(2) FEEDER
PATTERNS.—Each subcontractor 
shall implement a Project GRAD program and shall, 
with the agreement of the grantee— 
(A) identify or establish not less than one 
‘‘feeder pattern’’ of public schools, where ‘‘feed-
er pattern’’ is defined as a high school and the 
elementary schools and middle schools that 
channel students into that high school; and 
(B) provide the integrated educational re-
form services described in paragraph (3) at the 
identified feeder pattern or feeder patterns. 
(3) INTEGRATED
EDUCATION
REFORM
SERV-
ICES.—The services provided through a Project 
GRAD program may include— 
(A) research-based programs in reading, 
mathematics, and classroom management; and 
(B) campus-based social services programs, 
including a systematic approach to increase 
family and community involvement in the 
schools served by the Project GRAD program; 
(C) a college access program that in-
cludes— 
(i) providing college scholarships for 
students who meet established criteria; 
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(ii) proven approaches for increasing 
student and family college awareness; and 
(iii) assistance for such students in 
applying for higher education financial aid; 
and 
(D) such other services identified by the 
grantee as necessary to increase secondary 
school graduation and college attendance and 
completion rates. 
(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Of the funds made available 
under this Act, not more than 8 percent of such funds, 
or $4,000,000, whichever is less, shall be used by the 
grantee to pay for administration of the grant, with the 
remainder of funds to be used for the purposes described 
in subsections (c)(1) and (2). 
(f) GRANTEE CONTRIBUTION AND MATCHING RE-
QUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The grantee shall provide to 
each subcontractor an average of $200 for each 
pupil served by the subcontractor in the Project 
GRAD program, adjusted to take into consider-
ation— 
(A) the resources available in the area 
where the subcontractor will implement the 
Project GRAD program; and 
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(B) the need for Project GRAD programs 
in such area to improve student outcomes. 
(2) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Each subcon-
tractor shall provide funds for the Project GRAD 
program in an amount that is equal to the amount 
received by the subcontractor from the grantee. 
Such matching funds may be provided in cash or in 
kind, fairly evaluated. 
(3) WAIVER
AUTHORITY.—The grantee may 
waive, in whole or in part, the requirement of sub-
section (f)(2) for a subcontractor, if the subcon-
tractor— 
(A) demonstrates that it would not other-
wise be able to participate in the program; and 
(B) enters into an agreement with the 
grantee with respect to the amount to which the 
waiver will apply. 
(4) DECREASE IN GRANTEE SHARE.—Based on 
the funds or resources available to a subcontractor, 
the grantee may elect to provide the subcontractor 
with an amount that is less than the amount deter-
mined under paragraph (1). 
(g) EVALUATION.— 
(1) EVALUATION
BY
THE
SECRETARY.—The 
Secretary shall select an independent entity to evalu-
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ate, every 3 years, the performance of students who 
participate in a Project GRAD program under this 
Act. The evaluation shall— 
(A) be conducted using the strongest pos-
sible research design for determining the effec-
tiveness of the Project GRAD programs funded 
under this Act; and 
(B) compare reading and mathematics 
achievement and, where applicable, the sec-
ondary school graduation, college attendance, 
and college completion rates of students who 
participate in a Project GRAD program funded 
under this Act with those indicators for stu-
dents of similar backgrounds who do not par-
ticipate in such programs. 
(2) EVALUATION
BY
GRANTEE
AND
SUB-
CONTRACTORS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The grantee shall re-
quire each subcontractor to prepare an in-depth 
report of the results and the use of funds of 
each Project GRAD program funded under this 
Act that includes— 
(i) data on the reading and mathe-
matics achievement of students involved in 
the Project GRAD program; 
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(ii) statistics on secondary school 
graduation, college attendance, and college 
completion rates; and 
(iii) such financial reporting as re-
quired by the Secretary to review the effec-
tiveness and efficiency of the program. 
(B) FORM OF REPORT.—The report shall 
be in a form and include such content as shall 
be determined by the grantee, in consultation 
with the Secretary or the entity selected by the 
Secretary to evaluate the Project GRAD pro-
grams in accordance with paragraph (1). 
(3) AVAILABILITY OF EVALUATIONS.—Copies of 
any evaluation or report prepared under this sub-
section shall be made available to— 
(A) the Secretary; 
(B) the chairperson and ranking member 
of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions of the Senate; and 
(C) the chairperson and ranking member 
of the Committee on Education and the Work-
force of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) 
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL; 
SECONDARY 
SCHOOL.—The terms ‘‘elementary school’’ and ‘‘sec-
ondary school’’ have the meanings given such terms 
in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(2) LOW-INCOME STUDENT.—The term ‘‘low-in-
come student’’ means a student who is determined 
by a local educational agency to be from a low-in-
come family using the measures described in section 
1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6313(a)(5)). 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act $27,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and such sums 
as are necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. 
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