I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6229 
To strengthen student achievement and graduation rates and prepare young 
people for college, careers, and citizenship through innovative partner-
ships that meet the comprehensive needs of children and youth. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 
Ms. CHU (for herself, Mr. LOEBSACK, and Ms. SHEA-PORTER) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To strengthen student achievement and graduation rates and 
prepare young people for college, careers, and citizenship 
through innovative partnerships that meet the com-
prehensive needs of children and youth. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Developing Innovative Partnerships and Learning Op-
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portunities that Motivate Achievement Act’’ or the ‘‘DI-
PLOMA Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Purposes. 
Sec. 4. Definitions. 
Sec. 5. Demonstration program authorized; allotment to States. 
Sec. 6. State child and youth strategy. 
Sec. 7. Coordinating body; State applications. 
Sec. 8. State use of funds. 
Sec. 9. Local consortium application; local child and youth strategy. 
Sec. 10. Local use of funds. 
Sec. 11. Construction. 
Sec. 12. Accountability and transparency. 
Sec. 13. Authorization of appropriations. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The future strength of the Nation’s democ-
racy, as well as the Nation’s economy, is dependent 
upon the investments made in children and youth 
today. 
(2) Approximately 25 percent of 9th graders do 
not graduate from high school 4 years later. Of stu-
dents who graduate from high school, 2 out of 3 (67 
percent) enroll in a 2- or 4-year college in the fall 
after completing high school. Only about half (58 
percent) of first-time, full-time college freshmen 
seeking a 4-year degree receive a bachelor’s degree 
within 6 years or less. 
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(3) Over the past 4 decades, the United States 
has slipped from being first in the world in high 
school and college graduation rates to 20th and 
14th, respectively, putting the Nation at a growing 
competitive disadvantage with other countries. 
(4) Research shows that the holistic needs of 
students must be met in order to strengthen student 
achievement. One analysis of 16 factors influencing 
student achievement found that over half of the fac-
tors identified were present in the lives of students 
outside of the classroom. 
(5) An analysis of health problems, maternal 
child rearing practices, and the impact of such prob-
lems and practices on education published by Prince-
ton University and the Brookings Institution esti-
mates that differences in these factors may account 
for a quarter of the racial gap in school readiness. 
(6) Research from Johns Hopkins University 
found that the lack of summer learning opportuni-
ties explains about two-thirds of the 9th grade 
achievement gap between high and low income stu-
dents. 
(7) Research from the Government Account-
ability Office found that students who change 
schools frequently were less likely to perform at 
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