(ii) a budget for the use of the plan-
ning grant funds to carry out the required 
activities described in paragraph (4); 
(iii) a needs and assets assessment 
that includes an analysis of the eligible en-
tity’s existing capacity and infrastructure 
to establish or expand a Global Learning 
Early Education program and identifies 
any strengths, gaps, and barriers to 
achieving a seamless implementation or ex-
pansion of such program; 
(iv) a description of how the program 
will provide for the development of evi-
denced-based or promising dual language, 
developmental bilingual, or second lan-
guage immersion curriculum and instruc-
tion that is in alignment from preschool 
through grade 8; and 
(v) such additional assurances and in-
formation as the Secretary determines to 
be necessary. 
(4) REQUIRED USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible en-
tity shall use a planning grant under this section 
to— 
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(A) plan for the establishment or expan-
sion of a Global Language Early Learning pro-
gram; 
(B) develop a plan for incentives for bilin-
gual teachers and other staff to be recruited 
and retained for the program; and 
(C) develop a plan for parental and family 
engagement in the program. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) GRANT PERIOD.—An implementation grant 
under this section shall be awarded for a period of 
not more than 5 years. 
(2) RENEWALS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity may 
receive more than 1 implementation grant 
under this section. 
(B) CONDITIONS.—In order to be eligible 
to renew an implementation grant under this 
section for an additional grant period, an eligi-
ble entity shall demonstrate satisfactory per-
formance with respect to uses of funds for the 
preceding grant period, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
(3) APPLICATIONS.— 
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(A) SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION.—An eli-
gible entity that desires to receive an implemen-
tation grant under this subsection shall submit 
an application to the Secretary at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information 
as the Secretary may require. 
(B) CONTENTS.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Each application 
submitted under subparagraph (A) shall 
demonstrate the following: 
(I) The eligible entity will use 
grant funds under this section to im-
plement a Global Language Early 
Education program. 
(II) Instructional staff for the 
program will demonstrate competence 
in the areas described in clause (ii)— 
(aa) by receiving bilingual 
certifications in such areas at an 
institution of higher education; 
(bb) by receiving a State au-
thorization to teach bilingual 
learners in a setting similar to a 
Global Learning Early Education 
program; or 
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(cc) by demonstrating com-
petence in such areas in another 
manner approved by the Sec-
retary. 
(III) The Global Learning Early 
Education program will provide a 
family-child approach to engage fami-
lies in an evidenced-based or prom-
ising way to support student learning 
and development. 
(ii) AREAS
OF
COMPETENCE.—The 
areas of competence described in this 
clause are as follows: 
(I) Assessment of young bilingual 
learners. 
(II) Theoretical foundations of 
teaching young bilingual learners. 
(III) Knowledge of first and sec-
ond language acquisition theories and 
classroom applications that are devel-
opmentally appropriate. 
(IV) Knowledge of sociolinguistic, 
cultural, and ethnic issues that influ-
ence development and learning of bi-
lingual learners. 
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(V) Knowledge of diverse needs 
of bilingual learners and their fami-
lies. 
(4) REQUIRED USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible en-
tity shall use an implementation grant under this 
section to— 
(A) implement a Global Language Early 
Learning program; 
(B) provide incentives for the recruitment 
and retention of bilingual and culturally and 
linguistically relevant staff and program leader-
ship for the Global Language Early Education 
program, including high-quality professional de-
velopment; and 
(C) implement a plan for parental and 
family engagement in the program. 
SEC. 5. PERMISSIBLE USE OF FUNDS. 
An eligible entity receiving a grant under section 4(a) 
may use such funds to— 
(1) provide payment to substitute teachers to 
enable staff and program leadership for the Global 
Language Early Education program to attend high- 
quality professional development or participate in 
planning and collaboration related to the program; 
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(2) develop and implement an evidenced-based 
or promising curriculum that integrates first and 
second language instruction with academic instruc-
tion at each grade level and across grade levels and 
provide stipends to staff of the program for such 
curriculum development; 
(3) develop or identify research-based assess-
ment systems for students in a Global Language 
Early Education program; 
(4) develop or purchase bilingual teaching ma-
terials for language minority and language majority 
students that are research based and develop-
mentally appropriate; 
(5) provide classroom materials, equipment, and 
field trips related to the program; 
(6) pay a facilitator to oversee and administer 
the activities funded with such grant; 
(7) provide specialized instructional support for 
students; 
(8) provide adult education to promote family 
literacy and oral language development; and 
(9) provide for alignment and collaboration 
among Global Learning Early Education educators 
and other educators in the eligible entity for the cre-
ation of a coherent and integrated curriculum. 
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SEC. 6. RESEARCH COUNCIL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriated 
under section 8 to carry out this section, the Secretary 
shall establish a Research Council to guide a research pro-
posal and process, and structure a research design to re-
search Global Learning Early Education programs carried 
out by eligible entities that have received a grant under 
this Act. 
(b) RESEARCH CONTENT.—The research conducted 
under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) compare approaches on teaching in a Global 
Learning Early Education program; 
(2) determine best practices under the program 
to close the achievement gap with respect to stu-
dents who are not achieving at the proficient level of 
achievement on State assessments under section 
1111(b)(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(3)); 
(3) determine the academic progress and 
achievement of students who participated in the pro-
gram; 
(4) determine— 
(A) best practices with respect to program 
development and teacher quality; and 
(B) the best models of school infrastruc-
ture for the program; and 
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(5) develop unique metrics and assessments for 
evaluating a bilingual learner’s progress under the 
program. 
(c) COMPOSITION.—The Research Council shall con-
sist of 8 experts from the following fields: 
(1) English-language learner education. 
(2) Bilingual education, bilingualism, biliteracy, 
language acquisition, or heritage language education. 
(3) Bilingual education programs or bilingual 
instructional content and effects on academic 
achievement. 
(4) Classroom research with respect to language 
acquisition and experimental and quasi-experimental 
designs. 
(5) Education Evaluation. 
(6) Early childhood development. 
(7) The field of teaching in a subject matter 
area that requires competence in the areas described 
in section 4(d)(3)(B)(ii). 
(8) The field of administering a local edu-
cational agency. 
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) BILINGUAL LEARNER.—The term ‘‘bilingual 
learner’’— 
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(A) means a student who acquires 2 or 
more languages simultaneously or learns a sec-
ond language while continuing to develop the 
student’s first language; or 
(B) means a student who is limited 
English proficient, bilingual, an English-lan-
guage learner, an English learner, or who 
speaks a language other than English. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a local educational agency, Head Start 
agency, or a preschool that partners, for the purpose 
of achieving a more efficient and higher-quality 
Global Learning Early Education Program, with one 
or more of the following public or private entities: 
(A) A community-based organization. 
(B) An early childhood organization. 
(C) An elementary school. 
(D) A secondary school. 
(E) An institution of higher education. 
(F) A local educational agency. 
(3) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘community- 
based organization’’, ‘‘elementary school’’; ‘‘local 
educational agency’’; and ‘‘secondary school’’ have 
the meanings given such terms in section 9101 of 
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the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(4) GLOBAL LEARNING EARLY EDUCATION PRO-
GRAM.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Global 
Learning Early Education Program’’ means a 
preschool through grade 8 dual-language pro-
gram, developmental bilingual program, or sec-
ond language immersion program, with an evi-
denced-based or promising curriculum and in-
struction that is in alignment from preschool 
through grade 8 and meets the following pro-
gram requirements: 
(i) Promotion of school readiness. 
(ii) Addressing the achievement gap 
with respect to students who are not 
achieving at the proficient level of achieve-
ment on State assessments under section 
1111(b)(3) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6311(b)(3)). 
(iii) Encouragement of bilingualism. 
(iv) Instruction in academic language 
and literacy in a first and second language. 
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(v) Language-rich instruction with an 
added emphasis on oral language develop-
ment and vocabulary that immerses stu-
dents in a full, interesting, relevant, and 
engaging curriculum that supports student 
exploration, critical thinking, problem solv-
ing, and interaction with and discussion re-
lated to students’ environment, world, and 
community. 
(vi) A text-rich curriculum and envi-
ronment reflecting both the first and the 
second language that engages students 
with books and printed texts. 
(vii) The development of language 
through an enriched academic curriculum 
that includes access to language arts and 
math, history (including social science), 
science, visual and performing arts, and 
physical education. 
(viii) An affirming learning environ-
ment. 
(ix) Teachers and parents working to-
gether to support strong language and lit-
eracy development. 
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(x) Curriculum, support, and access to 
opportunities to develop a first and second 
language. 
(xi) Strategies that support the trans-
fer of skills and concepts from the first 
language to the second language. 
(B) DEVELOPMENTAL
BILINGUAL
EDU-
CATION
PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘developmental 
bilingual education program’’ means an instruc-
tional program that enables English-language 
learners to achieve full academic proficiency in 
their first and second language and promotes 
high levels of academic achievement in all cur-
ricular areas. 
(C) SECOND LANGUAGE IMMERSION PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘‘second language immersion 
program’’ means an instructional program that 
enables native English speakers to acquire pro-
ficiency in a second language. 
(D) 
DUAL-LANGUAGE
PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘‘dual-language program’’ means an in-
structional program that enables native English 
speakers and English-language learners to ac-
quire advanced second language skills without 
compromising their first language. 
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(E) 
MULTIPLE
LOCATIONS.—Under 
a 
Global Learning Early Education program, as 
long as the curriculum under the program is 
not interrupted— 
(i) the preschool portion of the pro-
gram may be in a separate location from 
the kindergarten through grade 8 portion 
of the program; and 
(ii) the elementary school portion of 
the program may be in a separate location 
from the middle school portion of the pro-
gram. 
(5) HEAD START AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Head 
Start agency’’ means any local public or private non-
profit agency, including a community-based and 
faith-based organization, or for-profit agency des-
ignated as a Head Start agency by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services under section 641 of 
the Head Start Act. 
(6) HIGH-QUALITY
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOP-
MENT.—The term ‘‘high-quality professional devel-
opment’’ means professional development that in-
cludes— 
(A) instruction on understanding how lan-
guage develops in young bilingual children; 
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(B) instructional strategies for supporting 
early academic literacy through the elementary 
school grades; 
(C) techniques for working in partnership 
with parents; 
(D) sharing of best practices among teach-
ers; 
(E) opportunities to engage with experts in 
bilingual language development; or 
(F) opportunities to allow teachers, in con-
sultation with experts, to develop a cohesive 
dual language program with a consistent pro-
gram design. 
(7) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 101 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
(8) PRESCHOOL.—The term ‘‘preschool’’ means 
a publicly funded program for early learning to sup-
port the development of social, emotional, and aca-
demic development for children birth to age 5. 
(9) SPECIALIZED
INSTRUCTIONAL
SUPPORT 
PERSONNEL.—The term ‘‘specialized instructional 
support personnel’’ means school counselors, school 
social workers, school psychologists, and other quali-
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fied professional personnel involved in providing as-
sessment, diagnosis, counseling, educational, thera-
peutic, and other necessary corrective or supportive 
services (including related services as that term is 
defined in section 602 of the Individuals with Dis-
abilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401)) as part of 
a comprehensive program to meet student needs. 
(10) SPECIALIZED
INSTRUCTIONAL
SUPPORT 
SERVICES.—The term ‘‘specialized instructional sup-
port services’’ means the services provided by spe-
cialized instructional support personnel, and includes 
any other corrective or supportive services to meet 
student needs. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated $100,000,000 to carry out this Act. 
(b) ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount appropriated 
under subsection (a)— 
(1) 5 percent shall be used to award planning 
grants under section 4(a)(1); 
(2) 80 percent shall be used to award imple-
mentation grants under section 4(a)(2); and 
(3) 15 percent shall be used to carry out re-
search under section 6. 
Æ 
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