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(H) in paragraph (13), by inserting before 
the period at the end ‘‘and parental mental 
health or substance abuse problems’’. 
SEC. 704. SECRETARIAL RESPONSIBILITIES. 
Section 724 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 11434) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c) NOTICE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, before 
the next school year that begins after the date of the 
enactment of the Student Success Act, update and dis-
seminate nationwide the public notice described in 
this subsection (as in effect prior to such date) of the 
educational rights of homeless children and youths. 
‘‘(2) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary shall dis-
seminate the notice nationally to all Federal agencies, 
program grantees, and grant recipients serving home-
less families, children, and youths.’’; 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘and dissemi-
nation’’ and inserting ‘‘, dissemination, and technical 
assistance’’; 
(3) in subsection (e)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘applications for grants 
under this subtitle’’ and inserting ‘‘plans for the 
use of grant funds under section 722’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘60-day’’ and inserting 
‘‘120-day’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘120-day’’ and inserting 
‘‘180-day’’; 
(4) in subsection (f), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘The Secretary shall provide support and 
technical assistance to State educational agencies in 
areas in which barriers to a free appropriate public 
education persist.’’; 
(5) by amending subsection (g) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(g) GUIDELINES.—The Secretary shall develop, issue, 
and publish in the Federal Register, not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Student Success Act, 
strategies by which a State— 
‘‘(1) may assist local educational agencies to im-
plement the provisions amended by the Act; and 
‘‘(2) can review and revise State policies and 
procedures that may present barriers to the identi-
fication, enrollment, attendance, and success of home-
less children and youths in school.’’; 
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(6) in subsection (h)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘in all 
areas served by local educational agencies’’ before the 
semicolon at the end; and 
(7) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements 
Act of 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘Student Success Act’’. 
SEC. 705. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 725 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(B)(iv), by striking ‘‘1309’’ 
and inserting ‘‘1139’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘9101’’ and in-
serting ‘‘6101’’. 
SEC. 706. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 726 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 11435) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 726. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘For the purpose of carrying out this subtitle, there 
are authorized to be appropriated $65,042,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2016 through 2021.’’. 
TITLE VIII—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 801. FINDINGS; SENSE OF THE CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds as follows: 
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(1) To avoid negative attention and litigation, 
some local educational agencies have entered into 
agreements with employees who are suspected of abus-
ing or are known to have abused students. 
(2) Instead of reporting sexual misconduct with 
minors to the proper authorities such as the police or 
child welfare services, under such agreements the local 
educational agencies, schools, and employees keep the 
information private and facilitate the employee’s 
transfer to another local educational agency. 
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the 
Congress that— 
(1) confidentiality agreements between local edu-
cational agencies or schools and suspected child sex 
abusers should be prohibited; 
(2) the practice of employee transfers after sus-
pected or proven sexual misconduct should be stopped, 
and States should require local educational agencies 
and schools to provide law enforcement with all infor-
mation regarding sexual conduct between an employee 
and a minor; and 
(3) Congress should help protect children and 
help stop this unacceptable practice in our schools. 
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Union Calendar No. 16 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 5 
[Report No. 114–24, Part I] 
A BILL 
To support State and local accountability for public 
education, protect State and local authority, in-
form parents of the performance of their chil-
dren’s schools, and for other purposes. 
FEBRUARY 20, 2015 
Reported from the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce with an amendment 
FEBRUARY 20, 2015 
The Committee on Financial Services discharged; com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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