lower ratio for counselors working primarily with 
students at risk. 
‘‘SEC. 1442. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made available to 
carry out this subpart, the Secretary shall carry out a 
demonstration project under which the Secretary makes 
grants on a competitive basis to secondary schools that 
receive funds under this title and have a four-year ad-
justed cohort graduation rate of 60 percent or lower. 
‘‘(b) GRANTS.—A grant under this subpart shall be 
for a period of 4 years and may be used— 
‘‘(1) to provide additional school counselors 
during that period; and 
‘‘(2) to provide additional resources (such as 
professional development expenses or travel expenses 
for home visits, and any services and materials re-
ferred to in subsection (d)) and to pay overhead ex-
penses. 
‘‘(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that a participating school should aim to provide, 
under subsection (b)(1), one additional counselor per 250 
students at risk. 
‘‘(d) SCOPE OF COUNSELING.—The additional school 
counselors shall identify students who are at risk of not 
graduating in 4 years and shall provide counseling pri-
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
23:01 May 28, 2025
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00005
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3567.IH
H3567
ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
marily to those students. The counselors may identify such 
students at any time, but shall strive to identify them be-
fore they enter grade 9. Services shall be provided as long 
as necessary, including to the extent allowable and appro-
priate, after the student’s cohort graduation date. The 
counseling provided— 
‘‘(1) may include a full panoply of services, in-
cluding an individual graduation plan and other re-
sources, such as appropriate course placement and 
supplemental services (to include not only supple-
mental educational services tutoring if available at 
the school site, but also other tutoring as necessary, 
along with supplemental books and materials); and 
‘‘(2) shall include meetings with each student so 
identified and with the teachers, tutors, supple-
mental educational services providers, and parents of 
the student, and may also include meetings with 
other relevant individuals, such as a probation offi-
cer, mentor, coach, or employer of the student. 
‘‘(e) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds under 
this subpart shall be used to supplement, not supplant, 
funds from non-Federal sources. The additional school 
counselors provided through funds under this subpart 
must be in addition to any employees who work in the 
secondary school guidance or counseling office, such as 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
23:01 May 28, 2025
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00006
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3567.IH
H3567
ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
counselors, college admissions specialists, career develop-
ment specialists, guidance information specialists, or any 
other professional or paraprofessional. 
‘‘(f) ADDITIONAL GRANT PERIODS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A school that receives a 
grant under this subpart and demonstrates adequate 
improvement over the period of the grant is eligible 
to receive a second grant for a second period. If the 
school again demonstrates adequate improvement 
over that second period, the school is eligible to re-
ceive a third grant for a third period. The third 
grant shall provide amounts that decrease for each 
year of the third period and require the school to 
provide corresponding increases in non-Federal 
funds. 
‘‘(2) ADEQUATE IMPROVEMENT.—For purposes 
of paragraph (1), a school demonstrates adequate 
improvement over a grant period if the four-year ad-
justed cohort graduation rate increases (or is pro-
jected to increase) by 10 percent or more over that 
period. 
‘‘(g) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall carry out the 
demonstration project in at least 10 schools. The first five 
schools selected to participate shall each be from a dif-
ferent State. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
23:01 May 28, 2025
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00007
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3567.IH
H3567
ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
‘‘SEC. 1443. DEFINITION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this subpart, the 
term ‘regular high school diploma’ means the standard 
high school diploma awarded to the preponderance of stu-
dents in the State that is fully aligned with State stand-
ards, or a higher diploma, and does not include GEDs, 
certificates of attendance, or any lesser diploma award. 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE.—For those students who have 
significant cognitive disabilities and are assessed using an 
alternate assessment aligned to alternate achievement 
standards, receipt of a regular high school diploma or 
State-defined alternate diploma aligned with completion of 
their entitlement under the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act shall be counted as graduates with a reg-
ular high school diploma for the purposes of this Act. No 
more than 1 percent of students can be counted as grad-
uates with a regular high school diploma under this sub-
paragraph. 
‘‘SEC. 1444. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subpart $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 
through 2029.’’. 
SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1002(d) of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
23:01 May 28, 2025
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00008
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3567.IH
H3567
ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
U.S.C. 6302(d)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(other than 
subpart 4)’’ after ‘‘part D,’’. 
(b) TOC.—The table of contents in section 2 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
1432 the following: 
‘‘SUBPART 4—DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR ADDITIONAL SECONDARY 
SCHOOL COUNSELORS 
‘‘Sec. 1441. Findings. 
‘‘Sec. 1442. Demonstration project. 
‘‘Sec. 1443. Definition. 
‘‘Sec. 1444. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 
Æ 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
23:01 May 28, 2025
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00009
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6301
E:\BILLS\H3567.IH
H3567
ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS