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protect students’ personally identifiable information 
is more important than ever. 
‘‘(4) Regulations allowing more access to stu-
dents’ personal information could allow that infor-
mation to be shared or sold by individuals who do 
not have the best interest of the students in mind. 
‘‘(5) The Secretary has the responsibility to en-
sure every entity that receives funding under this 
Act holds any personally identifiable information in 
strict confidence. 
‘‘(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the 
Congress that the Secretary should review all regulations 
addressing issues of student privacy, including those under 
this Act, and ensure that students’ personally identifiable 
information is protected. 
‘‘Subpart 4—Restoration of State Sovereignty Over 
Public Education 
‘‘SEC. 6561. STATES TO RETAIN RIGHTS AND AUTHORITIES 
THEY DO NOT EXPRESSLY WAIVE. 
‘‘(a) RETENTION OF RIGHTS AND AUTHORITIES.— 
In order to ensure local control over the acceptance of 
Federal funds, no officer, employee, or other authority of 
the Secretary shall enforce against an authority of a State, 
nor shall any authority of a State have any obligation to 
obey, any requirement imposed as a condition of receiving 
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assistance under a grant program established under this 
Act, nor shall such program operate within a State, unless 
the legislature of that State shall have by law expressly 
approved that program and, in doing so, have affirma-
tively agreed to abide by the conditions attached to the 
receipt of such funds. 
‘‘(b) AMENDMENT OF TERMS OF RECEIPT OF FED-
ERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—An officer, employee, or 
other authority of the Secretary may release assistance 
under a grant program established under this Act to a 
State only after the legislature of the State has by law 
expressly approved the program (as described in sub-
section (a)). This approval may be accomplished by a vote 
to affirm a State budget that includes the use of such Fed-
eral funds and any such State budget must expressly in-
clude any requirement imposed as a condition of receiving 
assistance under a grant program established under this 
Act so that by approving the budget, the State legislature 
is expressly approving the grant program and, in doing 
so, has affirmatively agreed to abide by the conditions at-
tached to the receipt of such funds. 
‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULE FOR STATES WITH BIENNIAL 
LEGISLATURES.—In the case of a State with a biennial 
legislature— 
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‘‘(1) during a year in which the State legisla-
ture does not meet, subsections (a) and (b) shall not 
apply; and 
‘‘(2) during a year in which the State legisla-
ture meets, subsections (a) and (b) shall apply, and, 
with respect to any grant program established under 
this Act during the most recent year in which the 
State legislature did not meet, the State may by law 
expressly disapprove the grant program, and, if such 
disapproval occurs, an officer, employee, or other au-
thority of the Secretary may not release any addi-
tional assistance to the State under that grant pro-
gram. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF STATE AUTHORITY.—As used 
in this section, the term ‘authority of a State’ includes 
any administering agency of the State, any officer or em-
ployee of the State, and any local government authority 
of the State. 
‘‘(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to allow the Secretary to condition 
the receipt of any grant funds under this Act on the adop-
tion of any specific standards, including the Common Core 
State Standards, assessments, or curriculum. 
‘‘(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section applies in each 
State beginning on the 90th day after the end of the first 
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regular session of the legislature of that State that begins 
5 years after the date of the enactment of the Student 
Success Act and shall continue to apply in subsequent 
years until otherwise provided by law. 
‘‘SEC. 6562. DEDICATION OF SAVINGS TO DEFICIT REDUC-
TION. 
‘‘Notwithstanding any formula reallocations stipu-
lated under the Student Success Act, any funds under 
such Act not allocated to a State because a State did not 
affirmatively agree to the receipt of such funds shall not 
be reallocated among the States. 
‘‘SEC. 6563. DEFINITION OF STATE WITH BIENNIAL LEGIS-
LATURE. 
‘‘In this Act, the term ‘State with a biennial legisla-
ture’ means a State the legislature of which meets every 
other year. 
‘‘SEC. 6564. INTENT OF CONGRESS. 
‘‘It is the intent of Congress that other than the 
terms and conditions expressly approved by State law 
under the terms of this subpart, control over public edu-
cation and parental rights to control the education of their 
children are vested exclusively within the autonomous zone 
of independent authority reserved to the States and indi-
vidual Americans by the United States Constitution, other 
than the Federal Government’s undiminishable obligation 
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to enforce minimum Federal standards of equal protection 
and due process. 
‘‘SEC. 6565. PRIVACY. 
‘‘The Secretary shall ensure each grantee receiving 
funds under this Act understands the importance of pri-
vacy protections for students and is aware of their respon-
sibilities under section 444 of the General Education Pro-
visions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g) (commonly known as the 
‘Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974’). 
‘‘PART F—EVALUATIONS 
‘‘SEC. 6601. EVALUATIONS. 
‘‘(a) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—Except as provided 
in subsections (c) and (d), the Secretary may reserve not 
more than 0.5 percent of the amount appropriated to 
carry out each categorical program authorized under this 
Act. The reserved amounts shall be used by the Secretary, 
acting through the Director of the Institute of Education 
Sciences— 
‘‘(1) to conduct— 
‘‘(A) comprehensive evaluations of the pro-
gram or project; 
‘‘(B) studies of the effectiveness of the pro-
gram or project and its administrative impact 
on schools and local educational agencies; and 
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‘‘(C) the wide dissemination of evaluation 
findings under this section with respect to pro-
grams authorized under this Act— 
‘‘(i) in a timely fashion; 
‘‘(ii) in forms that are understand-
able, easily accessible, and usable or adapt-
able for use in the improvement of edu-
cational practice; 
‘‘(iii) through electronic transfer, and 
other means, such as posting, as available, 
to the websites of State educational agen-
cies, local educational agencies, the Insti-
tute of Education Sciences, the Depart-
ment, and other relevant places; and 
‘‘(iv) in a manner that promotes the 
utilization of such findings. 
‘‘(2) to evaluate the aggregate short- and long- 
term effects and cost efficiencies across Federal pro-
grams assisted or authorized under this Act and re-
lated Federal preschool, elementary, and secondary 
programs under any other Federal law; and 
‘‘(3) to increase the usefulness of evaluations of 
grant recipients in order to ensure the continuous 
progress of the program or project by improving the 
quality, timeliness, efficiency, and use of information 
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relating to performance under the program or 
project. 
‘‘(b) REQUIRED
PLAN.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the Institute of Education 
Sciences, may use the reserved amount under subsection 
(a) only after completion of a comprehensive, multi-year 
plan— 
‘‘(1) for the periodic evaluation of each of the 
major categorical programs authorized under this 
Act, and as resources permit, the smaller categorical 
programs authorized under this Act; 
‘‘(2) that shall be developed and implemented 
with the involvement of other officials at the Depart-
ment, as appropriate; and 
‘‘(3) that shall not be finalized until— 
‘‘(A) the publication of a notice in the Fed-
eral Register seeking public comment on such 
plan and after review by the Secretary of such 
comments; and 
‘‘(B) the plan is submitted for comment to 
the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
sions of the Senate and after review by the Sec-
retary of such comments. 
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‘‘(c) TITLE I EXCLUDED.—The Secretary may not 
reserve under subsection (a) funds appropriated to carry 
out any program authorized under title I. 
‘‘(d) EVALUATION ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED ELSE-
WHERE.—If, under any other provision of this Act (other 
than title I), funds are authorized to be reserved or used 
for evaluation activities with respect to a program or 
project, the Secretary may not reserve additional funds 
under this section for the evaluation of that program or 
project.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) TITLE IX.— 
(A) SUBPART 1 OF PART E OF TITLE VI.— 
(i) 
TRANSFER
AND
REDESIGNA-
TION.—Sections 9504 through 9506 (20 
U.S.C. 7884, 7885, and 7886) are— 
(I) transferred to title VI, as 
amended by subsection (a) of this sec-
tion; 
(II) inserted after section 6503 
of such title; and 
(III) redesignated as sections 
6504 through 6506, respectively. 
(ii) AMENDMENTS.—Section 6504 (as 
so redesignated) is amended— 
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(I) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by 
striking ‘‘section 9502’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 6502’’; 
(II) in subsection (b), by striking 
‘‘section 9501’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
6501’’; and 
(III) in subsection (d), by strik-
ing ‘‘No Child Left Behind Act of 
2001’’ and inserting ‘‘Student Success 
Act’’. 
(B) SUBPART 2 OF PART E OF TITLE VI.— 
(i) 
TRANSFER
AND
REDESIGNA-
TION.—Sections 9531, 9533, and 9534 (20 
U.S.C. 7911, 7913, and 7914) are— 
(I) transferred to title VI, as 
amended by subparagraph (A) of this 
paragraph; 
(II) inserted after section 6525 
of such title; and 
(III) redesignated as sections 
6526 through 6528, respectively. 
(ii) AMENDMENTS.—Section 6528 (as 
so redesignated) is amended— 
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(I) by striking ‘‘(a) IN GEN-
ERAL.—Nothing’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘Nothing’’; and 
(II) by striking subsection (b). 
(C) SUBPART 3 OF PART E OF TITLE VI.— 
Sections 9523, 9524, and 9525 (20 U.S.C. 
7903, 7904, and 7905) are— 
(i) transferred to title VI, as amended 
by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph; 
(ii) inserted after section 6544 of such 
title; and 
(iii) redesignated as sections 6545 
through 6547, respectively. 
(2) TITLE IV.—Sections 4141 and 4155 (20 
U.S.C. 7151 and 7161) are— 
(A) transferred to title VI, as amended by 
this Act; 
(B) inserted after section 6551; and 
(C) redesignated as sections 6552 and 
6553, respectively. 
SEC. 602. REPEAL. 
Title IX (20 U.S.C. 7801 et seq.), as amended by 
section 601(b)(1) of this title, is repealed. 
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SEC. 603. OTHER LAWS. 
Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
any reference in law to the term ‘‘highly qualified’’ as de-
fined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 shall be treated as a reference to 
such term under section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 as in effect on the day be-
fore the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 604. AMENDMENT TO IDEA. 
Section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1401) is amended by striking para-
graph (10). 
TITLE VII—HOMELESS 
EDUCATION 
SEC. 701. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
Section 721 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11431) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) In any State where compulsory residency 
requirements or other requirements, laws, regula-
tions, practices, or policies may act as a barrier to 
the identification, enrollment, attendance, or success 
in school of homeless children and youths, the State 
and local educational agencies will review and under-
take steps to revise such laws, regulations, practices, 
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(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘Grants’’ and inserting ‘‘Grant 
funds from a grant made to a State’’; 
(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) To provide services and activities to im-
prove the identification of homeless children (includ-
ing preschool-aged homeless children and youths) 
that enable such children and youths to enroll in, at-
tend, and succeed in school, or, if appropriate, in 
preschool programs.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ‘‘that can 
sufficiently carry out the duties described in 
this subtitle’’; and 
(D) by amending paragraph (5) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(5) To develop and implement professional de-
velopment programs for liaisons designated under 
subsection (g)(1)(J)(ii) and other local educational 
agency personnel— 
‘‘(A) to improve their identification of 
homeless children and youths; and 
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(bb) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end of subclause (II); 
(cc) by striking the period at 
the end of subclause (III) and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(dd) by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(IV) the progress the separate 
schools are making in helping all stu-
dents meet the State academic stand-
ards.’’; and 
(II) in clause (iii), by striking 
‘‘Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Education Assistance Im-
provements Act of 2001, the’’ and in-
serting ‘‘The’’; 
(6) by amending subsection (f) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(f) FUNCTIONS
OF
THE
OFFICE
OF
COORDI-
NATOR.—The Coordinator for Education of Homeless 
Children and Youths established in each State shall— 
‘‘(1) gather and make publically available reli-
able, valid, and comprehensive information on— 
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‘‘(A) the number of homeless children and 
youths identified in the State, posted annually 
on the State educational agency’s website; 
‘‘(B) the nature and extent of the problems 
homeless children and youths have in gaining 
access to public preschool programs and to pub-
lic elementary schools and secondary schools; 
‘‘(C) the difficulties in identifying the spe-
cial needs and barriers to the participation and 
achievement of such children and youths; 
‘‘(D) any progress made by the State edu-
cational agency and local educational agencies 
in the State in addressing such problems and 
difficulties; and 
‘‘(E) the success of the programs under 
this subtitle in identifying homeless children 
and youths and allowing such children and 
youths to enroll in, attend, and succeed in, 
school; 
‘‘(2) develop and carry out the State plan de-
scribed in subsection (g); 
‘‘(3) collect data for and transmit to the Sec-
retary, at such time and in such manner as the Sec-
retary may require, a report containing information 
necessary to assess the educational needs of home-
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less children and youths within the State, including 
data necessary for the Secretary to fulfill the respon-
sibilities under section 724(h); 
‘‘(4) in order to improve the provision of com-
prehensive education and related support services to 
homeless children and youths and their families, co-
ordinate and collaborate with— 
‘‘(A) educators, including teachers, special 
education personnel, administrators, and child 
development and preschool program personnel; 
‘‘(B) providers of services to homeless chil-
dren and youths and their families, including 
services of public and private child welfare and 
social services agencies, law enforcement agen-
cies, juvenile and family courts, agencies pro-
viding mental health services, domestic violence 
agencies, child care providers, runaway and 
homeless youth centers, and providers of serv-
ices and programs funded under the Runaway 
and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et 
seq.); 
‘‘(C) providers of emergency, transitional, 
and permanent housing to homeless children 
and youths, and their families, including public 
housing agencies, shelter operators, operators of 
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transitional housing facilities, and providers of 
transitional 
living 
programs 
for 
homeless 
youths; 
‘‘(D) local educational agency liaisons des-
ignated under subsection (g)(1)(J)(ii) for home-
less children and youths; and 
‘‘(E) community organizations and groups 
representing homeless children and youths and 
their families; 
‘‘(5) provide technical assistance to local edu-
cational agencies, in coordination with local edu-
cational agency liaisons designated under subsection 
(g)(1)(J)(ii), to ensure that local educational agen-
cies comply with the requirements of subsection 
(e)(3), paragraphs (3) through (7) of subsection (g), 
and subsection (h); 
‘‘(6) provide professional development opportu-
nities for local educational agency personnel and the 
homeless 
liaison 
designated 
under 
subsection 
(g)(1)(J)(ii) to assist such personnel in meeting the 
needs of homeless children and youths; and 
‘‘(7) respond to inquiries from parents and 
guardians of homeless children and youths and un-
accompanied youths to ensure that each child or 
youth who is the subject of such an inquiry receives 
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the full protections and services provided by this 
subtitle.’’; 
(7) by amending subsection (g) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(g) STATE PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to be eligible to 
receive a grant under this section, each State edu-
cational agency shall submit to the Secretary a plan 
to provide for the education of homeless children 
and youths within the State that includes the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) A description of how such children 
and youths are (or will be) given the oppor-
tunity to meet the same State academic stand-
ards that all students are expected to meet. 
‘‘(B) A description of the procedures the 
State educational agency will use to identify 
such children and youths in the State and to 
assess their needs. 
‘‘(C) A description of procedures for the 
prompt resolution of disputes regarding the 
educational placement of homeless children and 
youths. 
‘‘(D) A description of programs for school 
personnel (including liaisons, school leaders, at-
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tendance officers, teachers, enrollment per-
sonnel, and specialized instructional support 
personnel) to heighten the awareness of such 
personnel of the specific needs of homeless ado-
lescents, including runaway and homeless 
youths. 
‘‘(E) A description of procedures that en-
sure that homeless children and youths who 
meet the relevant eligibility criteria are able to 
participate in Federal, State, or local nutrition 
programs. 
‘‘(F) A description of procedures that en-
sure that— 
‘‘(i) homeless children have equal ac-
cess to public preschool programs, adminis-
tered by the State educational agency or 
local educational agency, as provided to 
other children in the State; 
‘‘(ii) homeless youths and youths sep-
arated from public schools are identified 
and accorded equal access to appropriate 
secondary education and support services; 
and 
‘‘(iii) homeless children and youths 
who meet the relevant eligibility criteria 
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