I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6481 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to award 
grants to eligible entities to establish, expand, or support school-based 
mentoring programs to assist at-risk middle school students with the 
transition from middle school to high school. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 25, 2022 
Mr. CARSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 to award grants to eligible entities to establish, 
expand, or support school-based mentoring programs to 
assist at-risk middle school students with the transition 
from middle school to high school. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transition-to-Success 
Mentoring Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TRANSITION-TO-SUCCESS MENTORING PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
1002(d) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6553) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS 
FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO ARE NEGLECTED, DE-
LINQUENT, OR AT-RISK.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out the activities described in part D, 
$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2023 and such sums as may 
be necessary for each succeeding fiscal year.’’. 
(b) TRANSITION-TO-SUCCESS
MENTORING
PRO-
GRAM.—Part D of title I of such Act (20 U.S.C. 6421 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Subpart 4—Transition-to-Success Mentoring 
Program 
‘‘SEC. 1441. TRANSITION-TO-SUCCESS MENTORING PRO-
GRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriated 
to carry out this section, the Secretary shall award grants 
to eligible entities to establish, expand, or support school- 
based mentoring programs to assist eligible students with 
the transition from middle school to high school. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—To receive a grant under this 
section, an eligible entity shall submit an application to 
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Secretary may require. 
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‘‘(c) USES OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIRED USES OF FUNDS.—An eligible 
entity that receives a grant under this section shall 
use the grant funds to establish a mentoring pro-
gram, or to expand or provide technical support to 
an existing mentoring program, in all middle schools 
served by the entity, under which each eligible stu-
dent is assigned to a success coach who— 
‘‘(A) creates a plan for success for the stu-
dent that— 
‘‘(i) is created with the student, men-
tor, relevant school staff (such as a teacher 
or school counselor), and parents of the 
student; 
‘‘(ii) includes, for each academic year, 
the student’s academic, personal, college, 
and career exploration goals, and a strat-
egy on how to accomplish such goals; 
‘‘(iii) 
identifies 
the 
student’s 
strengths, areas for improvement, and aca-
demic progress; and 
‘‘(iv) includes a plan to educate and 
support the student’s college or career ex-
ploration goals; 
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‘‘(B) enters into a signed, written agree-
ment with the parents of the student that de-
scribes how the parents should assist the stu-
dent in carrying out the plan for success; 
‘‘(C) meets with the student at least once 
per month to— 
‘‘(i) assist the student in achieving the 
goals under the plan for success; 
‘‘(ii) identify the student’s academic 
areas for improvement; 
‘‘(iii) connect the student with the 
tools and resources necessary to help im-
prove the student’s potential for academic 
success; 
‘‘(iv) ensure the student’s successful 
transition from middle school to high 
school by identifying opportunities to help 
the student develop a positive attitude to-
ward school, improve classroom behavior, 
complete coursework, and socialize with 
peers; and 
‘‘(v) in the case of a student with be-
havioral issues, assist the student in behav-
ior management techniques; 
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‘‘(d) GRANT DURATION.—A grant under this section 
shall be awarded for a period of not more than 5 years. 
‘‘(e) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE
ENTITIES.—An eligible entity 
receiving a grant under this section shall submit to 
the Secretary, at the end of each academic year dur-
ing the grant period, a report that includes— 
‘‘(A) the number of students who partici-
pated in the school-based mentoring program 
that was funded in whole or in part with the 
grant funds under this section; 
‘‘(B) data on the academic achievement of 
such students; 
‘‘(C) the number of contact hours between 
such students and their success coaches; and 
‘‘(D) any other information that the Sec-
retary may require to evaluate the success of 
the school-based mentoring program. 
‘‘(2) SECRETARY.— 
‘‘(A) INTERIM REPORT.—At the end of the 
third fiscal year for which funds are made 
available to carry out this section, the Secretary 
shall submit to Congress an interim report on 
the success of the school-based mentoring pro-
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grams funded under this section that includes 
the information received under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) FINAL REPORT.—At the end of the 
fifth fiscal year for which funds are made avail-
able to carry out this section, the Secretary 
shall submit to Congress a final report on the 
success of the school-based mentoring programs 
funded under this section that includes the in-
formation received under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) AT-RISK.—The term ‘at-risk’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 1432 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6472). 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means— 
‘‘(A) a local educational agency that— 
‘‘(i) receives, or is eligible to receive, 
funds under part A of this title; or 
‘‘(ii) is a high-need local educational 
agency; or 
‘‘(B) a partnership between a local edu-
cational agency described in subparagraph (A) 
and a nonprofit, community-based organization. 
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‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE STUDENT.—The term ‘eligible 
student’ means a student who— 
‘‘(A) is enrolled in a middle school served 
by an eligible entity; and 
‘‘(B) is an at-risk student. 
‘‘(4) HIGH-NEED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN-
CY.—The term ‘high-need local educational agency’ 
means a local educational agency that serves at least 
one high-need school. 
‘‘(5) HIGH-NEED
SCHOOL.—The term ‘high- 
need school’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 2211(b)(2). 
‘‘(6) MIDDLE
SCHOOL.—The term ‘middle 
school’ means a nonprofit institutional day or resi-
dential school, including a public charter school, that 
provides middle school education, as determined 
under State law, except that the term does not in-
clude any education below grade 6 or beyond grade 
9. 
‘‘(7) PARENT.—The term ‘parent’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 8101 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7801). 
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‘‘(8) SCHOOL-BASED
MENTORING.—The term 
‘school-based mentoring’ refers to mentoring activi-
ties that— 
‘‘(A) are closely coordinated with a school 
by involving teachers, counselors, and other 
school staff who may identify and refer stu-
dents for mentoring services; and 
‘‘(B) assist at-risk students in improving 
academic achievement and attitudes toward 
school and reducing disciplinary referrals. 
‘‘(9) SUCCESS
COACH.—The term ‘success 
coach’ means an individual who— 
‘‘(A) is— 
‘‘(i) an employee or volunteer of a 
local educational agency in which a men-
toring program receiving support under 
this section is being carried out; or 
‘‘(ii) a volunteer or employee from a 
nonprofit, community-based organization 
that provides volunteers for mentoring pro-
grams in secondary schools; and 
‘‘(B) prior to becoming a success coach— 
‘‘(i) received training from an eligible 
entity, which, at a minimum, was 2 hours 
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in length and covered the roles and respon-
sibilities of a success coach; and 
‘‘(ii) underwent a screening by an eli-
gible entity that included— 
‘‘(I) appropriate job reference 
checks; 
‘‘(II) child and domestic abuse 
record checks; and 
‘‘(III) 
criminal 
background 
checks.’’. 
SEC. 3. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents in section 2 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 1432 the following: 
‘‘SUBPART 4—TRANSITION-TO-SUCCESS MENTORING PROGRAM 
‘‘Sec. 1441. Transition-to-success mentoring program.’’. 
Æ 
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