‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—A State that desires to receive 
a grant under this section shall submit an application to 
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accom-
panied by such information as the Secretary may require, 
including the following: 
‘‘(1) A description of the State’s need to engage 
parents and the community in students’ education, 
as described in subpart 1. 
‘‘(2) A description of the State’s need for com-
munity-based resources to address student and fam-
ily needs. 
‘‘(3) A description of the progress a State is 
seeking relating to the indicators outlined in section 
5707(b). 
‘‘(4) A description of the State’s capacity and 
resources across multiple State agencies to integrate 
their existing State and Federal (managed by the 
State) programs with local educational agencies, 
schools, and community-based organizations. 
‘‘SEC. 5700A. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘The Secretary is authorized to enter into a contract 
with a nonprofit organization with a demonstrated record 
of effectiveness and extensive national, State, and local ex-
perience in providing effective integrated student supports 
in order to ensure accountability in the execution of sub-
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parts 1 and 2. Such nonprofit organization shall be re-
sponsible for— 
‘‘(1) providing technical assistance and training 
to grantees and subgrantees to promote the effec-
tiveness of the programs assisted under this part in 
improving the coordination, availability, delivery, and 
effectiveness of integrated services and comprehen-
sive supports for children and families; and 
‘‘(2) establishing a national clearinghouse for 
the collection and dissemination of information on 
effective parent, family, and community engagement 
practices and programs, which information shall be 
disseminated to State educational agencies and made 
available to local educational agencies, schools, and 
community-based organizations. 
‘‘SEC. 5700B. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this part $260,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 
through 2014, of which— 
‘‘(1) 50 percent shall be used to carry out sub-
part 1; 
‘‘(2) 30 percent shall be used to carry out sub-
part 2; and 
‘‘(3) 20 percent shall be used to carry out sub-
part 3. 
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‘‘Subpart 1—Parent and Community Outreach 
Coordinators 
‘‘SEC. 5701. PURPOSE. 
‘‘The purpose of this subpart is to provide support, 
through competitive subgrants, to schools who may work 
in conjunction with a community-based organization, to 
hire and maintain Parent and Community Outreach Coor-
dinators to— 
‘‘(1) ensure that families and communities par-
ticipate in the education of their children and be-
come an integral part of the school climate and cul-
ture; 
‘‘(2) enable principals and teachers to com-
plement and enrich efforts to help all children make 
learning gains, prepare for graduation, and plan for 
their futures through parent and community involve-
ment activities that include educational, family, and 
financial planning necessary to make postsecondary 
education a reality; and 
‘‘(3) act as a liaison with other coordinators 
from Federal, State, local, and private programs 
that serve the school, including community school 
coordinators, 21st Century Community Learning 
Centers, school health coordinators, and violence 
prevention coordinators, as appropriate. 
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‘‘SEC. 5702. SUBGRANTS AUTHORIZED. 
‘‘A State that receives a grant under section 5700 
shall award subgrants, on a competitive basis, to local edu-
cational agencies that receive assistance under part A of 
title I to enable such agencies to assist public elementary 
schools and public secondary schools served by such agen-
cies to hire and maintain Parent and Community Out-
reach Coordinators. 
‘‘SEC. 5703. APPLICATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency that 
desires to receive a subgrant under this subpart shall sub-
mit an application to the State at such time, in such man-
ner, and accompanied by such information as the State 
may require. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—An application submitted pursuant 
to subsection (a) shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) A description of the schools to be assisted 
by the local educational agency under this subpart. 
‘‘(2) The current state of family and commu-
nity engagement in the schools, including a descrip-
tion of the ways in which families and communities 
are engaged during the school day, before school, 
and during after school and summer hours. 
‘‘(3) The particular family and community out-
reach needs identified by the schools, parents, fami-
lies, and community-based organizations. 
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‘‘(4) A workplan to address the needs identified 
in paragraph (3). 
‘‘(5) A description of the desired progress of 
the local educational agency related to the indicators 
outlined in section 5707(b). 
‘‘(6) A description of the capacity of the schools 
for measuring school-specific outcomes of the work 
provided by the Parent and Community Outreach 
Coordinators. 
‘‘(7) A description of the capacity of the schools 
for supporting a position of Parent and Community 
Outreach Coordinator by providing space and ade-
quate resources. 
‘‘(8) A description of how the activities sup-
ported with funds under this subpart will be coordi-
nated with the programs and activities carried out 
by the local educational agency pursuant to section 
1118, including whether such activities will be sup-
ported with funds provided under title I. 
‘‘SEC. 5704. AWARDING OF SUBGRANTS. 
‘‘(a) PRIORITY.—In awarding subgrants under this 
subpart, a State shall give priority to applications— 
‘‘(1) proposing to target high-need schools— 
‘‘(A) with the highest proportions of stu-
dents from low-income families; and 
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‘‘(B) with a large percentage of students 
who fail to meet the State’s challenging student 
academic achievement standards, as assessed 
pursuant to section 1111(b)(3); and 
‘‘(2) submitted by local educational agencies de-
scribing a partnership structure that delineates how 
the local educational agency, community-based orga-
nizations, local government, institutions of higher 
education, and other key institutions will come to-
gether to support a common vision, defined results, 
and measures of effectiveness, with clear roles and 
responsibilities, and a plan for serving multiple 
schools. 
‘‘(b) DURATION
OF
SUBGRANT.—Each subgrant 
awarded under this subpart shall be for a period of 5 
years. 
‘‘SEC. 5705. SCREENING AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—A school receiving assist-
ance under this subpart shall establish a screening and 
evaluation committee that shall consist of the following 
members: 
‘‘(1) The school principal or headmaster. 
‘‘(2) Two parents of students enrolled at the 
school. 
‘‘(3) A teacher who teaches at the school. 
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‘‘(4) One paraprofessional at the school. 
‘‘(5) Community partners. 
‘‘(6) The superintendent of the school or a des-
ignee of the superintendent. 
‘‘(b) HIRING.—A school that receives assistance 
under this subpart shall hire, based on the recommenda-
tion of the screening and evaluation committee, a Parent 
and Community Outreach Coordinator. 
‘‘(c) OVERSIGHT AND EVALUATION.—The screening 
and evaluation committee shall prepare and submit an 
evaluation to the local educational agency on an annual 
basis regarding the performance of the Parent and Com-
munity Outreach Coordinator based on the indicators of 
effectiveness described in section 5707(b). The local edu-
cational agency shall submit such report to the Secretary. 
‘‘SEC. 5706. PARENT AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDI-
NATOR. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A Parent and Community Out-
reach Coordinator hired pursuant to section 5705 shall— 
‘‘(1) provide leadership in building relation-
ships, bridging gaps, and facilitating the creation of 
partnerships among school staff, families, and com-
munity members; and 
‘‘(2) provide support and resources— 
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‘‘(A) to increase participation of family 
and community members in the school; and 
‘‘(B) in support of all children’s learning, 
including those children meeting or exceeding 
academic achievement standards (as assessed 
pursuant to section 1111(b)(3)). 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each Parent and Commu-
nity Outreach Coordinator shall— 
‘‘(1) implement a family needs and parent in-
volvement assessment at the school that includes 
goals and suggestions on how to improve family and 
parental involvement in the school, with particular 
attention to the needs of low-income families, lim-
ited-English proficient families, families living in 
rural areas, families with children in either the child 
welfare system or juvenile justice system, families 
experiencing homelessness, and families whose chil-
dren may have special development needs; 
‘‘(2) develop an individual workplan that in-
cludes an overall family and parental engagement 
action plan for the school, which shall include a de-
scription of the community resources that will be 
brought into schools as well as a strategy for con-
necting students and families with resources avail-
able within the community; 
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‘‘(3) establish and maintain consistent, effec-
tive, and timely communication with families espe-
cially low-income, limited English proficient, and mi-
nority families in a variety of ways; 
‘‘(4) work with the principal or headmaster of 
the school and school staff to establish an environ-
ment in which families feel safe, welcome, and free 
to voice their opinions; 
‘‘(5) act as an advocate and liaison to assist 
parents and school staff to resolve issues at the 
school and district levels; 
‘‘(6) work with other Federal, State, local, and 
private partners to develop and implement activities, 
programs, and training aimed at assisting families 
to support student learning needs and postsecondary 
education planning; 
‘‘(7) create, organize, strengthen, and support a 
school parent council (which may include a school 
parent teacher association) that is representative of 
the school community; 
‘‘(8) work with the principal to engage parents 
in school-based decisionmaking bodies, including re-
cruiting nontraditional parents and providing train-
ing and support to parents participating in such an 
entity; 
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‘‘(9) as appropriate, participate in the school’s 
school improvement process and development of 
school improvement plans; 
‘‘(10) take part in ongoing training and profes-
sional development which may be provided by com-
munity-based organizations and other staff serving 
at the local educational agency that serves the 
school; 
‘‘(11) have the ability to relate to students as 
a caring adult; and 
‘‘(12) carry out other duties specifically related 
to the engagement of families and the community as 
designated by the principal or headmaster of the 
school. 
‘‘SEC. 5707. EVALUATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each Parent and Community 
Outreach Coordinator shall— 
‘‘(1) be directly supervised and evaluated by the 
principal or headmaster of the school on a regular 
basis; and 
‘‘(2) be evaluated on an annual basis by the 
school’s screening and evaluation committee estab-
lished under section 5705 in order to determine the 
effectiveness of the Coordinator. 
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‘‘(b) EFFECTIVENESS.—Each screening and evalua-
tion committee shall work with the local educational agen-
cy and the Parent and Community Outreach Coordinator 
to identify indicators of success related to the activities 
supported under this subpart, and to develop baseline data 
and evaluate progress on such indicators, which may in-
clude— 
‘‘(1) student achievement as measured by as-
sessment data, classroom grades, and participation 
in programs and services for gifted and talented stu-
dents; 
‘‘(2) student attendance rates; 
‘‘(3) graduation rates; 
‘‘(4) lower mobility rates; 
‘‘(5) lower dropout rates; 
‘‘(6) fewer detentions, suspensions, and expul-
sions; 
‘‘(7) postsecondary education attendance; 
‘‘(8) a school environment in which parents, 
community members, and all school visitors are 
greeted with respect and courtesy; 
‘‘(9) the degree of communication between 
schools and families, including personal interaction, 
school visits, home visits, telephone calls, and publi-
cations; 
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