secretary may rea19 sonably require, including— 

20 (A) progress made toward achieving— 

21 (i) the goals established within the 

22 State results framework pursuant to sec23 tion 6(c)(1) disaggregated in the same 

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1 (ii) the goals established within the 

2 local results frameworks pursuant to sec3 tion 9(b)(2)(A); 

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

5 States and local consortia to improve the lives 

6 of children, youth, and families, including— 

7 (i) the characteristics of the young 

8 people and families served by the activities 

9 and services assisted under this Act; 

10 (ii) the services and supports provided 

11 under this Act; and 

12 (iii) outcomes resulting from the ac13 tivities and services funded under this Act; 

14 (C) information on Federal barriers to ef15 fective State and local coordination; 

16 (D) the extent of coordination between 

17 State departments and agencies providing youth 

18 services in place to achieve the goals within the 

19 State results framework pursuant to section 

20 6(c)(1); 

21 (E) the extent to which the objectives and 

22 budgets of State departments and agencies pro23 viding child and youth services were consistent 

24 with the recommendations of the State strategy 

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1 (F) the efficiency and adequacy of State 

2 and local programs and policies with respect to 

3 child and youth services; 

4 (G) actions taken pursuant to paragraph 

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

6 and 

7 (H) other information the State determines 

8 to be of interest to the public. 

9 (2) CORRECTION OF DEFICIENCIES.—If the 

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

11 submissions, evaluations, or other documentation, 

12 that a local consortium or organization that receives 

13 funds through a subgrant made under this Act 

14 makes insufficient progress toward achieving the 

15 goals established within the local results framework 

16 pursuant to section 9(b)(2)(A) within 3 years of re17 ceiving a subgrant under section 8, or is misusing, 

18 ineffectively using, or otherwise not complying with 

19 the requirements of this Act, the State shall— 

20 (A) notify the local consortium of the defi21 ciencies that require correction and request that 

22 the consortium submit a plan to correct the de23 ficiencies; 

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1 technical assistance designed to assist the local 

2 consortium in complying with the requirements 

3 of this Act; and 

4 (C) in the case that the local consortium 

5 fails to submit or negotiate a plan to correct 

6 the deficiencies or fails to make substantial ef7 forts, within 6 months after the date of the no8 tification described in subparagraph (A), to cor9 rect the deficiencies and comply with the re10 quirements of this Act, terminate the provision 

11 of funds under this Act to the local consortium 

12 or organization for the remainder of the period 

13 of the subgrant and redistribute the terminated 

14 funding in a manner determined by the State to 

15 be in the best interests of the children and 

16 youth in such State in accordance with this Act. 

17 (c) LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.— 

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

19 the public and the State such information as the State 

20 may reasonably require, including— 

21 (1) progress made toward achieving the goals 

22 established within the local results framework pursu23 ant to section 9(b)(2)(A) disaggregated in the same 

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

2 local consortium and subgrant recipients to improve 

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

4 (A) the characteristics of the young people 

5 and families served by the activities and serv6 ices assisted under this Act; 

7 (B) the services and supports provided 

8 under this Act; and 

9 (C) outcomes resulting from the activities 

10 and services funded under this Act; 

11 (3) information on State barriers to effective 

12 local coordination; 

13 (4) the extent of coordination between local 

14 agencies and organizations providing services to 

15 achieve the goals within the local results framework 

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

17 (5) other information the local consortium de18 termines to be of interest to the public. 

19 SEC. 13. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

20 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

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

22 through 2016. 

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