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agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public and
private agencies, organizations, and institutions.
‘‘(b) USES OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds under this section may be used
for—
‘‘(A) activities that will promote systemic education
reform at the State and local levels, such as—
‘‘(i) research and development related to challeng-
ing State content and challenging State student
performance standards and opportunity-to-learn stand-
ards or strategies for student learning;
‘‘(ii) the development and evaluation of model
strategies for—
‘‘(I) assessment of student learning;
‘‘(II) professional development for teachers and
administrators;
‘‘(III) parent and community involvement; and
‘‘(IV) other aspects of systemic reform;
‘‘(iii) developing and evaluating strategies for
eliminating ability-grouping practices, and developing
policies and programs that place all students on a
college-preparatory path of study, particularly in aca-
demic fields such as mathematics, science, English,
and social studies, including comprehensive inservice
programs for teachers and pupil services personnel
and academic enrichment programs that supplement
regular courses for students;
‘‘(iv) developing and evaluating programs that
directly involve parents and family members in the
academic progress of their children;
‘‘(v) developing and evaluating strategies for
integrating instruction and assessment such that
teachers and administrators can focus on what stu-
dents should know and be able to do at particular
grade levels, which instruction shall promote the syn-
thesis of knowledge, encourage the development of
problem-solving skills drawing on a vast range of dis-
ciplines, and promote the development of higher order
thinking by all students; and
‘‘(vi) developing and evaluating strategies for
supporting professional development for teachers
across all disciplines and for pupil services personnel,
guidance counselors, and administrators, including
inservice training that improves the skills of pupil
services personnel, counselors and administrators for
working with students from diverse populations;
‘‘(B) demonstrations at the State and local levels that
are designed to yield nationally significant results, includ-
ing approaches to public school choice and school-based
decisionmaking;
‘‘(C) joint activities with other agencies to assist the
effort to achieve the National Education Goals, including
activities related to improving the transition from preschool
to school and from school to work, as well as activities
related to the integration of education and health and
social services;
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‘‘(D) activities to promote and evaluate counseling and
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mentoring;
‘‘(E) activities to promote and evaluate coordinated
pupil services programs;
‘‘(F) activities to promote comprehensive health edu-
cation;
‘‘(G) activities to promote environmental education;
‘‘(H) activities to promote consumer, economic, and per-
sonal finance education, such as saving, investing, and
entrepreneurial education;
‘‘(I) activities to promote programs to assist students
to demonstrate competence in foreign languages;
‘‘(J) studies and evaluation of various education reform
strategies and innovations being pursued by the Federal
Government, States, and local educational agencies;
‘‘(K) activities to promote metric education;
‘‘(L) the identification and recognition of exemplary
schools and programs, such as Blue Ribbon Schools;
‘‘(M) programs designed to promote gender equity in
education by evaluating and eliminating gender bias in
instruction and educational materials, identifying, and
analyzing gender inequities in educational practices, and
implementing and evaluating educational policies and prac-
tices designed to achieve gender equity;
‘‘(N) programs designed to reduce excessive student
mobility, retain students who move within a school district
at the same school, educate parents about the effect of
mobility on a child’s education and encourage parents to
participate in school activities;
‘‘(O) experiential-based learning, such as service-learn-
ing;
‘‘(P) the development and expansion of public-private
partnership programs which extend the learning experi-
ence, via computers, beyond the classroom environment
into student homes through such programs as the Buddy
System Computer Project;
‘‘(Q) other programs and projects that meet the pur-
poses of this section;
‘‘(R) activities to promote child abuse education and
prevention programs;
‘‘(S) activities to raise standards and expectations for
academic achievement among all students, especially dis-
advantaged students traditionally underserved in schools;
‘‘(T) activities to provide the academic support, enrich-
ment and motivation to enable all students to reach such
standards;
‘‘(U) demonstrations relating to the planning and
evaluations of the effectiveness of projects under which
local educational agencies or schools contract with private
management organizations to reform a school or schools;
‘‘(V) demonstrations that are designed to test whether
prenatal and counseling provided to pregnant students may
have a positive effect on pregnancy outcomes, with such
education and counseling emphasizing the importance of
prenatal care, the value of sound diet and nutrition habits,
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and the harmful effects of smoking, alcohol, and substance
abuse on fetal development;
‘‘(W) programs under section 10102;
‘‘(X) programs under section 10103;
‘‘(Y) programs under section 10104; and
‘‘(Z) programs under section 10105;
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL USES.—The Secretary may also use funds
under this section to complete the project periods for direct
grants or contracts awarded under the provisions of this Act,
the Fund for the Improvement and Reform of Schools and
Teaching Act, or title III of the Education for Economic Security
Act, as such Acts were in effect on the day preceding the
date of the enactment of the Improving America’s Schools Act
of 1994.
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE.—The Secretary shall not make available
more than $1,000,000 to carry out paragraph (1)(R), nor more
than $1,000,000 to carry out paragraph (1)(V) during the period
beginning on October 1, 1994, through September 30, 1999.
‘‘(c) AWARDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may—
‘‘(A) make awards under this section on the basis of
competitions announced by the Secretary; and
‘‘(B) support meritorious unsolicited proposals.
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—The Secretary shall ensure that pro-
grams, projects, and activities supported under this section
are designed so that the effectiveness of such programs,
projects, and activities is readily ascertainable.
‘‘(3) PEER REVIEW.—The Secretary shall use a peer review
process in reviewing applications for assistance under this sec-
tion and may use funds appropriated under subsection (d)
for the cost of such peer review.
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION.—For the purpose of carrying out this sec-
tion, there are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal
year 1995 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the
four succeeding fiscal years.
‘‘SEC. 10102. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COUNSELING DEMONSTRATION.
‘‘(a) COUNSELING DEMONSTRATION.—
‘‘(1) In General.—The Secretary may award grants under
this section to establish or expand elementary school counseling
programs.
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this section, the
Secretary shall give special consideration to applications
describing programs that—
‘‘(A) demonstrate the greatest need for new or addi-
tional counseling services among the children in the
elementary schools served by the applicant;
‘‘(B) propose the most promising and innovative
approaches for initiating or expanding elementary school
counseling; and
‘‘(C) show the greatest potential for replication and
dissemination.
‘‘(3) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—In awarding grants under
this section, the Secretary shall ensure an equitable geographic
distribution among the regions of the United States and among
urban, suburban, and rural areas.
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‘‘(4) DURATION.—A grant under this section shall be
awarded for a period not to exceed three years.
‘‘(5) MAXIMUM GRANT.—A grant under this section shall
not exceed $400,000 for any fiscal year.
‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each local educational agency desiring
a grant under this section shall submit an application to the
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied
by such information as the Secretary may reasonably require.
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each application for a grant under this
section shall—
‘‘(A) describe the elementary school population to be
targeted by the program, the particular personal, social,
emotional, educational, and career development needs of
such population, and the current school counseling
resources available for meeting such needs;
‘‘(B) describe the activities, services, and training to
be provided by the program and the specific approaches
to be used to meet the needs described in subparagraph
(A);
‘‘(C) describe the methods to be used to evaluate the
outcomes and effectiveness of the program;
‘‘(D) describe the collaborative efforts to be undertaken
with institutions of higher education, businesses, labor
organizations, community groups, social service agencies,
and other public or private entities to enhance the program
and promote school-linked services integration;
‘‘(E) describe collaborative efforts with institutions of
higher education which specifically seek to enhance or
improve graduate programs specializing in the preparation
of elementary school counselors, school psychologists, and
school social workers;
‘‘(F) document that the applicant has the personnel
qualified to develop, implement, and administer the pro-
gram;
‘‘(G) describe how any diverse cultural populations,
if applicable, would be served through the program;
‘‘(H) assure that the funds made available under this
part for any fiscal year will be used to supplement and,
to the extent practicable, increase the level of funds that
would otherwise be available from non-Federal sources for
the program described in the application, and in no case
supplant such funds from non-Federal sources; and
‘‘(I) assure that the applicant will appoint an advisory
board composed of parents, school counselors, school
psychologists, school social workers, other pupil services
personnel, teachers, school administrators, and community
leaders to advise the local educational agency on the design
and implementation of the program.
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Grant funds under this section shall
be used to initiate or expand elementary school counseling
programs that comply with the requirements in paragraph
(2).
‘‘(2) PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS.—Each program assisted
under this section shall—