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Union Calendar No. 320 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3989 
[Report No. 112–458] 
To support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents 
of their schools’ performance, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2012 
Mr. KLINE (for himself, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. PETRI, Mr. 
WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
DESJARLAIS, Mrs. NOEM, Mrs. ROBY, and Mr. HECK) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce 
APRIL 27, 2012 
Additional sponsors: Mr. KELLY, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 
MEEHAN, and Mr. BARLETTA 
APRIL 27, 2012 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 9, 2012] 
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A BILL 
To support State and local accountability for public edu-
cation, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and 
for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Student Success Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. References. 
Sec. 4. Transition. 
Sec. 5. Effective dates. 
Sec. 6. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE I—AID TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES 
Subtitle A—In General 
Sec. 101. Title heading. 
Sec. 102. Statement of purpose. 
Sec. 103. Flexibility to use Federal funds. 
Sec. 104. School improvement. 
Sec. 105. Direct student services. 
Sec. 106. State administration. 
Subtitle B—Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged 
Sec. 111. Part A headings. 
Sec. 112. State plans. 
Sec. 113. Local educational agency plans. 
Sec. 114. Eligible school attendance areas. 
Sec. 115. Schoolwide programs. 
Sec. 116. Targeted assistance schools. 
Sec. 117. Academic assessment and local educational agency and school improve-
ment; school support and recognition. 
Sec. 118. Parental involvement. 
Sec. 119. Qualifications for teachers and paraprofessionals. 
Sec. 120. Participation of children enrolled in private schools. 
Sec. 121. Fiscal requirements. 
Sec. 122. Coordination requirements. 
Sec. 123. Grants for the outlying areas and the Secretary of the Interior. 
Sec. 124. Allocations to States. 
Sec. 125. Basic grants to local educational agencies. 
Sec. 126. Adequacy of funding of targeted grants to local educational agencies in 
fiscal years after fiscal year 2001. 
Sec. 127. Education finance incentive grant program. 
Sec. 128. Carryover and waiver. 
Subtitle C—Additional Aid to States and School Districts 
Sec. 131. Additional aid. 
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Subtitle D—National Assessment 
Sec. 141. National assessment of title I. 
Subtitle E—Title I General Provisions 
Sec. 151. General provisions for title I. 
TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR THE ACT 
Sec. 201. General provisions for the Act. 
Sec. 202. Repeal. 
Sec. 203. Other laws. 
Sec. 204. Amendment to IDEA. 
SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of 
an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, 
the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or 
other provision of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.). 
SEC. 4. TRANSITION. 
Unless otherwise provided in this Act, any person or 
agency that was awarded a grant under the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et 
seq.) prior to the date of the enactment of this Act shall 
continue to receive funds in accordance with the terms of 
such award, except that funds for such award may not con-
tinue more than one year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 
this Act, this Act, and the amendments made by this Act, 
shall be effective upon the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) NONCOMPETITIVE PROGRAMS.—With respect to 
noncompetitive programs under which any funds are allot-
ted by the Secretary of Education to recipients on the basis 
of a formula, this Act, and the amendments made by this 
Act, shall take effect on July 1, 2012. 
(c) COMPETITIVE PROGRAMS.—With respect to pro-
grams that are conducted by the Secretary on a competitive 
basis, this Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall 
take effect with respect to appropriations for use under those 
programs for fiscal year 2013. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
The Act (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended by insert-
ing after section 2 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) TITLE I.— 
‘‘(1) PART A.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out part A of title I $16,651,768,000 
for fiscal year 2013. 
‘‘(2) PART B.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out part B of title I $3,194,000 for 
fiscal year 2013. 
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‘‘(b) OUT YEARS.—The amounts authorized by sub-
section (a) shall be increased for each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2018 by a percentage equal to the percentage of in-
flation according to the Consumer Price Index, for the cal-
endar year ending prior to the beginning of that fiscal 
year.’’. 
TITLE I—AID TO LOCAL 
EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES 
Subtitle A—In General 
SEC. 101. TITLE HEADING. 
The title heading for title I (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘TITLE I—AID TO LOCAL 
EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES’’. 
SEC. 102. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 
Section 1001 (20 U.S.C. 6301) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1001. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 
‘‘The purpose of this title is to provide all children the 
opportunity to graduate high school prepared for postsec-
ondary education or the workforce. This purpose can be ac-
complished by— 
‘‘(1) meeting the educational needs of low-achiev-
ing children in our Nation’s highest-poverty schools, 
English learners, migratory children, children with 
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disabilities, Indian children, and neglected or delin-
quent children; 
‘‘(2) closing the achievement gap between high- 
and low-performing children, especially the achieve-
ment gaps between minority and nonminority stu-
dents, and between disadvantaged children and their 
more advantaged peers; 
‘‘(3) affording parents substantial and meaning-
ful opportunities to participate in the education of 
their children; and 
‘‘(4) challenging States and local educational 
agencies to embrace meaningful, evidence-based edu-
cation reform, while encouraging state and local inno-
vation.’’. 
SEC. 103. FLEXIBILITY TO USE FEDERAL FUNDS. 
Section 1002 (20 U.S.C. 6302) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1002. FLEXIBILITY TO USE FEDERAL FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) ALTERNATIVE USES OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR 
STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (c) 
and (d) and notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a State educational agency may use the applica-
ble funding that the agency receives for a fiscal year 
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to carry out any State activity authorized or required 
under one or more of the following provisions: 
‘‘(A) Section 1003. 
‘‘(B) Section 1004. 
‘‘(C) Subpart 2 of part A of title I. 
‘‘(D) Subpart 3 of part A of title I. 
‘‘(E) Subpart 4 of part A of title I. 
‘‘(F) Chapter B of subpart 6 of part A of 
title I. 
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than June 1 of 
each year, a State educational agency shall notify the 
Secretary of the State educational agency’s intention 
to use the applicable funding for any of the alter-
native uses under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) APPLICABLE FUNDING DEFINED.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), in this subsection, the term 
‘applicable funding’ means funds provided to 
carry out State activities under one or more of 
the following provisions. 
‘‘(i) Section 1003. 
‘‘(ii) Section 1004. 
‘‘(iii) Subpart 2 of part A of title I. 
‘‘(iv) Subpart 3 of part A of title I. 
‘‘(v) Subpart 4 of part A of title I. 
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