‘‘(3) the Education Council shall report to the 
community on the outcomes of the activities sup-
ported by grants awarded under this part. 
‘‘(f) FUNDING.—For each fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall use the amount described in section 7206(d)(2), to 
make a payment under the grant. Funds made available 
through the grant shall remain available until expended. 
‘‘(g) REPORT.—Beginning not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of the Native Hawaiian Edu-
cation Reauthorization Act of 2015, and for each subse-
quent year, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House 
of Representatives, and the Committee on Indian Affairs 
and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate, a report that— 
‘‘(1) summarizes the annual reports of the Edu-
cation Council; 
‘‘(2) describes the allocation and use of funds 
under this part and the information gathered since 
the first annual report submitted by the Education 
Council to the Secretary under this section; and 
‘‘(3) contains recommendations for changes in 
Federal, State, and local policy to advance the pur-
poses of this part.’’. 
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SEC. 5. GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 
Section 7205 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7515) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 7205. GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.—In order to carry 
out programs that meet the purposes of this part, the Sec-
retary is authorized to award grants to, or enter into con-
tracts with— 
‘‘(1) Native Hawaiian educational organiza-
tions; 
‘‘(2) Native Hawaiian community-based organi-
zations; 
‘‘(3) public and private nonprofit organizations, 
agencies, and institutions with experience in devel-
oping or operating Native Hawaiian education and 
workforce development programs or programs of in-
struction in the Native Hawaiian language; 
‘‘(4) charter schools; and 
‘‘(5) consortia of the organizations, agencies, 
and institutions described in paragraphs (1) through 
(4). 
‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants and entering 
into contracts under this part, the Secretary shall give pri-
ority to— 
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‘‘(1) programs that meet the educational pri-
ority recommendations of the Education Council, as 
described under section 7204(d)(6)(D); 
‘‘(2) the repair and renovation of public schools 
that serve high concentrations of Native Hawaiian 
students; 
‘‘(3) programs designed to improve the aca-
demic achievement of Native Hawaiian students by 
meeting their unique cultural and language needs in 
order to help such students meet challenging State 
student academic achievement standards, including 
activities relating to— 
‘‘(A) achieving competence in reading, lit-
eracy, mathematics, and science for students in 
preschool through grade 3; 
‘‘(B) the educational needs of at-risk chil-
dren and youth; 
‘‘(C) professional development for teachers 
and administrators; 
‘‘(D) the use of Native Hawaiian language 
and preservation or reclamation of Native Ha-
waiian culture-based educational practices; 
‘‘(E) preparation for employment in fields 
in which Native Hawaiians are underemployed 
or underrepresented; and 
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‘‘(F) other programs relating to the activi-
ties described in this part; and 
‘‘(4) programs in which a State educational 
agency, local educational agency, institution of high-
er education, or a State educational agency or local 
educational agency in partnership with an institution 
of higher education applies for a grant or contract 
under this part as part of a partnership or consor-
tium. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Activities provided 
through programs carried out under this part may in-
clude— 
‘‘(1) the development and maintenance of a 
statewide Native Hawaiian early education and care 
system to provide a continuum of high-quality early 
learning services for Native Hawaiian children from 
the prenatal period through the age of kindergarten 
entry; 
‘‘(2) the operation of family-based education 
centers that provide such services as— 
‘‘(A) programs for Native Hawaiian par-
ents and infants from the prenatal period 
through age 3; 
‘‘(B) early care and education programs 
for Native Hawaiians; and 
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‘‘(C) research on, and development and as-
sessment of, family-based, early childhood, and 
preschool programs for Native Hawaiians; 
‘‘(3) activities that enhance beginning reading 
and literacy in either the Hawaiian or the English 
language among Native Hawaiian students in kin-
dergarten through grade 3 and assistance in ad-
dressing the distinct features of combined English 
and Hawaiian literacy for Hawaiian speakers in 
grades 5 and 6; 
‘‘(4) activities to meet the special needs of Na-
tive Hawaiian students with disabilities, including— 
‘‘(A) the identification of such students 
and their needs; 
‘‘(B) the provision of support services to 
the families of such students; and 
‘‘(C) other activities consistent with the re-
quirements of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act; 
‘‘(5) activities that address the special needs of 
Native Hawaiian students who are gifted and tal-
ented, including— 
‘‘(A) educational, psychological, and devel-
opmental activities designed to assist in the 
educational progress of such students; and 
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‘‘(B) activities that involve the parents of 
such students in a manner designed to assist in 
the educational progress of such students; 
‘‘(6) the development of academic and voca-
tional curricula to address the needs of Native Ha-
waiian children and adults, including curricula mate-
rials in the Hawaiian language and mathematics and 
science curricula that incorporate Native Hawaiian 
tradition and culture; 
‘‘(7) professional development activities for edu-
cators, including— 
‘‘(A) the development of programs to pre-
pare prospective teachers to address the unique 
needs of Native Hawaiian students within the 
context of Native Hawaiian culture, language, 
and traditions; 
‘‘(B) in-service programs to improve the 
ability of teachers who teach in schools with 
high concentrations of Native Hawaiian stu-
dents to meet the unique needs of such stu-
dents; and 
‘‘(C) the recruitment and preparation of 
Native Hawaiians, and other individuals who 
live in communities with a high concentration of 
Native Hawaiians, to become teachers; 
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