IIB 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 5 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 24, 2013 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions 
AN ACT 
To support State and local accountability for public edu-
cation, protect State and local authority, inform parents 
of the performance of their children’s schools, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Student Success Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. References. 
Sec. 4. Transition. 
Sec. 5. Effective dates. 
Sec. 6. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 7. Sense of the Congress. 
TITLE I—AID TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES 
Subtitle A—In General 
Sec. 101. Title heading. 
Sec. 102. Statement of purpose. 
Sec. 103. Flexibility to use Federal funds. 
Sec. 104. School improvement. 
Sec. 105. Direct student services. 
Sec. 106. State administration. 
Subtitle B—Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged 
Sec. 111. Part A headings. 
Sec. 112. State plans. 
Sec. 113. Local educational agency plans. 
Sec. 114. Eligible school attendance areas. 
Sec. 115. Schoolwide programs. 
Sec. 116. Targeted assistance schools. 
Sec. 117. Academic assessment and local educational agency and school im-
provement; school support and recognition. 
Sec. 118. Parental involvement. 
Sec. 119. Qualifications for teachers and paraprofessionals. 
Sec. 120. Participation of children enrolled in private schools. 
Sec. 121. Fiscal requirements. 
Sec. 122. Coordination requirements. 
Sec. 123. Grants for the outlying areas and the Secretary of the Interior. 
Sec. 124. Allocations to States. 
Sec. 125. Basic grants to local educational agencies. 
Sec. 126. Adequacy of funding of targeted grants to local educational agencies 
in fiscal years after fiscal year 2001. 
Sec. 127. Education finance incentive grant program. 
Sec. 128. Carryover and waiver. 
Sec. 129. Title I portability. 
Subtitle C—Additional Aid to States and School Districts 
Sec. 131. Additional aid. 
Subtitle D—National Assessment 
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Sec. 141. National assessment of title I. 
Subtitle E—Title I General Provisions 
Sec. 151. General provisions for title I. 
TITLE II—TEACHER PREPARATION AND EFFECTIVENESS 
Sec. 201. Teacher preparation and effectiveness. 
Sec. 202. Conforming repeals. 
TITLE III—PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT AND LOCAL FLEXIBILITY 
Sec. 301. Parental engagement and local flexibility. 
TITLE IV—IMPACT AID 
Sec. 401. Purpose. 
Sec. 402. Payments relating to Federal acquisition of real property. 
Sec. 403. Payments for eligible federally connected children. 
Sec. 404. Policies and procedures relating to children residing on Indian lands. 
Sec. 405. Application for payments under sections 8002 and 8003. 
Sec. 406. Construction. 
Sec. 407. Facilities. 
Sec. 408. State consideration of payments providing State aid. 
Sec. 409. Federal administration. 
Sec. 410. Administrative hearings and judicial review. 
Sec. 411. Definitions. 
Sec. 412. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 413. Conforming amendments. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR THE ACT 
Sec. 501. General provisions for the Act. 
Sec. 502. Repeal. 
Sec. 503. Other laws. 
Sec. 504. Amendment to IDEA. 
TITLE VI—THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S TRUST RESPONSI-
BILITY TO AMERICAN INDIAN, ALASKA NATIVE, AND NATIVE 
HAWAIIAN EDUCATION 
Sec. 601. The Federal Government’s Trust Responsibility to American Indian, 
Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Education. 
TITLE VII—HOMELESS EDUCATION 
Sec. 701. Statement of policy. 
Sec. 702. Grants for State and local activities for the education of homeless 
children and youths. 
Sec. 703. Local educational agency subgrants for the education of homeless 
children and youths. 
Sec. 704. Secretarial responsibilities. 
Sec. 705. Definitions. 
Sec. 706. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE VIII—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 801. Findings; Sense of the Congress. 
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SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a 
section or other provision of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.). 
SEC. 4. TRANSITION. 
Unless otherwise provided in this Act, any person or 
agency that was awarded a grant under the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 
et seq.) prior to the date of the enactment of this Act shall 
continue to receive funds in accordance with the terms of 
such award, except that funds for such award may not 
continue more than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 
this Act, this Act, and the amendments made by this Act, 
shall be effective upon the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) NONCOMPETITIVE PROGRAMS.—With respect to 
noncompetitive programs under which any funds are allot-
ted by the Secretary of Education to recipients on the 
basis of a formula, this Act, and the amendments made 
by this Act, shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 
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(c) COMPETITIVE PROGRAMS.—With respect to pro-
grams that are conducted by the Secretary on a competi-
tive basis, this Act, and the amendments made by this Act, 
shall take effect with respect to appropriations for use 
under those programs for fiscal year 2014. 
(d) IMPACT AID.—With respect to title IV of the Act 
(20 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) (Impact Aid), this Act, and the 
amendments made by this Act, shall take effect with re-
spect to appropriations for use under that title for fiscal 
year 2014. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
The Act (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended by in-
serting after section 2 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) TITLE I.— 
‘‘(1) PART A.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out part A of title I 
$16,651,767,000 (reduced by $195,399,345) for 
each of fiscal years 2014 through 2019. 
‘‘(2) PART B.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out part B of title I $3,028,000 
for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2019. 
‘‘(b) TITLE II.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out title II $2,441,549,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2014 through 2019. 
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‘‘(c) TITLE III.— 
‘‘(1) PART A.— 
‘‘(A) SUBPART 1.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out subpart 1 of part 
A of title III $300,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2014 through 2019. 
‘‘(B) SUBPART 2.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out subpart 2 of part 
A of title III $91,647,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2014 through 2019. 
‘‘(C) SUBPART 3.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out subpart 3 of part 
A of title III $25,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2014 through 2019. 
‘‘(2) PART B.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out part B of title III 
$2,055,709,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2019. 
‘‘(d) TITLE IV.— 
‘‘(1) PAYMENTS FOR FEDERAL ACQUISITION OF 
REAL PROPERTY.—For the purpose of making pay-
ments under section 4002, there are authorized to 
be appropriated $63,445,000 for each of fiscal years 
2014 through 2019. 
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‘‘(2) BASIC PAYMENTS; PAYMENTS FOR HEAV-
ILY
IMPACTED
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCIES.— 
For the purpose of making payments under section 
4003(b), there are authorized to be appropriated 
$1,093,203,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2019. 
‘‘(3) PAYMENTS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABIL-
ITIES.—For the purpose of making payments under 
section 4003(d), there are authorized to be appro-
priated $45,881,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2019. 
‘‘(4) CONSTRUCTION.—For the purpose of car-
rying out section 4007, there are authorized to be 
appropriated $16,529,000 for each of fiscal years 
2014 through 2019. 
‘‘(5) FACILITIES MAINTENANCE.—For the pur-
pose of carrying out section 4008, there are author-
ized to be appropriated $4,591,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2014 through 2019.’’. 
SEC. 7. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) The Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act prohibits the Federal Government from man-
dating, directing, or controlling a State, local edu-
cational agency, or school’s curriculum, program of 
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instruction, or allocation of State and local re-
sources, and from mandating a State or any subdivi-
sion thereof to spend any funds or incur any costs 
not paid for under such Act. 
(2) The Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act prohibits the Federal Government from funding 
the development, pilot testing, field testing, imple-
mentation, administration, or distribution of any 
federally sponsored national test in reading, mathe-
matics, or any other subject, unless specifically and 
explicitly authorized by law. 
(3) The Secretary of Education, through 3 sep-
arate initiatives, has created a system of waivers and 
grants that influence, incentivize, and coerce State 
educational agencies into implementing common na-
tional elementary and secondary standards and as-
sessments endorsed by the Secretary. 
(4) The Race to the Top Fund encouraged and 
incentivized States to adopt Common Core State 
Standards developed by the National Governor’s As-
sociation Center for Best Practices and the Council 
of Chief State School Officers. 
(5) The Race to the Top Assessment grants 
awarded to the Partnership for the Assessment of 
Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and 
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SMARTER 
Balanced 
Assessment 
Consortium 
(SMARTER Balance) initiated the development of 
Common Core State Standards aligned assessments 
that will, in turn, inform and ultimately influence 
kindergarten through 12th-grade curriculum and in-
structional materials. 
(6) The conditional Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act flexibility waiver authority employed 
by the Department of Education coerced States into 
accepting Common Core State Standards and 
aligned assessments. 
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
the Congress that States and local educational agencies 
should maintain the rights and responsibilities of deter-
mining educational curriculum, programs of instruction, 
and assessments for elementary and secondary education. 
TITLE I—AID TO LOCAL 
EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES 
Subtitle A—In General 
SEC. 101. TITLE HEADING. 
The title heading for title I (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) 
is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘TITLE I—AID TO LOCAL 
EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES’’. 
SEC. 102. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 
Section 1001 (20 U.S.C. 6301) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1001. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 
‘‘The purpose of this title is to provide all children 
the opportunity to graduate high school prepared for post-
secondary education or the workforce. This purpose can 
be accomplished by— 
‘‘(1) meeting the educational needs of low- 
achieving children in our Nation’s highest-poverty 
schools, English learners, migratory children, chil-
dren with disabilities, Indian children, and neglected 
or delinquent children; 
‘‘(2) closing the achievement gap between high- 
and low-performing children, especially the achieve-
ment gaps between minority and nonminority stu-
dents, and between disadvantaged children and their 
more advantaged peers; 
‘‘(3) affording parents substantial and mean-
ingful opportunities to participate in the education 
of their children; and 
‘‘(4) challenging States and local educational 
agencies to embrace meaningful, evidence-based edu-
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cation reform, while encouraging state and local in-
novation.’’. 
SEC. 103. FLEXIBILITY TO USE FEDERAL FUNDS. 
Section 1002 (20 U.S.C. 6302) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1002. FLEXIBILITY TO USE FEDERAL FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) ALTERNATIVE USES OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR 
STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (c) 
and (d) and notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a State educational agency may use the applica-
ble funding that the agency receives for a fiscal year 
to carry out any State activity authorized or re-
quired under one or more of the following provisions: 
‘‘(A) Section 1003. 
‘‘(B) Section 1004. 
‘‘(C) Subpart 2 of part A of title I. 
‘‘(D) Subpart 3 of part A of title I. 
‘‘(E) Subpart 4 of part A of title I. 
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than June 1 of 
each year, a State educational agency shall notify 
the Secretary of the State educational agency’s in-
tention to use the applicable funding for any of the 
alternative uses under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) APPLICABLE FUNDING DEFINED.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), in this subsection, the term 
‘applicable funding’ means funds provided to 
carry out State activities under one or more of 
the following provisions. 
‘‘(i) Section 1003. 
‘‘(ii) Section 1004. 
‘‘(iii) Subpart 2 of part A of title I. 
‘‘(iv) Subpart 3 of part A of title I. 
‘‘(v) Subpart 4 of part A of title I. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘applicable funding’ does not include funds 
provided under any of the provisions listed in 
subparagraph (A) that State educational agen-
cies are required by this Act— 
‘‘(i) to reserve, allocate, or spend for 
required activities; 
‘‘(ii) to allocate, allot, or award to 
local educational agencies or other entities 
eligible to receive such funds; or 
‘‘(iii) to use for technical assistance or 
monitoring. 
‘‘(4) DISBURSEMENT.—The Secretary shall dis-
burse the applicable funding to State educational 
agencies for alternative uses under paragraph (1) for 
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a fiscal year at the same time as the Secretary dis-
burses the applicable funding to State educational 
agencies that do not intend to use the applicable 
funding for such alternative uses for the fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) ALTERNATIVE USES OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR 
LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (c) 
and (d) and notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a local educational agency may use the applica-
ble funding that the agency receives for a fiscal year 
to carry out any local activity authorized or required 
under one or more of the following provisions: 
‘‘(A) Section 1003. 
‘‘(B) Subpart 1 of part A of title I. 
‘‘(C) Subpart 2 of part A of title I. 
‘‘(D) Subpart 3 of part A of title I. 
‘‘(E) Subpart 4 of part A of title I. 
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—A local educational agen-
cy shall notify the State educational agency of the 
local educational agency’s intention to use the appli-
cable funding for any of the alternative uses under 
paragraph (1) by a date that is established by the 
State educational agency for the notification. 
‘‘(3) APPLICABLE FUNDING DEFINED.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), in this subsection, the term 
‘applicable funding’ means funds provided to 
carry out local activities under one or more of 
the following provisions: 
‘‘(i) Subpart 2 of part A of title I. 
‘‘(ii) Subpart 3 of part A of title I. 
‘‘(iii) Subpart 4 of part A of title I. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘applicable funding’ does not include funds 
provided under any of the provisions listed in 
subparagraph (A) that local educational agen-
cies are required by this Act— 
‘‘(i) to reserve, allocate, or spend for 
required activities; 
‘‘(ii) to allocate, allot, or award to en-
tities eligible to receive such funds; or 
‘‘(iii) to use for technical assistance or 
monitoring. 
‘‘(4) DISBURSEMENT.—Each State educational 
agency that receives applicable funding for a fiscal 
year shall disburse the applicable funding to local 
educational agencies for alternative uses under para-
graph (1) for the fiscal year at the same time as the 
State educational agency disburses the applicable 
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funding to local educational agencies that do not in-
tend to use the applicable funding for such alter-
native uses for the fiscal year. 
‘‘(c) RULE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—A State 
educational agency or a local educational agency shall only 
use applicable funding (as defined in subsection (a)(3) or 
(b)(3), respectively) for administrative costs incurred in 
carrying out a provision listed in subsection (a)(1) or 
(b)(1), respectively, to the extent that the agency, in the 
absence of this section, could have used funds for adminis-
trative costs with respect to a program listed in subsection 
(a)(3) or (b)(3), respectively. 
‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to relieve a State educational agen-
cy or local educational agency of any requirements relating 
to— 
‘‘(1) use of Federal funds to supplement, not 
supplant, non-Federal funds; 
‘‘(2) comparability of services; 
‘‘(3) equitable participation of private school 
students and teachers; 
‘‘(4) applicable civil rights requirements; 
‘‘(5) section 1113; or 
‘‘(6) section 1111.’’. 
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SEC. 104. SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT. 
Section 1003 (20 U.S.C. 6303) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2 percent’’ and inserting 
‘‘7 percent’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘subpart 2 of part A’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘sections 1116 and 
1117,’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter B of subpart 1 
of part A for each fiscal year to carry out sub-
section (b),’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘for 
schools identified for school improvement, cor-
rective action, and restructuring, for activities 
under section 1116(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘to carry 
out the State’s system of school improvement 
under section 1111(b)(3)(B)(iii)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or edu-
cational service agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘, edu-
cational service agencies, or non-profit or for- 
profit external providers with expertise in using 
evidence-based or other effective strategies to 
improve student achievement’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
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(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘need for 
such funds; and’’ and inserting ‘‘commitment to 
using such funds to improve such schools.’’; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (3); 
(4) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘subpart 2 
of part A;’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter B of subpart 1 
of part A;’’; 
(5) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘in any fiscal year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘in fiscal year 2015 and each subse-
quent fiscal year’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘subpart 2’’ and inserting 
‘‘chapter B of subpart 1 of part A’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘such subpart’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘such chapter’’; 
(6) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘and the per-
centage of students from each school from families 
with incomes below the poverty line’’; and 
(7) by striking subsection (g). 
SEC. 105. DIRECT STUDENT SERVICES. 
The Act (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended by in-
serting after section 1003 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1003A. DIRECT STUDENT SERVICES. 
‘‘(a) STATE RESERVATION.—Each State shall reserve 
3 percent of the amount the State receives under chapter 
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B of subpart 1 of part A for each fiscal year to carry 
out this section. Of such reserved funds, the State edu-
cational agency may use up to 1 percent to administer 
direct student services. 
‘‘(b) DIRECT
STUDENT
SERVICES.—From the 
amount available after the application of subsection (a), 
each State shall award grants in accordance with this sec-
tion to local educational agencies to support direct student 
services. 
‘‘(c) AWARDS.—The State educational agency shall 
award grants to geographically diverse local educational 
agencies including suburban, rural, and urban local edu-
cational agencies. If there are not enough funds to award 
all applicants in a sufficient size and scope to run an effec-
tive direct student services program, the State shall 
prioritize awards to local educational agencies with the 
greatest number of neglected, delinquent, migrant stu-
dents, English learners, at-risk students, and Native 
Americans, to increase academic achievement of such stu-
dents. 
‘‘(d) LOCAL USE OF FUNDS.—A local educational 
agency receiving an award under this section— 
‘‘(1) shall use up to 1 percent of each award for 
outreach and communication to parents about their 
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options and to register students for direct student 
services; 
‘‘(2) may use not more than 2 percent of each 
award for administrative costs related to direct stu-
dent services; and 
‘‘(3) shall use the remainder of the award to 
pay the transportation required to provide public 
school choice or the hourly rate for high-quality aca-
demic tutoring services, as determined by a provider 
on the State-approved list required under subsection 
(f)(2). 
‘‘(e) APPLICATION.—A local educational agency de-
siring to receive an award under subsection (b) shall sub-
mit an application describing how the local educational 
agency will— 
‘‘(1) provide adequate outreach to ensure par-
ents can exercise a meaningful choice of direct stu-
dent services for their child’s education; 
‘‘(2) ensure parents have adequate time and in-
formation to make a meaningful choice prior to en-
rolling their child in a direct student service; 
‘‘(3) ensure sufficient availability of seats in the 
public schools the local educational agency will make 
available for public school choice options; 
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‘‘(4) determine the requirements or criteria for 
student eligibility for direct student services; 
‘‘(5) select a variety of providers of high-quality 
academic tutoring from the State-approved list re-
quired under subsection (f)(2) and ensure fair nego-
tiations in selecting such providers of high-quality 
academic tutoring, including online, on campus, and 
other models of tutoring which provide meaningful 
choices to parents to find the best service for their 
child; and 
‘‘(6) develop an estimated per pupil expenditure 
available for eligible students to use toward high- 
quality academic tutoring which shall allow for an 
adequate level of services to increase academic 
achievement from a variety of high-quality academic 
tutoring providers. 
‘‘(f) PROVIDERS AND SCHOOLS.—The State— 
‘‘(1) shall ensure that each local educational 
agency receiving an award to provide public school 
choice can provide a sufficient number of options to 
provide a meaningful choice for parents; 
‘‘(2) shall compile a list of State-approved high- 
quality academic tutoring providers that includes on-
line, on campus, and other models of tutoring; and 
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‘‘(3) shall ensure that each local educational 
agency receiving an award will provide an adequate 
number of high-quality academic tutoring options to 
ensure parents have a meaningful choice of serv-
ices.’’. 
SEC. 106. STATE ADMINISTRATION. 
Section 1004 (20 U.S.C. 6304) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1004. STATE ADMINISTRATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), to carry out administrative duties assigned under sub-
parts 1, 2, and 3 of part A of this title, each State may 
reserve the greater of— 
‘‘(1) 1 percent of the amounts received under 
such subparts; or 
‘‘(2) $400,000 ($50,000 in the case of each 
outlying area). 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—If the sum of the amounts re-
served under subparts 1, 2, and 3 of part A of this title 
is equal to or greater than $14,000,000,000, then the res-
ervation described in subsection (a)(1) shall not exceed 1 
percent of the amount the State would receive if 
$14,000,000,000 were allocated among the States for sub-
parts 1, 2, and 3 of part A of this title.’’. 
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Subtitle 
B—Improving 
the 
Aca-
demic Achievement of the Dis-
advantaged 
SEC. 111. PART A HEADINGS. 
(a) PART HEADING.—The part heading for part A 
of title I (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘PART A—IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC 
ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED’’. 
(b) SUBPART 1 HEADING.—The Act is amended by 
striking the subpart heading for subpart 1 of part A of 
title I (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) and inserting the following: 
‘‘Subpart 1—Improving Basic Programs Operated by 
Local Educational Agencies 
‘‘CHAPTER A—BASIC PROGRAM 
REQUIREMENTS’’. 
(c) SUBPART 2 HEADING.—The Act is amended by 
striking the subpart heading for subpart 2 of part A of 
title I (20 U.S.C. 6331 et seq.) and inserting the following: 
‘‘CHAPTER B—ALLOCATIONS’’. 
SEC. 112. STATE PLANS. 
Section 1111 (20 U.S.C. 6311) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1111. STATE PLANS. 
‘‘(a) PLANS REQUIRED.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For any State desiring to 
receive a grant under this subpart, the State edu-
cational agency shall submit to the Secretary a plan, 
developed by the State educational agency, in con-
sultation with local educational agencies, teachers, 
school leaders, public charter school representatives, 
specialized instructional support personnel, other ap-
propriate school personnel, parents, private sector 
employers, and entrepreneurs, that satisfies the re-
quirements of this section and that is coordinated 
with other programs under this Act, the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act, the Carl D. Perkins 
Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, the 
Head Start Act, the Adult Education and Family 
Literacy Act, and the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act. 
‘‘(2) CONSOLIDATED PLAN.—A State plan sub-
mitted under paragraph (1) may be submitted as 
part of a consolidated plan under section 5302. 
‘‘(b) ACADEMIC STANDARDS, ACADEMIC ASSESS-
MENTS, AND STATE ACCOUNTABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) ACADEMIC STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each State plan shall 
demonstrate that the State has adopted aca-
demic content standards and academic achieve-
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educational agency involved shall designate an 
ombudsman to monitor and enforce the require-
ments of this subpart. 
‘‘(4) EXPENDITURES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Expenditures for edu-
cational services and other benefits to eligible 
private school children shall be equal to the ex-
penditures for participating public school chil-
dren, taking into account the number, and edu-
cational needs, of the children to be served. The 
share of funds shall be determined based on the 
total allocation received by the local educational 
agency prior to any allowable expenditures au-
thorized under this title. 
‘‘(B) OBLIGATION OF FUNDS.—Funds allo-
cated to a local educational agency for edu-
cational services and other benefits to eligible 
private school children shall— 
‘‘(i) be obligated in the fiscal year for 
which the funds are received by the agen-
cy; and 
‘‘(ii) with respect to any such funds 
that cannot be so obligated, be used to 
serve such children in the following fiscal 
year. 
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