I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4108 
To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to support early college 
high schools and dual or concurrent enrollment programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2019 
Mr. 
ESPAILLAT
(for 
himself, 
Mr. 
KILDEE, 
Mrs. 
HAYES, 
Mr. 
KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. 
BARRAGA´N, Ms. MOORE, Ms. NORTON, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. 
ENGEL, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. VARGAS, 
Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. RUSH, Mr. GRIJALVA, and Mr. HORSFORD) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to 
support early college high schools and dual or concurrent 
enrollment programs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jumpstart on College 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to increase the percentage 
of students who complete a recognized postsecondary cre-
dential within 100 percent of the normal time for the com-
pletion of such credential, including low-income students 
and students from other populations that are underrep-
resented in higher education. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means an institution of higher education in part-
nership with one or more local educational agencies 
(which may be an educational service agency). Such 
partnership may also include other entities such as 
nonprofit organizations or businesses. 
(2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
(3) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘dual or concur-
rent enrollment program’’, ‘‘early college high 
school’’, ‘‘educational service agency’’, ‘‘four-year ad-
justed cohort graduation rate’’, ‘‘local educational 
agency’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, and ‘‘State’’ have the 
meanings given the terms in section 8101 of the Ele-
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mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7801). 
(4) LOW-INCOME STUDENT.—The term ‘‘low-in-
come student’’ means a student counted under sec-
tion 1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6333(c)). 
(5) RECOGNIZED
POSTSECONDARY
CREDEN-
TIAL.—The term ‘‘recognized postsecondary creden-
tial’’ has the meaning given the term in section 3 of 
the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3102). 
(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; RESERVA-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To carry out this Act, there are 
authorized to be appropriated $250,000,000 for fiscal year 
2020 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years. 
(b) RESERVATIONS.—From the funds appropriated 
under subsection (a) for each fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall reserve— 
(1) not less than 40 percent for grants to eligi-
ble entities under section 5; 
(2) not less than 55 percent for grants to 
States under section 6; and 
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(3) not less than 5 percent for national activi-
ties under section 8. 
SEC. 5. GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award grants 
to eligible entities, on a competitive basis, to assist such 
entities in establishing or supporting an early college high 
school or dual or concurrent enrollment program in ac-
cordance with this section. 
(b) DURATION.—Each grant under this section shall 
be awarded for a period of 6 years. 
(c) GRANT AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that the amount of each grant under this section is suffi-
cient to enable each grantee to carry out the activities de-
scribed in subsection (h), except that a grant under this 
section may not exceed $2,000,000. 
(d) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For each year that an eligi-
ble entity receives a grant under this section, the en-
tity shall contribute matching funds, in the amounts 
described in paragraph (2), for the activities sup-
ported by the grant. 
(2) AMOUNTS DESCRIBED.—The amounts de-
scribed in this paragraph are— 
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(A) for each of the first and second years 
of the grant period, 20 percent of the grant 
amount; 
(B) for each of the third and fourth years 
of the grant period, 30 percent of the grant 
amount; 
(C) for the fifth year of the grant period, 
40 percent of the grant amount; and 
(D) for the sixth year of the grant period, 
50 percent of the grant amount. 
(3) DETERMINATION
OF
AMOUNT
CONTRIB-
UTED.— 
(A) IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall allow an eligible entity to meet the 
requirements of this subsection through in-kind 
contributions. 
(B) NON-FEDERAL
SOURCES.—Not less 
than half of each amount described in para-
graph (2) shall be provided by the eligible entity 
from non-Federal sources. 
(e) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—An eligible enti-
ty shall use a grant received under this section only to 
supplement funds that would, in the absence of such a 
grant, be made available from other Federal, State, or 
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local sources for activities supported by the grant, not to 
supplant such funds. 
(f) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities 
that— 
(1) propose to establish or support an early col-
lege high school or other dual or concurrent enroll-
ment program that will serve a student population 
of which not less than 51 percent are low-income 
students; 
(2) include a local educational agency that 
serves a high school that is— 
(A) identified for comprehensive support 
and 
improvement 
under 
section 
1111(c)(4)(D)(i) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6311(c)(4)(D)(i)); or 
(B) implementing a targeted support and 
improvement plan as described in section 
1111(d)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(d)(2)); 
(3) are from States that provide assistance to 
early college high schools or other dual enrollment 
programs, such as assistance to defray the costs of 
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higher education (including costs of tuition, fees, 
and textbooks); and 
(4) propose to establish or support an early col-
lege high school or dual or concurrent enrollment 
program that meets quality standards established 
by— 
(A) a nationally recognized accrediting 
agency or association that offers accreditation 
specifically for such programs; or 
(B) a State process specifically for the re-
view and approval of such programs. 
(g) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary shall 
ensure, to the extent practicable, that eligible entities re-
ceiving grants under this section— 
(1) are from a representative cross section of— 
(A) urban, suburban, and rural areas; and 
(B) regions of the United States; and 
(2) include both 2-year and 4-year institutions 
of higher education. 
(h) USES OF FUNDS.— 
(1) MANDATORY ACTIVITIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity shall 
use grant funds received under this section— 
(i) to support the activities described 
in its application under subsection (i); 
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(ii) to create and maintain a coherent 
system of supports for students, teachers, 
principals, and faculty under the program, 
including— 
(I) college and career readiness, 
academic, and social support services 
for students; and 
(II) professional development for 
teachers, faculty, and principals from 
the secondary schools and faculty 
from the institution of higher edu-
cation, including— 
(aa) joint professional devel-
opment activities; and 
(bb) activities to assist such 
teachers, faculty, and principals 
in using effective parent and 
community engagement strate-
gies and to help ensure the suc-
cess of— 
(AA) students academi-
cally at risk of not enrolling 
in or completing postsec-
ondary education; 
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(BB) 
first-generation 
college students; and 
(CC) students described 
in section 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) 
of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)); 
(iii) to carry out liaison activities 
among the partners that comprise the eli-
gible entity pursuant to an agreement or 
memorandum 
of 
understanding 
docu-
menting commitments, resources, roles, 
and responsibilities of the partners con-
sistent with the design of the program; 
(iv) for outreach programs to ensure 
that secondary school students and their 
families, including students academically at 
risk of not enrolling in or completing post-
secondary education, first-generation col-
lege students, and students described in 
section 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)), are— 
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(I) aware of, and recruited into, 
the early college high school or dual 
or concurrent enrollment program; 
and 
(II) assisted with the process of 
enrolling and succeeding in the early 
college high school or program, which 
may include providing academic sup-
port; 
(v) to collect, share, and use data (in 
compliance with section 444 of the General 
Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 
1232g)) for program improvement and 
program evaluation; and 
(vi) to review and strengthen its pro-
gram to maximize the potential that stu-
dents participating in the program will 
eventually complete a recognized postsec-
ondary 
credential, 
including 
by 
opti-
mizing— 
(I) the curriculum of the pro-
gram; 
(II) the use of high-quality as-
sessments of student learning, such as 
performance-based, project-based, or 
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portfolio assessments that measure 
higher-order thinking skills; 
(III) the sequence of courses of-
fered by the program; and 
(IV) the alignment of academic 
calendars 
between 
the 
secondary 
schools and the institution of higher 
education participating in the pro-
gram. 
(B) NEW PROGRAMS.—In the case of an 
eligible entity that uses a grant under this sec-
tion to establish an early college high school or 
dual or concurrent enrollment program, the en-
tity shall use such funds during the first year 
of the grant period— 
(i) to design the curriculum and se-
quence of courses in collaboration with, at 
a minimum— 
(I) faculty from the institution of 
higher education; 
(II) teachers and faculty from 
the local educational agency; and 
(III) in the case of a career and 
technical education program, employ-
ers or workforce development entities 
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to ensure that the program is aligned 
with labor market demand; 
(ii) to develop and implement an ar-
ticulation agreement between the institu-
tion of higher education and the local edu-
cational agency that governs how sec-
ondary and postsecondary credits will be 
awarded under the program; and 
(iii) to carry out the activities de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
(2) ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES.—An eligible entity 
may use grant funds received under this section to 
support the activities described in its application 
under subsection (i), including by— 
(A) purchasing textbooks and equipment 
that support the curriculum of the program; 
(B) pursuant to the assurance provided by 
the eligible entity under subsection (i)(3)(A), 
paying tuition and fees for postsecondary 
courses taken by students under the program; 
(C) incorporating work-based learning op-
portunities into the program (which may in-
clude partnering with entities that provide such 
opportunities), including— 
(i) internships; 
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