I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5569 
To include community partners and intermediaries in the planning and 
delivery of education and related programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 
Mr. CICILLINE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To include community partners and intermediaries in the 
planning and delivery of education and related programs, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Community Partnerships in Education Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 
Sec. 101. State plans. 
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Sec. 102. Local educational agency plans. 
Sec. 103. Schoolwide programs. 
Sec. 104. Targeted assistance schools. 
Sec. 105. Academic assessment and local educational agency and school im-
provement. 
Sec. 106. School improvement grants. 
Sec. 107. Evaluations. 
Sec. 108. Definitions. 
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE CARL D. PERKINS CAREER AND 
TECHNICAL EDUCATION ACT OF 2006 
Sec. 201. Definitions. 
Sec. 202. Attainment of 21st century skills. 
Sec. 203. Inclusion of community partners and intermediary organizations in 
State and local plans. 
Sec. 204. Evaluations. 
TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND 
OPPORTUNITY ACT 
Sec. 301. Definitions. 
Sec. 302. Inclusion of community partners and intermediary organizations in 
local workforce development boards and activities. 
Sec. 303. Inclusion of community partners and intermediary organizations in 
adult education and literacy programs. 
Sec. 304. Effective date. 
TITLE IV—AMENDMENTS TO HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 
Sec. 401. Definitions. 
Sec. 402. TRIO programs. 
Sec. 403. GEAR UP. 
Sec. 404. Maintenance and expansion of existing programs. 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO ELE-
MENTARY AND SECONDARY 
EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 
SEC. 101. STATE PLANS. 
Section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2)(C)(vii)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and changes in’’ and in-
serting ‘‘changes in’’; and 
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(B) by inserting before the period at the 
end the following: ‘‘, and measures of the at-
tainment of 21st Century skills (such as critical 
thinking, problem-solving, communication, and 
collaboration)’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(2)(D)(i), by inserting ‘‘, 
and aligned with the program the State will carry 
out with funds received under this part’’ after ‘‘if 
any’’; and 
(3) in subsection (h)(1)(C)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause 
(vii); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
clause (viii) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ix) information on student attain-
ment of 21st Century skills (such as crit-
ical thinking, problem-solving, communica-
tion, and collaboration).’’. 
SEC. 102. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY PLANS. 
Section 1112(b)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6312(b)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, such 
as measures of the attainment of 21st Century skills 
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(such as critical thinking, problem-solving, commu-
nication, and collaboration),’’ after ‘‘any other indi-
cators’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (P), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(3) in subparagraph (Q), by striking the period 
and inserting a semicolon; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(R) a description of the data-sharing 
agreement or agreements that the local edu-
cational agency has entered into with other 
agencies and organizations so as to provide for 
shared access to information on student 
progress and success (consistent with the re-
quirements of subpart 4 of part C of the Gen-
eral Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232f 
et seq.)), integrated planning and joint review 
of the data, and coordinated adjustments in 
strategies for programs carried out with funds 
received under this part and activities in re-
sponse to changes in student needs or to new 
challenges; 
‘‘(S) a description of how the local edu-
cational agency will carry out programs with 
funds received under this part in partnership 
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with one or more community partners, includ-
ing through joint planning and implementation, 
shared professional development designed to im-
prove the effectiveness of school and community 
partner staff, development and implementation 
of shared data systems that support the im-
provement of such programs and the improve-
ment of the outcomes of such programs, and 
the alignment and coordination of local edu-
cational agency, school, and community partner 
goals, activities, and training; and 
‘‘(T) a description of how the local edu-
cational will carry out programs with funds re-
ceived under this part with the involvement of 
one or more intermediary organizations that 
will assist the agency and its schools by train-
ing staff, providing technical assistance that is 
designed to ensure continuous improvement, 
helping to ensure accountability for results, and 
helping to ensure that such funds flow quickly 
and effectively to effective service providers and 
activities.’’. 
SEC. 103. SCHOOLWIDE PROGRAMS. 
Section 1114(b)(1)(J) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6314(b)(1)(J)) 
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is amended by inserting ‘‘, with the assistance of one or 
more intermediary organizations described in section 
1112(b)(1)(T),’’ after ‘‘Coordination and integration’’. 
SEC. 104. TARGETED ASSISTANCE SCHOOLS. 
Section 1115(c)(1)(H) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6315(c)(1)(H)) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘, with the assistance of one or 
more intermediary organizations described in section 
1112(b)(1)(T),’’ after ‘‘coordinate and integrate’’. 
SEC. 
105. 
ACADEMIC 
ASSESSMENT 
AND 
LOCAL 
EDU-
CATIONAL AGENCY AND SCHOOL IMPROVE-
MENT. 
Section 1116 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(B), by inserting ‘‘, such 
as measures of the attainment of 21st Century 
skills,’’ after ‘‘section 1121(b)(1)(A) and (B)’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(3)(A)— 
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
inserting ‘‘community partners and inter-
mediary organizations described in section 
1112(b)(1)(S) and (T),’’ after ‘‘the local edu-
cational agency serving the school,’’; and 
(B) in clause (vii)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘and the State edu-
cational agency’’ and inserting ‘‘the State 
educational agency’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and community 
partners and intermediary organizations 
described in section 1112(b)(1)(S) and 
(T),’’ after ‘‘under the plan’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)(7)(A)— 
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
inserting ‘‘community partners or intermediary 
organizations 
as 
described 
in 
section 
1112(b)(1)(S) and (T),’’ after ‘‘school staff,’’; 
and 
(B) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘and the 
local educational agency’’ and inserting ‘‘, the 
local educational agency, and community part-
ners and intermediary organizations as de-
scribed in section 1112(b)(1)(S) and (T)’’. 
SEC. 106. SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GRANTS. 
Section 1003(g)(6) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6303(g)(6)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A); 
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(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) a commitment to carry out school and 
local educational agency improvement— 
‘‘(i) in partnership with one or more 
community partners, including through 
joint planning and implementation, shared 
professional development designed to im-
prove the effectiveness of school and com-
munity partner staff, development and im-
plementation of shared data systems that 
support program improvement and the im-
provement of program outcomes, and the 
alignment and coordination of local edu-
cational agency, school, and community 
partner goals, activities, and training; and 
‘‘(ii) with the involvement of one or 
more intermediary organizations that will 
assist the agency and its schools by train-
ing staff, providing technical assistance 
that is designed to ensure continuous im-
provement, helping to ensure accountability 
for results, and helping to ensure that pro-
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gram funds flow quickly and effectively to 
effective service providers and activities.’’. 
SEC. 107. EVALUATIONS. 
Section 1501(a)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6491(a)(2)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (O) as sub-
paragraph (Q); and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (N) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(O) Whether and how local educational 
agencies are involving community partners and 
intermediary organizations in their activities 
carried out under section 1003(g) and part A, 
and the impact of that involvement. 
‘‘(P) The implementation of the data-shar-
ing agreements entered into under section 
1112(b)(1)(E), and the impact of that imple-
mentation.’’. 
SEC. 108. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(44) COMMUNITY PARTNER.—The term ‘com-
munity partner’ means a nonprofit or public organi-
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(f) ADULT AND DISLOCATED WORKER ACTIVITIES.— 
Section 
134(c)(3)(D) 
of 
such 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 
3174(c)(3)(D)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (x), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in clause (xi), by striking the period and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after clause (xi) the following 
new clause: 
‘‘(xii) development of 21st century 
skills (such as critical thinking, problem- 
solving, communication, and collabora-
tion).’’. 
(g) EVALUATIONS.—Section 169(a)(2) of such Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3224(a)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting ‘‘and 
21st century skills’’ after ‘‘employment com-
petencies’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(3) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as sub-
paragraph (I); and 
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the fol-
lowing new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(G) whether and how providers of services 
under chapters 2 and 3 of subtitle A involve 
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