‘‘(C) submit an annual report to Congress 
detailing the number of children served by 
grant recipients and the outcomes achieved for 
those children. 
‘‘(2) RESEARCH
ON
SCHOOL-BASED
MEN-
TORING.—In order to ensure that grant recipients 
have access to the most current research-based 
knowledge about building and carrying out strong 
and effective mentoring programs, the Secretary 
shall do the following: 
‘‘(A) Consult with leading mentoring orga-
nizations and researchers, including the Federal 
Mentoring Council and the National Mentoring 
Working Group, to determine priorities for re-
search on school-based mentoring and appro-
priate research design, with consideration for— 
‘‘(i) determining the ideal school envi-
ronments in which school-based mentoring 
succeeds; 
‘‘(ii) identifying techniques for match-
ing children with specific characteristics 
(such as age, academic situation, risk fac-
tors) with the most appropriate mentoring 
models; 
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‘‘(iii) determining the ideal infrastruc-
ture needed to foster the expansion of 
school-based mentoring in a sustainable 
way; and 
‘‘(iv) refining best practices, match 
activities, and a range of mentoring models 
to lead to the best possible outcomes for 
children. 
‘‘(B) Issue grants or contracts to high- 
quality research entities to perform research on 
the priorities identified in subparagraph (A), 
with the following criteria: 
‘‘(i) The proposed research design 
must meet accepted standards within the 
academic community. 
‘‘(ii) All research results and findings 
must be widely disseminated to existing 
grantees and to the larger mentoring com-
munity. 
‘‘(C) Issue grants or contracts only if 
amount appropriated for each fiscal year under 
paragraph (1) of subsection (d) exceeds 
$50,000,000. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS; RES-
ERVATION OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS.— 
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‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to 
be 
appropriated 
to 
carry 
out 
this 
section 
$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as 
may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) RESERVATIONS.—Each fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall reserve— 
‘‘(A) not more than 5 percent of the 
amount appropriated for that fiscal year under 
paragraph (1) for expenditure on support for 
grantees as authorized by paragraph (1) of sub-
section (c); and 
‘‘(B) not more than 10 percent of the 
amount appropriated for that fiscal year under 
paragraph (1) for expenditure on research as 
authorized by paragraph (2) of subsection (c).’’. 
(d) REVISIONS TO OTHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS.— 
(1) INCLUSION OF MENTORING FOR MINORITY 
PROGRAMS.— 
(A) Section 7121(c)(1) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7441(c)(1)) is amended— 
(i) in subparagraph (E) by inserting 
after ‘‘programs and projects’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, including mentoring,’’; and 
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(ii) in subparagraph (J) by inserting 
after ‘‘programs’’ the following: ‘‘, includ-
ing mentoring,’’. 
(B) Section 7205(a)(3) of that Act (20 
U.S.C. 7515(a)(3)) is amended— 
(i) in subparagraph (H)(ii) by insert-
ing after ‘‘programs’’ the following: ‘‘, in-
cluding mentoring’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (I)(iii) by insert-
ing after ‘‘counseling’’ the following: ‘‘, 
mentoring,’’. 
(C) Section 7304(a)(2)(P) of that Act (20 
U.S.C. 7544(a)(2)(P)) is amended by inserting 
after ‘‘program’’ the following: ‘‘or mentoring 
programs’’. 
(2) 
TRANSITION
SERVICES.—Section 
1418(a)(2)(C) 
of 
that 
Act 
(20 
U.S.C. 
6438(a)(2)(C)) is amended— 
(A) in clause (iv) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (v) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(vi) youth mentoring programs.’’. 
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(3) NATIONAL SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS 
PROGRAMS.—Section 4121(a)(2) of that Act (20 
U.S.C. 7131(a)(2)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (D) by adding ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) school and community-based men-
toring programs;’’. 
Æ 
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