‘‘(2) provide eligible youth participating in the 
mentoring program supported under this section 
with opportunities for postsecondary education prep-
aration and career development, including— 
‘‘(A) job training, professional develop-
ment, work shadowing, internships, networking, 
resume writing and review, interview prepara-
tion, transition or vocational rehabilitation serv-
ices for students with disabilities, application 
assistance and visits to institutions of higher 
education, and leadership development through 
community service, and relevant program ele-
ments described in section 129(c)(2)); and 
‘‘(B) partnerships with the private sector 
and local businesses to provide internship and 
career exploration activities and resources; and 
‘‘(3) consult and engage eligible youth in the 
development, design, and implementation of the 
mentoring program, including by demonstrating 
such consultation and engagement in the application 
submitted under subsection (e) and agreeing to con-
tinue such consultation after receiving the grant. 
‘‘(g) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the end of each year of the grant period, an 
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eligible entity receiving a grant under this section 
shall submit to the Secretary a report that— 
‘‘(A) includes— 
‘‘(i) the number of eligible youth and 
mentors, and the demographics of eligible 
youth and mentors, who participated in the 
mentoring program that was supported 
with grant funds; 
‘‘(ii) data on the academic achieve-
ment, dropout rates, truancy, absenteeism, 
outcomes of arrests for violent crime, full- 
time employment, part-time employment, 
and postsecondary education enrollment of 
eligible youth participating in the program; 
and 
‘‘(iii) data on social-emotional develop-
ment of eligible youth participating in the 
program, as assessed with a validated so-
cial-emotional assessment tool; 
‘‘(B) may include indicators such as 
achievement of career competencies, or success-
ful completion of internships, apprenticeships, 
or work-based learning opportunities, or high 
school graduation; and 
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‘‘(C) includes any other information that 
the Secretary may require to evaluate the suc-
cess of the mentoring program. 
‘‘(2) STUDENT
PRIVACY.—An eligible entity 
shall ensure that the report submitted under para-
graph (1) is prepared in a manner that protects the 
privacy rights of each eligible youth in the same 
manner as is required for students under section 
444 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 
U.S.C. 1232g; commonly known as the ‘Family Edu-
cational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974’). 
‘‘(h) MENTORING PROGRAM RESOURCES AND TECH-
NICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall work with the 
Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delin-
quency Prevention and the Secretary of Education to— 
‘‘(1) refer eligible entities receiving grants 
under this section to the National Mentoring Re-
source Center to obtain resources on best practices 
and research related to mentoring programs and to 
request no-cost training and technical assistance; 
and 
‘‘(2) provide such eligible entities with informa-
tion regarding transitional services for eligible youth 
returning from correctional facilities and transition 
services for students with disabilities. 
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‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2026 through 2030.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 172 and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 172. Youth mentoring programs. 
‘‘Sec. 173. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 
SEC. 3. STUDY ON MENTORING PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor, acting 
through the Chief Evaluation Officer of the Department 
of Labor, shall conduct a study to— 
(1) identify successful mentoring programs and 
evidence-based strategies for administering and mon-
itoring such programs; 
(2) evaluate the role of mentors in promoting 
cognitive development and social-emotional learning 
to enhance academic achievement and to improve 
workforce readiness; and 
(3) evaluate the effectiveness of the grant pro-
gram under section 172 of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act, as added by section 2, on stu-
dent academic outcomes and youth career develop-
ment. 
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(b) TIMING.—Not later than 3 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor, acting 
through the Chief Evaluation Officer, shall submit the re-
sults of the study to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees. 
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