(9) Implement evidence-based school-wide pro-
grams and targeted supports to promote positive 
academic outcomes, such as increased attendance 
rates and the promotion of physical, personal, and 
social development. 
(g) PERMISSIBLE
USES
OF
FUNDS.—Subgrants 
awarded under this section may be used by eligible local 
educational agencies for the following: 
(1) Implement extended learning opportunities 
in core academic areas including more instructional 
time in literacy, mathematics, science, history, and 
civics in addition to opportunities for language in-
struction and understanding other cultures and the 
arts. 
(2) Provide professional development activities 
to enable teachers and other school staff to appro-
priately monitor academic and behavioral progress, 
modify curricula, and implement accommodations 
and assistive technology services for students with 
disabilities, consistent with individualized education 
programs under section 614(d) of the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act. 
(3) Employ and use instructional coaches, in-
cluding literacy, mathematics, and English language 
learner coaches. 
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(4) Ensure that school leaders, teachers, pupil 
service personnel, and other school staff understand 
the developmental stages of adolescents in the mid-
dle grades and how to deal with those stages appro-
priately in an educational setting. 
(5) Provide professional development for con-
tent-area teachers on working effectively with 
English language learners and students with disabil-
ities, as well as professional development for English 
as a second language educators, bilingual educators, 
and special education personnel. 
(6) Encourage and facilitate the sharing of data 
among elementary, middle, and high schools as well 
as postsecondary institutions. 
(7) Create professional learning communities 
focused on enabling student success in high chal-
lenge middle grade schools across middle grade 
schools in the school district and between school dis-
tricts, where possible. 
(h) PLANNING SUBGRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the subgrants 
to which the preceding provisions of this section 
apply, a State educational agency may (without re-
gard to such preceding provisions) make subgrants 
to eligible local educational agencies that have not 
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received a grant under subsection (a) to assist them 
is meeting the requirements of subsections (d) and 
(e). 
(2) AMOUNT AND DURATION.—Subgrants under 
this subsection may not exceed $50,000 nor 1 year 
in duration. 
(i) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
(1) EARLY WARNING DATA SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘early warning data system’’ means any electronic 
system— 
(A) which is maintained by the State edu-
cational agency for use by local educational 
agencies and schools containing at least 1 mid-
dle grade, 
(B) which stores individual middle grade 
student level data (including data necessary to 
make the determinations under paragraph 
(3)(B)) tied to a unique student identifier on 
school outcomes that has been shown to be 
highly predictive of whether or not a student is 
on track to graduate from high school with a 
regular diploma, 
(C) the data in which is easily accessible to 
teachers and administrators and 
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(D) which updated on a regular basis to 
measure student progress over time. 
(2) ELIGIBLE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.— 
The term ‘‘eligible local educational agency’’ means 
any local educational agency serving at least 1 eligi-
ble school. 
(3) ELIGIBLE
SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘eligible 
school’’ means any school containing at least 1 mid-
dle grade if— 
(A) more than 50 percent of middle grade 
students go on to attend a high school with a 
graduation rate of less than 60 percent; 
(B) more than 25 percent of the students 
who finish grade 5 in the school exhibit key risk 
factors and early warning signs, including— 
(i) student attendance below 90 per-
cent, 
(ii) a failing grade in English or 
mathematics, 
(iii) 2 failing grades in any courses, 
(iv) suspension or other evidence of 
poor behavior; or 
(C) more than 50 percent of the middle 
grade students do not perform at a proficient 
level on State assessments required under sec-
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tion 1111(b)(3) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 in mathematics 
or reading or language arts. 
(4) MIDDLE
GRADES.—The term ‘‘middle 
grades’’ means grades 5, 6, 7, and 8. 
SEC. 104. DURATION OF GRANTS; SUPPLEMENT NOT SUP-
PLANT. 
(a) DURATION OF GRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), grants and subgrants under this title may 
not exceed 3 years in duration. 
(2) RENEWALS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Grants and subgrants 
under this title may be renewed in 2-year incre-
ments. 
(B) CONDITIONS.—In order to be eligible 
to have a grant or subgrant renewed under this 
paragraph, the recipient must demonstrate, to 
the satisfaction of the granting entity, that— 
(i) the recipient has complied with the 
terms of the grant or subgrant, including 
by undertaking all required activities; and 
(ii) during the period of the grant or 
subgrant, 
there 
has 
been 
significant 
progress in student achievement, as meas-
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