(B) shall use an amount consisting of not 
less than 90 percent of the grant funds to 
award subgrants, on a competitive basis, to eli-
gible entities under section 7 or section 8 to en-
able the eligible entities to carry out the author-
ized activities described in section 7(e) or 8(f), 
except that not more than 10 percent of that 
amount shall be used for subgrants under sec-
tion 7. 
(2) STATE-LEVEL PLANNING AND ADMINISTRA-
TION.—A State educational agency that receives a 
grant under this section may use grant funds re-
served under paragraph (1)(A) for planning and ad-
ministration, including— 
(A) evaluating applications from eligible 
entities; 
(B) administering the distribution of sub-
grants to eligible entities; and 
(C) assessing and evaluating, on a regular 
basis, activities carried out by eligible entities 
receiving funds through the State educational 
agency under this Act. 
(3) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR ELIGIBLE EN-
TITIES.—A State educational agency that receives a 
grant under this section may use grant funds re-
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served under paragraph (1)(A) for technical assist-
ance, including— 
(A) assisting eligible entities in planning 
and implementing expanded learning time ini-
tiatives, including assisting local educational 
agencies in identifying potential partners that 
are external organizations with demonstrated 
experience in expanding learning opportunities 
and helping schools redesign their educational 
programs to better meet student needs; 
(B) implementing a program of profes-
sional development for teachers and administra-
tors, in schools that receive funding under this 
Act, that prepares teachers and administrators 
to implement the authorized activities described 
in section 8(f); and 
(C) identifying best practices for using ex-
panded learning time to improve student aca-
demic achievement in schools that have not 
made adequate yearly progress under section 
1111(b)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)) 
for 2 or more years, and providing technical as-
sistance to local educational agencies in using 
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such best practices to implement expanded 
learning time in such schools. 
(4) EVALUATION
AND
REPORTING.—A State 
educational agency that receives a grant under this 
section shall annually prepare and submit to the 
Secretary a report that contains all reports sub-
mitted by eligible entities under section 8(g), and 
provide an evaluation of progress made by eligible 
entities in improving the following (disaggregated by 
the 
student 
subgroups 
described 
in 
section 
1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965): 
(A) student academic achievement and 
growth, as measured by State academic assess-
ments required under section 1111(b)(3) of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965; 
(B) for high schools— 
(i) graduation rates; 
(ii) rates of student enrollment in an 
institution of higher education (as defined 
under section 101(a) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965) within 16 months of 
receiving a regular high school diploma; 
and 
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(iii) rates of remediation and credit 
accumulation of students who enroll in a 
public institution of higher education (as 
defined in section 101(a) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965) within the State; 
(C) performance on a set of comprehensive 
school performance indicators, which— 
(i) shall include— 
(I) student attendance; 
(II) as appropriate, rate of 
earned on-time promotion from grade 
to grade; 
(III) percentage of students fail-
ing a credit-bearing mathematics, 
reading or language arts, or science 
course, or failing 2 or more courses in 
any subjects; and 
(IV) for high schools, the per-
centage of students taking a cur-
riculum that prepares students for 
postsecondary education; and 
(ii) for high schools, may include stu-
dent rates of attainment of an associate or 
baccalaureate degree within 4, 5, and 6 
years. 
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(e) MATCH.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each State educational 
agency that receives a grant under this section shall 
provide matching funds to carry out the activities 
supported by the grant in an amount not less 
than— 
(A) for the first year of an initial grant 
under this section, 10 percent of the cost of the 
activities; 
(B) for the second year of such a grant, 20 
percent of the cost of the activities; 
(C) for the third year of such grant, or the 
first year of a subsequent grant under this sec-
tion, 25 percent of the cost of the activities; and 
(D) for the second or any succeeding year 
of such subsequent grant, 30 percent of the 
cost of the activities. 
(2) MATCHING FUNDS.—The State educational 
agency may provide the matching funds in cash or 
in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, 
or services, but may not provide more than 50 per-
cent of the matching funds in kind. The State edu-
cational agency may provide the matching funds 
from State, local, or private sources. 
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(f) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds used to 
make grants under this Act shall be used to supplement 
and not supplant other Federal, State, and local public 
funds expended to plan or implement expanded learning 
time initiatives. 
SEC. 7. EXPANDED LEARNING TIME PLANNING SUB-
GRANTS. 
(a) SUBGRANTS AUTHORIZED.—A State educational 
agency receiving a grant under section 6 is authorized to 
award expanded learning time planning subgrants, on a 
competitive basis, to eligible entities. 
(b) DURATION.—The State educational agency shall 
award each subgrant described in subsection (a) for a pe-
riod of not more than 1 year. Such grants shall be non-
renewable. 
(c) SUBGRANT AMOUNT.—The State educational 
agency shall award each subgrant described in subsection 
(a) in an amount that is not less than $15,000 and not 
more than $60,000. 
(d) APPLICATIONS.—Each eligible entity desiring to 
receive an expanded learning time planning subgrant pur-
suant to this section shall submit an application to the 
State educational agency at such time and in such manner 
as the agency may require. At a minimum, the eligible 
entity’s application shall include— 
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(1) a description of the eligible entity’s proposal 
to establish expanded learning time initiatives, in-
cluding school redesign, at high-need schools served 
by the eligible entity; 
(2) information identifying the number of high- 
need schools the eligible entity proposes to serve 
using funds made available under this Act, and a de-
scription of the process, considerations, and criteria 
the eligible entity will use to select schools to imple-
ment the expanded learning time initiatives— 
(A) which considerations shall include the 
percentage of low-income students attending 
each school; and 
(B) which criteria shall include the local 
educational agency’s determination of the ca-
pacity of each school to implement successfully 
a proposed expanded learning time initiative; 
(3) a description of the process by which the el-
igible entity will ensure the meaningful involvement 
of teachers, teacher organizations, parents, and com-
munity-based organizations in the development of 
the expanded learning time initiatives; 
(4) a description of how the local educational 
agency involved and participating high-need schools 
will work with external organizations that comprise 
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the eligible entity involved, and any other external 
organizations as applicable (such as a community- 
based organization, an institution of higher edu-
cation, a community learning center, an entity car-
rying out an after-school program, or an organiza-
tion that will provide students with internships and 
work-based learning opportunities) to develop and 
implement expanded learning time initiatives; 
(5) an assurance that the eligible entity has the 
infrastructure in place to collect the data necessary 
for an evaluation of the impact of the expanded 
learning time initiatives on student academic 
achievement, graduation rates, and indicators de-
scribed in section 6(d)(4), to be submitted in the re-
port described in section 8(g); and 
(6) an assurance that each participating local 
educational agency will use the subgrant period to 
negotiate and reach an agreement with the recog-
nized representatives of the employees of each par-
ticipating high-need school served by the agency or, 
where there is no such representative, with the em-
ployees of each participating high-need school served 
by the agency. 
(e) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—An eligible entity re-
ceiving a subgrant under this section shall use the 
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subgrant funds to develop a detailed plan to implement 
expanded learning time initiatives at high-need schools 
served by the eligible entity, as specified in this section. 
(f) PRIORITY.—In awarding subgrants under this 
section, a State educational agency shall give priority to 
an application from an eligible entity that— 
(1) serves a high percentage of students eligible 
to be counted under section 1124(c)(1)(A) of the El-
ementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6333(c)(1)(A)); 
(2) includes a nonprofit community-based orga-
nization with a demonstrated record of success in 
expanding learning opportunities or helping schools 
redesign their educational programs to better meet 
student needs; 
(3) has identified a coordinator at each high- 
need school that will participate in the expanded 
learning time initiative to support the integration 
and alignment of community partners for the school, 
and the programming of such partners, throughout 
the expanded school day or year; 
(4) will require each high-need school that will 
participate in the expanded learning time initiative 
to have a partnership agreement, signed by rep-
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resentatives of the school and all community part-
ners that will be part of the initiative, that— 
(A) shows commitment from teachers, 
school leaders, and the staff of community part-
ners to work collaboratively to implement the 
expanded learning time initiative; 
(B) sets clear expectations, including 
measurable goals for all community partners; 
and 
(C) shows that staff from all community 
partners are committed to collecting and report-
ing to the school relevant data about the par-
ticipation, performance, and outcomes of ex-
panded learning time programs in order to 
monitor progress toward achieving such goals, 
and that the school is committed to sharing in-
formation with the community partners, as nec-
essary and appropriate, to assist the community 
partners in meeting such goals; and 
(5) will coordinate funds received under this 
Act with other Federal, State, local, or private 
sources of funding in order to implement high-qual-
ity expanded learning time initiatives in partici-
pating schools. 
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SEC. 8. EXPANDED LEARNING TIME IMPLEMENTATION 
SUBGRANTS. 
(a) SUBGRANTS AUTHORIZED.—A State educational 
agency receiving a grant under section 6 is authorized to 
award expanded learning time implementation subgrants, 
on a competitive basis, to eligible entities that have re-
ceived subgrants pursuant to section 7. 
(b) DURATION.—The State educational agency shall 
award each subgrant described in subsection (a) for an 
initial period of not more than 3 years, and shall renew 
such subgrant for an additional period of not more than 
2 years if the State educational agency finds that the eligi-
ble entity is achieving the objectives of the subgrant and 
has shown improvement against baseline data on the per-
formance indicators described in section 6(d)(4). 
(c) SUBGRANT AMOUNT.—In awarding a subgrant 
described in subsection (a) to an eligible entity, a State 
educational agency shall determine the amount of the 
subgrant by taking into account the number of students 
expected to participate in the expanded learning time ini-
tiatives involved, as specified in the application submitted 
by the eligible entity under subsection (d), and the approx-
imate per student cost of implementing a high-quality ex-
panded learning time initiative. 
(d) APPLICATIONS.—Each eligible entity desiring to 
receive an expanded learning time implementation 
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subgrant pursuant to this section shall submit an applica-
tion to the State educational agency at such time and in 
such manner as the agency may require. At a minimum, 
the eligible entity’s application shall include— 
(1) an identification and description of each 
high-need school (selected in accordance with the 
process, considerations, and criteria described in sec-
tion 7(d)(2)) that will receive funding from the eligi-
ble entity to participate in an expanded learning 
time initiative, including— 
(A) the number of students that will be 
served through the initiative at the school; and 
(B) student academic achievement, demo-
graphic, and socioeconomic data for students at 
the school; 
(2) a description of how the eligible entity will 
implement at each such school an expanded learning 
time initiative that involves an expanded school day, 
expanded school week, or expanded school year 
schedule, and school redesign at each such school 
consistent with section 4(a)(4)(A), which description 
shall include— 
(A) a description of how the expanded 
learning time schedule will expand learning 
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time by not less than 300 hours, consistent with 
section 4(a)(4); and 
(B) a description of how the eligible entity 
will meet each of the other requirements of the 
definition in section 4(a)(4); 
(3) a description of the plan the eligible entity 
will use to evaluate, on an annual basis, the impact 
of each expanded learning time initiative, based on 
measures of student academic achievement, student 
engagement and success, and other appropriate 
measures; 
(4) a description of the additional subjects and 
enrichment activities that will be offered at each 
such school that contribute to a well-rounded edu-
cation; 
(5) a comprehensive plan, developed in collabo-
ration with teachers and, as appropriate, other staff, 
for professional development at each such school 
that includes a description of intended changes in 
teaching practices and curriculum delivery that will 
result in improved student academic achievement 
and student engagement and success; 
(6) a description of how the eligible entity will 
use the expanded learning time initiatives, and les-
sons learned from such initiatives, to improve stu-
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