‘‘(A) assistance to developers during the 
planning, program design, and initial imple-
mentation of a charter school; and 
‘‘(B) technical assistance to charter schools 
to operate such schools.’’; 
(4) in paragraph (5)(B), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘under section 5203(d)(3)’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) 
EXPANDED, 
HIGH-QUALITY
CHARTER 
SCHOOL.—The term ‘expanded, high-quality charter 
school’ means a high-quality charter school that has 
either significantly increased its enrollment or added 
one or more grades to its school. 
‘‘(8) HIGH-QUALITY
CHARTER
SCHOOL.—The 
term ‘high-quality charter school’ means a charter 
school that— 
‘‘(A) shows evidence of strong academic re-
sults, which may include strong academic growth 
as determined by a State; 
‘‘(B) has no significant issues in the areas 
of student safety, operational and financial man-
agement, or statutory or regulatory compliance; 
‘‘(C) has demonstrated success in signifi-
cantly increasing student academic achievement, 
including graduation rates where applicable, 
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consistent with the requirements under title I, for 
all students served by the charter school; and 
‘‘(D) has demonstrated success in increasing 
student academic achievement, including grad-
uation rates where applicable, for the groups of 
students 
described 
in 
section 
1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II), except that such demonstra-
tion is not required in a case in which the num-
ber of students in a group is insufficient to yield 
statistically reliable information or the results 
would reveal personally identifiable information 
about an individual student. 
‘‘(9) 
REPLICATED, 
HIGH-QUALITY
CHARTER 
SCHOOL MODEL.—The term ‘replicated, high-quality 
charter school model’ means a high-quality charter 
school that has opened a new campus under an exist-
ing charter or an additional charter if required by 
State law.’’. 
SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 5211 (20 U.S.C. 7221j) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 5211. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subpart $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2015 and each of 
the 5 succeeding fiscal years.’’. 
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SEC. 11. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) REPEAL.—Subpart 2 of part B of title V (20 
U.S.C. 7223 et seq.) is repealed. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 
section 2 is amended— 
(1) by striking the item relating to subpart 1 of 
part B of title V and inserting the following: 
‘‘Subpart 1—Charter School Program’’; 
(2) by striking the item relating to section 5203 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 5203. Grants to support high-quality charter schools.’’; 
(3) by striking the item relating to section 5204 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 5204. Facilities financing assistance.’’; and 
(4) by striking the items relating to subpart 2 of 
part B of title V. 
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Union Calendar No. 312 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 10 
[Report No. 113–423] 
A BILL 
To amend the charter school program under the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 
APRIL 29, 2014 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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