academic assessments, State academic content 
standards, and accountability systems; 
‘‘(C) include in, or delete from, such a dec-
laration of intent any criterion that specifies, 
describes, or prescribes any standard or meas-
ure that the State uses to establish, implement, 
or improve— 
‘‘(i) State standards; 
‘‘(ii) assessments; 
‘‘(iii) State accountability systems; 
‘‘(iv) systems that measure student 
growth; 
‘‘(v) measures of other academic indi-
cators; or 
‘‘(vi) teacher and principal evaluation 
systems; or 
‘‘(D) require the collection, publication, or 
transmission to the Department of individual 
student data that is not expressly required to 
be collected under this Act. 
‘‘(e) ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ACADEMIC PROGRESS.— 
A participating State may require each eligible child re-
ceiving a grant under this section to take academic assess-
ments implemented by the State educational agency under 
section 1111(b)(3) or an alternative assessment approved 
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by the State educational agency of the participating State, 
if the participating State pays any costs associated with 
administering the assessment. 
‘‘(f) NONDISCRIMINATION
AND OTHER REQUIRE-
MENTS
FOR SCHOOLS
AND PROVIDERS
OF SUPPLE-
MENTAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) NONDISCRIMINATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), a school or provider of a 
supplemental educational services program that 
participates in a program under this section by 
accepting grant funds under this section on be-
half of an eligible child under this section shall 
agree to not discriminate against program par-
ticipants or applicants on the basis of race, 
color, national origin, religion, or sex. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the prohibition 
of sex discrimination in subparagraph (A) 
shall not apply to a participating school 
that is operated by, supervised by, con-
trolled by, or connected to a religious orga-
nization to the extent that the application 
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of subparagraph (A) is inconsistent with 
the religious tenets or beliefs of the school. 
‘‘(ii) SINGLE-SEX SCHOOL, CLASS, OR 
ACTIVITY.—Notwithstanding subparagraph 
(A) or any other provision of law, a parent 
may choose, and a school may offer, a sin-
gle-sex school, class, or activity. 
‘‘(C) APPLICABILITY.—Section 909 of the 
Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 
1688) shall apply to this section as if such sec-
tion 909 were part of this section. 
‘‘(2) CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.—Nothing 
in this section shall be construed to alter or modify 
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. 
‘‘(3) RULES OF CONDUCT AND OTHER SCHOOL 
POLICIES.—A participating school or provider of 
supplemental educational services may require eligi-
ble children attending the school or receiving the 
services, respectively, to abide by any rules of con-
duct or other requirements applicable to all other 
students served by the school or the provider of sup-
plemental educational services. 
‘‘(4) RELIGIOUSLY AFFILIATED SCHOOLS AND 
PROVIDERS OF SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL SERV-
ICES.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, a school or provider of 
supplemental educational services participating 
in a program under this section that is operated 
by, supervised by, controlled by, or connected 
to, a religious organization may exercise its 
right in matters of employment consistent with 
title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 
U.S.C. 2000e–1 et seq.), including the exemp-
tions in such title. 
‘‘(B) MAINTENANCE
OF
PURPOSE.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, funds 
made available under this section to eligible stu-
dents that are received by a participating school 
or supplemental educational services provider, 
as a result of their parents’ choice, shall not, 
consistent with the first amendment of the Con-
stitution of the United States— 
‘‘(i) necessitate any change in the par-
ticipating school’s teaching mission; 
‘‘(ii) require any participating school 
to remove religious art, icons, scriptures, 
or other symbols; or 
‘‘(iii) preclude any participating school 
from retaining religious terms in its name, 
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selecting its board members on a religious 
basis, or including religious references in 
its mission statements and other char-
tering or governing documents. 
‘‘(g) NATIONAL PROGRAM ASSESSMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the Institute of Education 
Sciences, shall carry out a national assessment of 
activities carried out with Federal funds under this 
section in order— 
‘‘(A) to determine the effectiveness of this 
section in achieving the purposes of this section; 
and 
‘‘(B) to provide timely information to the 
President, Congress, the States, local edu-
cational agencies, and the public on how to im-
plement this section more effectively, including 
recommendations for legislative and administra-
tive action that can achieve the purposes of this 
section more effectively. 
‘‘(2) SCOPE OF ASSESSMENT.—The national as-
sessment shall assess activities supported under this 
section, including— 
‘‘(A) the implementation of programs as-
sisted under this section by participating States 
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and the impact of such programs on improving 
the academic achievement of low-income chil-
dren to meet the challenging academic content 
and student academic achievement standards 
adopted by the participating States under sec-
tion 1111(b)(1), based on the State academic 
assessments adopted under section 1111(b)(3), 
to the extent applicable; 
‘‘(B) the types of programs and services in 
participating States that have demonstrated the 
greatest effectiveness in helping low-income stu-
dents reach the challenging academic content 
and student academic achievement standards 
developed by the participating States; and 
‘‘(C) the effectiveness of States, local edu-
cational agencies, schools, and other recipients 
of assistance under this section in achieving the 
purposes of this section, by— 
‘‘(i) improving the academic achieve-
ment of low-income children and their per-
formance on State assessments, where ap-
plicable, as compared with other children; 
and 
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‘‘(ii) improving the participation of 
parents of low-income children in the edu-
cation of their children. 
‘‘(3) SOURCES
OF
INFORMATION
AND
DATA 
COLLECTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In conducting the as-
sessment under this subsection, the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(i) analyze existing data from States 
required for reports under this Act and the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Act, and summarize major findings from 
such reports; and 
‘‘(ii) analyze data from the National 
Assessment of Educational Progress car-
ried out under section 303(b)(2) of the 
National 
Assessment 
of 
Educational 
Progress Authorization Act. 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL
RULE.—The information 
and data used to prepare the assessment, as de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), shall be derived 
from existing State and local reporting require-
ments and data sources. Nothing in this para-
graph shall be construed as authorizing, requir-
ing, or allowing any additional reporting re-
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quirements, data elements, or information to be 
reported to the Secretary not otherwise explic-
itly authorized by any other Federal law. 
‘‘(4) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(A) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than 3 
years after the date of enactment of the Schol-
arships for Kids Act, the Secretary shall trans-
mit to the President, the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, 
an interim report on the national assessment 
conducted under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 5 
years after the date of enactment of the Schol-
arships for Kids Act, the Secretary shall trans-
mit to the President, the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, 
a final report on the national assessment con-
ducted under this subsection. 
‘‘(h) PROHIBITION AGAINST FEDERAL MANDATES, 
DIRECTION, OR CONTROL.—Nothing in this subsection 
shall be construed to authorize the Secretary or any other 
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officer or employee of the Federal Government to man-
date, direct, control, or exercise any direction or super-
vision over the instructional content or materials, cur-
riculum, program of instruction, academic content and 
student academic achievement standards, or academic as-
sessments of a State, local educational agency, elementary 
school or secondary school, or provider of supplemental 
educational services.’’. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 1002 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6302) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1002. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘For the purpose of carrying out part A, there are 
authorized to be appropriated $23,955,840,000 for fiscal 
year 2015 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.’’. 
SEC. 5. PROGRAM CONSOLIDATION. 
(a) CONSOLIDATION OF CERTAIN FEDERAL EDU-
CATION PROGRAMS.—The following provisions are re-
pealed: 
(1) Section 1003 and parts B, C, D, E, F, G, 
and H of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.). 
(2) Titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
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U.S.C. 6601 et seq., 6801 et seq., 7101 et seq., 
7301 et seq., 7401 et seq.). 
(3) Clauses (iii) and (iv) of section 105(f)(1)(B) 
of the Compact of Free Association Amendments 
Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(B)(iii) and 
(iv)). 
(4) The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 
Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.). 
(5) Subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11431 et 
seq.). 
(6) The Educational Technical Assistance Act 
of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.). 
(7) Part A of title II of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1022 et seq.). 
(8) Sections 402B and 402C of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–12, 
1070a–13). 
(9) Section 410 of the Agricultural Research 
Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 
U.S.C. 7630). 
(10) Section 1417(j) of the National Agricul-
tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act 
of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)). 
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(11) Section 4101 of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 280h–4 note). 
(12) Section 9 of the National Science Founda-
tion Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n). 
(13) Section 399Z–1 of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act (42 U.S.C. 280h–5). 
(14) Sections 14005, 14006, and 14007 of the 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 
(Public Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 282). 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall take ef-
fect on October 1, 2015. 
(c) ADDITIONAL CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—After consultation with the 
appropriate committees of Congress and the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget, each 
applicable Secretary shall prepare recommended leg-
islation containing technical and conforming amend-
ments to reflect the changes made by this Act. 
(2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
each applicable Secretary shall submit the rec-
ommended legislation referred to under paragraph 
(1) to the appropriate committees of Congress. 
(3) DEFINITION OF APPLICABLE SECRETARY.— 
For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘applicable 
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Secretary’’ means a Secretary with authority over a 
program or provision of law described in subsection 
(a). 
Æ 
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