(c) STATE ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) MANDATORY
ACTIVITIES.—A State edu-
cational agency that receives an allotment under sec-
tion 5(b)(1)(D) shall use the funds made available 
under subsection (b)(3) to carry out all of the fol-
lowing activities: 
(A) PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
OR 
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—The 
State 
edu-
cational agency shall provide high-quality pro-
fessional development, or technical assistance, 
to a local educational agency, or a provider of 
high-quality professional development associated 
with a local educational agency, to help the 
local educational agency or provider administer 
high-quality professional development in order 
to train teachers and school leaders in adoles-
cent literacy instruction. 
(B) PRESERVICE COURSEWORK REVIEW.— 
The State educational agency shall strengthen 
and enhance preservice courses for students 
preparing, at all public institutions of higher 
education in the State, to teach any of grades 
4 through 12 by— 
(i) reviewing such courses to deter-
mine whether the courses’ content is con-
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sistent with findings of the most recent lit-
eracy research, including findings on the 
researched based elements of an effective 
adolescent literacy initiative; 
(ii) following up such reviews with 
recommendations to ensure that such insti-
tutions offer courses that meet the highest 
standards; and 
(iii) preparing a report on the results 
of such reviews and submitting the report 
to the reading and literacy partnership for 
the 
State 
established 
under 
section 
1203(d) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
6363(d)) and all public institutions of 
higher education in the State, and making 
the report available for public review by 
means of the Internet. 
(C) STATE
LICENSURE
AND
CERTIFI-
CATION
RECOMMENDATIONS.—The State edu-
cational agency shall make recommendations on 
how the State licensure and certification stand-
ards in the area of reading instruction in 
grades 4 through 12 might be improved. 
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(D) PROGRESS REPORTS FOR STATE EDU-
CATIONAL AGENCY GRANT RECIPIENTS.— 
(i) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 60 
days after the termination of the third 
year and the fifth year of the grant period, 
the State educational agency shall submit 
a progress report to the Secretary that 
shall include— 
(I) information on the progress 
the State educational agency and local 
educational agencies within the State 
are making in reducing the number of 
students served under this Act in 
grades 4 through 12 who are reading 
or writing below grade level (as dem-
onstrated by such information as 
teacher reports and school evaluations 
of mastery of the research-based ele-
ments of an effective adolescent lit-
eracy initiative); 
(II) evidence from the State edu-
cational agency and local educational 
agencies within the State that the 
State educational agency and the local 
educational agencies have— 
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(aa) significantly increased 
the number of students reading 
and writing at or above grade 
level; 
(bb) significantly increased 
the percentages of students de-
scribed 
in 
section 
1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6311 (b)(2)(C)(v)(II)) who are 
reading at or above grade level; 
and 
(cc) 
successfully 
imple-
mented the State educational 
agency’s duties under this Act; 
and 
(III) information regarding the 
number and percentage of students 
served by the local educational agen-
cies within the State who are grad-
uating from secondary school with a 
regular secondary school diploma in 
the standard number of years. 
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(ii) PEER REVIEW.—The progress re-
port described in this paragraph shall be 
reviewed by the peer review panel convened 
under section 5(d). 
(2) PERMISSIVE
ACTIVITIES.—A State edu-
cational agency that receives an allotment under sec-
tion 5(b)(1)(D) may use the funds made available 
under subsection (b)(3) to carry out any of the fol-
lowing activities: 
(A) Identifying providers of high-quality 
professional development for local educational 
agencies. 
(B) Training the personnel of local edu-
cational agencies to use data systems that track 
student literacy achievement. 
SEC. 7. GRANTS AND SUBGRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL 
AGENCIES. 
(a) SUBGRANTS AUTHORIZED.—A State receiving an 
allotment under section 5(b)(1)(D) shall use funds made 
available under section 6(b)(1) to award subgrants, on a 
competitive basis, to local educational agencies and con-
sortia of local educational agencies to enable the local edu-
cational agencies and consortia to carry out the authorized 
activities described in subsection (d). 
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(b) APPLICATIONS.—A local educational agency or 
consortium desiring to receive a grant or subgrant under 
this Act shall submit an application to the Secretary or 
the State educational agency (as appropriate) at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such information as 
the Secretary or the State educational agency, respec-
tively, may require. Such application shall include the fol-
lowing information: 
(1) For each school that the local educational 
agency or consortium identifies as participating in a 
grant or subgrant program under this Act— 
(A) how the school, local educational agen-
cy, or a provider of high-quality professional de-
velopment will provide ongoing high-quality pro-
fessional development in adolescent literacy in-
struction to teachers of core academic subjects 
and school leaders served by the school, local 
educational agency, or provider, respectively; 
(B) how the school will perform a capacity 
survey to identify the strengths and weaknesses 
of such school related to adolescent literacy; 
(C) how the results of the survey described 
in subparagraph (B) will be used to inform in-
struction at the school; 
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