(1) from disconnecting from education, training, and 
employment and aimed at re-engaging any such indi-
vidual who has been disconnected by— 
(A) providing school-based dropout preven-
tion and community-based dropout recovery 
services, including establishing or improving 
school district early warning systems that— 
(i) connect such systems to existing 
data gathering and reporting systems es-
tablished under the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et 
seq.) for the purpose of identifying the in-
dividuals described in paragraph (1); and 
(ii) engage any such identified indi-
vidual using targeted, evidence-based inter-
ventions to address the specific needs and 
issues of the individual, including chronic 
absenteeism; and 
(B) providing the individuals described in 
paragraph (1) with access to re-engagement 
services for training programs and employment 
opportunities and using providers of youth serv-
ices under the Workforce Innovation and Op-
portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) to con-
duct intake and refer such individuals and their 
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families to the appropriate re-engagement serv-
ice; and 
(5) to provide a comprehensive system of sup-
port for the individuals described in paragraph (1), 
including— 
(A) connecting such individuals with pro-
fessionals who can— 
(i) provide case management and 
counseling services; and 
(ii) assist such individuals in— 
(I) developing achievable short- 
term goals and long-term goals; and 
(II) overcoming any social, ad-
ministrative, or financial barrier that 
may hinder the achievement of such 
goals; and 
(B) providing or connecting participants 
with available supportive services. 
(e) PRIORITY
IN AWARDS.—In awarding grants 
under this section, the Secretary of Labor shall give pri-
ority to applications submitted by local community part-
nerships that include a comprehensive plan that— 
(1) serves and targets communities with a high 
percentage or high numbers of low-income individ-
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uals and high rates of high school dropouts and 
youth unemployment; and 
(2) allows the individuals described in para-
graph (1) to earn academic credit through various 
means, including high-quality career and technical 
education, dual enrollment programs, or work-based 
learning. 
(f) GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary 
shall ensure that consideration is given to geographic dis-
tribution (such as urban and rural areas) in the awarding 
of grants under section. 
(g) PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY.—For activities 
funded under this section, the primary indicators of per-
formance shall include— 
(1) the performance metrics described in sec-
tions 
116(b)(2)(A)(i)(III)–(V) 
and 
116(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I)–(II) of the Workforce Innovation 
and 
Opportunity 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 
3141(b)(2)(A)(i)(III)–(V), 
3141 
(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I)– 
(II)); 
(2) the four-year adjusted cohort graduation 
rate and the extended-year adjusted cohort gradua-
tion rate in a State that chooses to use such a grad-
uation rate, as defined in section 8101(25) of the 
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 
as amended; and 
(3) the rate of attaining a recognized equivalent 
of a diploma, such as a general equivalency diploma. 
(h) REPORTS.—For each year that a local community 
partnership administers a program under this section, the 
local community partnership shall submit to the Secretary 
of Labor and, if applicable, the State a report on— 
(1) the number of youth participants in the pro-
gram, including the number of in-school and out-of- 
school youth, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, sex, 
age, 
and 
subpopulations 
described 
in 
section 
129(a)(1)(B)(iii)(I)–(VII) of the Workforce Innova-
tion 
and 
Opportunity 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 
3164(a)(1)(B)(iii)(I)–(VII)); 
(2) the expenditures made from the amounts al-
located under this section, including any expendi-
tures made to provide youth participants with sup-
portive services; 
(3) a description of program activities and serv-
ices provided, including supportive services provided 
and the number of youth participants accessing such 
services; 
(4) information specifying the levels of perform-
ance achieved with respect to the primary indicators 
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of performance described in subsection (f) for the 
program, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, sex, age, 
and 
subpopulations 
described 
in 
section 
129(a)(1)(B)(iii)(I)–(VII) of the Workforce Innova-
tion 
and 
Opportunity 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 
3164(a)(1)(B)(iii)(I)–(VII)); and 
(5) any other information that the Secretary of 
Labor determines necessary to monitor the effective-
ness of the program. 
SEC. 8. LABOR STANDARDS. 
Activities funded under this Act shall be subject to 
the requirements and restrictions, including the labor 
standards, described in section 181 of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2931) and the non-
discrimination provisions of section 188 of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 2938), in addition to other applicable Federal laws. 
SEC. 9. PRIVACY. 
Nothing in this Act— 
(1) shall be construed to supersede the privacy 
protections afforded parents and students under sec-
tion 444 of the General Education Provisions Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1232g); or 
(2) shall be construed to permit the develop-
ment of a national database of personally identifi-
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