(B) information about the assets described 
in section 103(b)(4)(B) with respect to such 
schools and communities. 
(5) An explanation of how the eligible entity 
and its program partners will use evidence-based 
practice, data, and research to leverage partnerships 
to implement integrated student supports and wrap-
around services to— 
(A) address the needs identified in para-
graph (4); 
(B) ensure that family members and com-
munity members— 
(i) participate in the education of 
their children and become an integral part 
of the school culture, school improvement, 
and decisionmaking; and 
(ii) promote strategies that include 
the educational and financial planning that 
are necessary to increase access to, and 
success in, postsecondary education; 
(C) enable teachers and administrators, in-
cluding early learning providers, to complement 
and enrich efforts to help children— 
(i) make learning gains; 
(ii) prepare for graduation; and 
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(iii) plan for the future, including pre-
paring for college and careers; and 
(D) coordinate and leverage other pro-
grams that serve children, the schools served by 
the grant, and the neighborhood. 
(6) An explanation of the extent to which the 
eligible entity and its program partners will serve or 
involve children residing in the neighborhood regard-
less of whether such children attend a school served 
by the grant (including by, as appropriate, providing 
high-quality early learning opportunities for chil-
dren, beginning at birth and extending through 
grade 3) by— 
(A) as appropriate, carrying out the activi-
ties described in section 103(b)(7)(A); and 
(B) carrying out the activities described in 
subparagraphs (B) through (E) of section 
103(b)(7). 
(7) A description of the capacity of the eligible 
entity for measuring student outcomes and school- 
specific outcomes. 
(8) A description of how the strategies sup-
ported with funds under this title will be— 
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(A) coordinated with other programs and 
strategies carried out by the local educational 
agency; and 
(B) to the greatest extent practicable, co-
ordinated with other agencies, such as agencies 
that provide reentry services to adjudicated 
youth. 
(9) A description of the strategy the eligible en-
tity will use to— 
(A) support family and community engage-
ment; and 
(B) make schools the centers of their re-
spective communities. 
(10) A list of Federal and non-Federal sources 
of funding that the eligible entity will secure to com-
ply with the matching-funds requirement described 
in section 101(d), including other programs funded 
by the Department of Education, or programs in the 
Department of Health and Human Services, the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development, the 
Department of Justice, or the Department of Labor. 
(c) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—An eligible 
entity, as part of the application described in this section, 
shall submit a preliminary memorandum of understanding 
that meets the requirements of section 103(c). 
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(d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this title, 
the Secretary shall give priority to applicants that— 
(1) propose to provide a continuum of high- 
quality education and student support services for 
children beginning in prekindergarten and extending 
through high school graduation; and 
(2) propose to include significant investments in 
high-quality early learning programs, consistent with 
section 203(b)(6)(A). 
SEC. 204. USE OF FUNDS. 
Each eligible entity that receives a grant under this 
title shall use the grant funds to— 
(1) implement the activities described in the ap-
plication under section 203; and 
(2) continuously evaluate the success of the 
grant program and improve the grant program 
based on data and outcomes. 
SEC. 205. REPORT AND PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA. 
(a) REPORT.—Each eligible entity that receives a 
grant under this title shall prepare and submit an annual 
report to the Secretary, which shall include— 
(1) information about the number and percent-
age of children served by the grant program, 
disaggregated by age, gender, race, ethnicity, dis-
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ability status, socioeconomic status, and English 
proficiency; 
(2) data about the grant program’s success 
in— 
(A) narrowing achievement gaps; 
(B) ensuring school readiness and healthy 
socio-emotional development; 
(C) improving academic achievement; 
(D) increasing student persistence; 
(E) increasing on-time secondary school 
graduation rates and college entry; and 
(F) increasing student attendance and de-
creasing incidents of violence, suspension, and 
expulsion; and 
(3) other indicators that may be required by the 
Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the 
Institute of Education Sciences. 
(b) PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA.—Each eligible enti-
ty that receives a grant under this title shall make publicly 
available, including through electronic means, the informa-
tion described in subsection (a). To the extent practicable, 
such information shall be provided in a form and language 
accessible to parents and families in the neighborhood. 
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SEC. 206. ACCOUNTABILITY. 
(a) PERFORMANCE METRICS.—The Secretary shall 
establish performance metrics relevant to the evaluation 
of the grant program under this title. 
(b) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall evaluate the 
implementation and impact of the activities funded under 
this title, pursuant to section 302. 
TITLE III—GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. PLANNING GRANTS. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purposes of the planning grant 
program established under this section are to— 
(1) enable communities to assess their needs 
and assets regarding the unmet needs of children 
and youth; 
(2) develop appropriate plans to address such 
unmet needs through the provision of pipeline serv-
ices; and 
(3) support communities as such communities 
prepare to apply for a grant under title I or title II. 
(b) PLANNING GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From the 
amounts appropriated under section 304, the Secretary 
may reserve not more than 10 percent for planning grants 
to entities eligible for grants under title I or II. 
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(c) DURATION.—Grants awarded under this section 
shall be for a period of not more than 1 year, and such 
grants shall not be renewed. 
(d) APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this section, an eligible entity shall sub-
mit an application to the Secretary at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as 
the Secretary may require. 
(2) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, the applica-
tion described in paragraph (1) shall describe— 
(A) how the eligible entity will conduct a 
needs and assets analysis; 
(B) how the eligible entity will use plan-
ning grant funds in accordance with the pur-
pose of this Act, including to establish a process 
to prioritize and allocate resources and services 
to address the unmet needs of children and 
youth in the community; and 
(C) how the eligible entity will use plan-
ning grant funds to become more competitive in 
applying for a grant under title I or II. 
(e) LIMITATION.—No entity may receive a grant 
under this section while concurrently receiving grant fund-
ing under title I or II of this Act. 
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(f) MATCHING FUNDS.—The Secretary shall require 
that each eligible entity receiving a grant under this sec-
tion contribute matching funds in an amount equal to not 
less than 50 percent of the amount of the grant. Such 
matching funds may come from Federal or non-Federal 
sources. 
SEC. 302. EVALUATION. 
From the amounts appropriated under section 304, 
the Secretary may reserve not more than 3 percent for 
a national evaluation of the activities carried out under 
titles I and II. In conducting such evaluations, the Sec-
retary shall— 
(1) direct the Director of the Institute of Edu-
cation Sciences, in consultation with the relevant 
program office at the Department, to evaluate the 
implementation and impact of the activities funded 
under titles I and II, including the costs and bene-
fits of such activities, relative expenditures on dif-
ferent activities in the pipeline, and the impacts of 
such activities on incarceration and recidivism rates 
of children in neighborhoods served by grants under 
such titles; 
(2) direct the Director of the Institute of Edu-
cation Sciences to identify best practices to improve 
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the effectiveness of activities funded under titles I 
and II; and 
(3) disseminate research on best practices to 
significantly improve the academic outcomes of chil-
dren living in our Nation’s most distressed commu-
nities. 
SEC. 303. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 
From the amounts appropriated under section 304 
for a fiscal year, the Secretary may reserve not more than 
5 percent for national activities, which may include— 
(1) research on the activities carried out under 
titles I and II; 
(2) identifying and disseminating best practices; 
(3) support for the community of practice re-
lated to the purposes of this grant, which may in-
clude technical assistance and conferences; 
(4) professional development; and 
(5) other activities consistent with the purpose 
of this Act. 
SEC. 304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
2012 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years. 
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