‘‘(A) improve the effectiveness of teachers 
and school leaders, and promote equity in the 
distribution of effective teachers and school 
leaders to ensure that low-income and minority 
children are not— 
‘‘(i) taught by ineffective teachers at 
higher rates than other children; and 
‘‘(ii) enrolled in schools led by ineffec-
tive leaders at higher rates than other chil-
dren; 
‘‘(B) strengthen the use of high-quality 
and timely data to improve instructional prac-
tices, policies, and student outcomes, including 
teacher evaluations; 
‘‘(C) 
implement 
internationally 
bench-
marked, college- and career-ready elementary 
and secondary academic standards, including in 
the areas of assessment, instructional materials, 
professional development, and strategies that 
translate the standards into classroom practice; 
‘‘(D) turn around the persistently lowest- 
achieving schools; 
‘‘(E) support or coordinate with early 
learning programs for high-need children from 
birth through third grade to improve school 
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readiness and ensure that students complete 
third grade on track for school success; 
‘‘(F) assess students enrolled in kinder-
garten in elementary schools in the State or 
local educational agency, as applicable, in order 
to determine the students’ level of readiness for 
school success across a broad range of domains 
of learning and development, including physical 
well-being and motor development, social and 
emotional 
development, 
approaches 
toward 
learning, language development, and cognition 
and general knowledge; 
‘‘(G) report the to the Secretary the aggre-
gate results from the assessments described in 
subparagraph (F) with respect to— 
‘‘(i) all kindergarten students in each 
elementary school assessed; and 
‘‘(ii) all such students in each sub-
group 
described 
in 
section 
1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II); and 
‘‘(H) create or maintain successful condi-
tions for high-performing charter schools and 
other innovative, autonomous public schools; 
‘‘(4) if the applicant is a State— 
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‘‘(A) evidence of collaboration between the 
State, its local educational agencies, schools (as 
appropriate), parents, teachers, and other 
stakeholders in developing and implementing 
the plan described in paragraph (3), including 
evidence of the commitment and capacity to im-
plement that plan; and 
‘‘(B) the names of those local educational 
agencies the State has selected to participate in 
carrying out the plan; or 
‘‘(C) a description of how it will select local 
educational agencies to participate in carrying 
out the plan; 
‘‘(5) if the applicant is a local educational agen-
cy, evidence of collaboration between the local edu-
cational agency, schools, parents, teachers, and other 
stakeholders, in developing the plan described in 
paragraph (3), including evidence of the commitment 
and capacity to implement the plan; 
‘‘(6) the applicant’s annual performance meas-
ures and targets, consistent with the requirements of 
section 6305; and 
‘‘(7) a description of the applicant’s plan to 
conduct a rigorous evaluation of the effectiveness of 
activities carried out with funds under this part. 
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‘‘(b) CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 
grants under this part on a competitive basis, based 
on the quality of the applications submitted under 
subsection (a), including— 
‘‘(A) each applicant’s record in the areas 
described in subsection (a)(1); 
‘‘(B) each applicant’s record of, and com-
mitment to, establishing conditions for innova-
tion and reform, as described in subsection 
(a)(2); 
‘‘(C) the quality and likelihood of success 
of each applicant’s plan described in subsection 
(a)(3) in showing improvement in the areas de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1), including each ap-
plicant’s capacity to implement the plan and 
evidence of collaboration as described in sub-
section (a)(4) or (a)(5), as applicable; and 
‘‘(D) each applicant’s evaluation plan as 
described in subsection (a)(7). 
‘‘(2) PUBLICATION
OF
EXPLANATION.—The 
Secretary shall publish an explanation of how the 
application review process will ensure an equitable 
and objective evaluation based on the criteria de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
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‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants to local edu-
cational agencies under this part, the Secretary shall give 
priority to— 
‘‘(1) local educational agencies with the highest 
numbers or percentages of children from families 
with incomes below the poverty line; and 
‘‘(2) local educational agencies that serve 
schools designated with a school locale code of 41, 
42, or 43, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘SEC. 6305. PERFORMANCE MEASURES. 
‘‘Each State and each local educational agency receiv-
ing a grant under this part shall establish performance 
measures and targets, approved by the Secretary, for the 
programs and activities carried out under this part. These 
measures shall, at a minimum, track the State’s or agen-
cy’s progress in— 
‘‘(1) implementing its plan described in section 
6304(a)(3); and 
‘‘(2) improving outcomes for all subgroups de-
scribed in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II) including, as 
applicable, by— 
‘‘(A) increasing student achievement; 
‘‘(B) decreasing achievement gaps; 
‘‘(C) increasing high school graduation; 
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‘‘(D) increasing college enrollment and per-
sistence rates; 
‘‘(E) improving the effectiveness of teach-
ers and school leaders, increasing the retention 
of effective teachers and school leaders, and 
promoting equity in the distribution of effective 
teachers and school leaders to ensure that low- 
income and minority children are not— 
‘‘(i) taught by ineffective teachers at 
higher rates than other children; and 
‘‘(ii) enrolled in schools led by ineffec-
tive leaders at higher rates than other chil-
dren; and 
‘‘(F) increasing kindergarten readiness; 
and 
‘‘(G) making progress on any other meas-
ures identified by the Secretary. 
‘‘SEC. 6306. USES OF FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS TO STATES.— 
‘‘(1) SUBGRANTS.—Each State that receives a 
grant under this part shall use at least 50 percent 
of its grant to make subgrants to those local edu-
cational agencies in the State that participate in the 
State’s plan under section 6304(a)(3), based on 
those local educational agencies’ relative shares of 
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‘‘(3) findings from the evaluation plan as de-
scribed in section 6304(a)(7). 
‘‘(b) LOCAL REPORT.—Each local educational agency 
that receives a subgrant from a State under this part shall 
submit to the State such information as the State may 
require to complete the annual report required under sub-
section (a). 
‘‘SEC. 6308. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this part $1,350,000,000 for fiscal year 2012 and such 
sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding 
fiscal years.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) GENERAL PROVISIONS.—The table of con-
tents of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended by 
striking the items relating to part C of title VI and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘PART D—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
‘‘Sec. 6401. Prohibition against Federal mandates, direction, or control. 
‘‘Sec. 6402. Rule of construction on equalized spending.’’. 
(2) RACE TO THE TOP.—The table of contents 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended by insert-
ing after the items relating to part B of title VI, the 
following: 
‘‘PART C—RACE TO THE TOP 
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‘‘Sec. 6301. Purposes. 
‘‘Sec. 6302. Reservation of funds. 
‘‘Sec. 6303. Program authorized. 
‘‘Sec. 6304. Applications. 
‘‘Sec. 6305. Performance measures. 
‘‘Sec. 6306. Uses of funds. 
‘‘Sec. 6307. Reporting. 
‘‘Sec. 6308. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 
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