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(f) REPORTS BY THE STATES.—Each State that re-
ceives a grant under this section shall, not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2012, and annually thereafter for each fiscal 
year in which the State expends funds received under this 
section, submit to the Secretary a report that includes— 
(1) a description the projects for which the grant 
funding was, or will be, used; 
(2) a list of the community colleges that have re-
ceived, or will receive, assistance from the grant 
through a loan described in subsection (a)(1)(A), a 
capital campaign described in subsection (a)(1)(B), 
or a loan from a revolving loan fund described in 
subsection (a)(1)(C); and 
(3) a description of the amount and nature of 
the assistance provided to each such college. 
(g) REPORT BY THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall 
submit to the authorizing committees (as defined in section 
103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965) an annual report 
on the grants made under this section, including the infor-
mation described in subsection (f). 
(h) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—As used in this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘community college’’ means— 
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(A) a junior or community college, as such 
term is defined in section 312(f) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1085(f)); or 
(B) a four-year public institution of higher 
education (as defined in section 101 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965) that awards a signifi-
cant number of degrees and certificates that are 
not— 
(i) bachelor’s degrees (or an equiva-
lent); or 
(ii) master’s, professional, or other ad-
vanced degrees. 
(2) CHPS CRITERIA.—The term ‘‘CHPS Cri-
teria’’ means the green building rating program de-
veloped by the Collaborative for High Performance 
Schools. 
(3) ENERGY
STAR.—The term ‘‘Energy Star’’ 
means the Energy Star program of the United States 
Department of Energy and the United States Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency. 
(4) GREEN GLOBES.—The term ‘‘Green Globes’’ 
means the Green Building Initiative environmental 
design and rating system referred to as Green Globes. 
(5) LEED GREEN BUILDING RATING SYSTEM.— 
The term ‘‘LEED Green Building Rating System’’ 
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means the United States Green Building Council 
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design 
green building rating standard referred to as the 
LEED Green Building Rating System. 
(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
(7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 103 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003). 
(i) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated, and there are appropriated, to carry out 
this section (in addition to any other amounts appropriated 
to carry out this section and out of any money in the Treas-
ury not otherwise appropriated), $2,500,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2011, which shall remain available until expended. 
TITLE IV—EARLY LEARNING 
CHALLENGE FUND 
SEC. 401. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this title is to provide grants on a com-
petitive basis to States for the following: 
(1) To promote standards reform of State early 
learning programs serving children from birth 
through age 5 in order to support the healthy develop-
ment and improve the school readiness outcomes of 
young children. 
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(2) To establish a high standard of quality in 
early learning programs that integrates appropriate 
early learning and development standards across 
early learning settings. 
(3) To fund and implement quality initiatives 
that improve the skills and effectiveness of early 
learning providers, and improve the quality of exist-
ing early learning programs, in order to increase the 
number of disadvantaged children who participate in 
comprehensive and high-quality early learning pro-
grams. 
(4) To ensure that a greater number of disadvan-
taged children enter kindergarten with the cognitive, 
social, emotional, and physical skills and abilities 
needed to be successful in school. 
(5) To increase parents’ abilities to access com-
prehensive and high quality early learning programs 
across settings for their children. 
SEC. 402. PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED. 
(a) QUALITY PATHWAYS GRANTS.—The Secretary 
shall use funds made available to carry out this title for 
a fiscal year to award grants on a competitive basis to 
States in accordance with section 403. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.—The Secretary shall use 
funds made available to carry out this title for a fiscal year 
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to award grants in accordance with section 404 on a com-
petitive basis to States that demonstrate a commitment to 
establishing a system of early learning that will include the 
components described in section 403(c)(3) but are not— 
(1) eligible to be awarded a grant under sub-
section (a); or 
(2) are not awarded such a grant after applica-
tion. 
(c) RESERVATIONS OF FEDERAL FUNDS.— 
(1) RESEARCH, EVALUATION, AND ADMINISTRA-
TION.—From the amount made available to carry out 
this title for a fiscal year, the Secretary— 
(A) shall reserve up to 2 percent jointly to 
administer this title with the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services; and 
(B) shall reserve up to 3 percent to carry 
out activities under section 405. 
(2) TRIBAL SCHOOL READINESS PLANNING DEM-
ONSTRATION.—After making the reservations under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall reserve 0.25 per-
cent for a competitive grant program for Indian 
tribes to develop and implement school readiness 
plans that— 
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