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algebra courses and the percentage of such students who 
pass algebra courses; and 
(C) the progress made in increasing the quality and 
accessibility of professional development and leadership 
activities in mathematics, especially activities resulting in 
greater content knowledge and expertise of teachers, 
administrators, and other school staff, except that the Sec-
retary shall not require such information until after the 
third year of a grant awarded under this section. 
(2) REPORTING
AND
DISAGGREGATION.—The information 
required under paragraph (1) shall be— 
(A) reported in a manner that allows for a comparison 
of aggregated score differentials of student academic 
achievement before (to the extent feasible) and after 
implementation of the project assisted under this section; 
and 
(B) disaggregated in the same manner as information 
is disaggregated under section 1111(h)(1)(C)(i) of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6311(h)(1)(C)(i)). 
(3) PRIVACY
PROTECTION.—The data in the report shall 
be reported in a manner that— 
(A) protects the privacy of individuals; and 
(B) complies with the requirements of section 444 of 
the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g) 
(commonly known as the Family Educational Rights and 
Privacy Act of 1974). 
(j) EVALUATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) EVALUATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct an 
annual independent evaluation, by grant or by contract, 
of the program assisted under this section, which shall 
include an assessment of the impact of the program on 
student academic achievement and teacher performance, 
and may use funds available to carry out this section 
to conduct the evaluation. 
(B) REPORT.—The Secretary shall annually submit, to 
the Committee on Education and Labor and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and 
to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
sions and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, 
a report on the results of the evaluation. 
(C) LIMITATIONS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ensure that 
the organization selected to carry out the independent 
evaluation under subparagraph (A) does not hold a 
contract or subcontract to implement any aspect of 
the program under this section. 
(ii) SUBCONTRACTORS.—Any contract entered into 
under subparagraph (A) shall prohibit the organization 
conducting the evaluation from subcontracting with 
any entity that holds a contract or subcontract for 
any aspect of the implementation of this section. 
(iii) WAIVER.—Subject to clause (iv), the Secretary 
may waive the application of clause (i) or (ii), or both, 
in accordance with the requirements under section 
9.503 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations, if the
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Secretary determines that their application in a par-
ticular situation would not be in the Federal Govern-
ment’s interest. 
(iv) 
SPECIAL
RULE
REGARDING
WAIVERS.—No 
organization or subcontractor under this paragraph 
shall receive a waiver that allows the organization 
or subcontractor to evaluate any aspect of the program 
under this section that the organization or subcon-
tractor was involved in implementing. 
(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may use funds made 
available under paragraph (3) to provide technical assist-
ance to prospective applicants and to eligible local edu-
cational agencies receiving a grant under this section. 
(B) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.—If the Secretary carries 
out subparagraph (A) through any contracts, the Secretary, 
in consultation with the Office of the General Counsel 
of the Department, shall ensure that each contract requires 
the contractor to— 
(i) screen for conflicts of interest when hiring 
individuals to carry out the responsibilities under the 
contract; 
(ii) include the requirement of clause (i) in any 
subcontracts the contractor enters into under the con-
tract; and 
(iii) establish and follow a schedule for carrying 
out clause (i) and subparagraph (C) and reporting to 
the Secretary on the contractor’s actions under those 
provisions. 
(C) SCREENING PROCESS.—Subject to subparagraph (D), 
the screening process described in subparagraph (B)(i) 
shall— 
(i) include, at a minimum, a review of— 
(I) each individual performing duties under 
the contract or subcontract for connections to any 
State’s program under this section; 
(II) 
such 
individual’s 
potential 
financial 
interests in, or other connection to, products, 
activities, or services that might be purchased by 
a State educational agency or local educational 
agency in the course of the agency’s implementa-
tion of the program under this section; and 
(III) such individual’s connections to teaching 
methodologies that might require the use of spe-
cific products, activities, or services; and 
(ii) ensure that individuals performing duties 
under the contract do not maintain significant financial 
interests in products, activities, or services supported 
under this section. 
(D) WAIVER.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may, in consulta-
tion with the Office of the General Counsel of the 
Department, waive the requirements of subparagraph 
(C). 
(ii) REPORT.—The Secretary shall— 
(I) establish criteria for the waivers under 
clause (i); and
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(II) report any waivers under clause (i), and 
the criteria under which such waivers are allowed, 
to the Committee on Education and Labor of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 
Senate. 
(E) INFORMATION DISSEMINATION.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary enters into con-
tracts to provide technical assistance under subpara-
graph (A), and if a contractor enters into subcontracts 
for that purpose, each such contract and subcontract 
shall require the provider of technical assistance to 
clearly separate technical assistance provided under 
the contract or subcontract from information provided, 
or activities engaged in, as part of the normal oper-
ations of the contractor or subcontractor. 
(ii) METHODS OF COMPLIANCE.—Efforts to comply 
with clause (i) may include the creation of separate 
webpages for the purpose of fulfilling a contract or 
subcontract entered into under subparagraph (A). 
(3) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary may reserve 
not more than 2.5 percent of funds appropriated under sub-
section (k) for a fiscal year to carry out this subsection. 
(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section $95,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2008, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
2 succeeding fiscal years. 
SEC. 6202. SUMMER TERM EDUCATION PROGRAMS. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to create opportuni-
ties for summer learning by providing students with access to 
summer learning in mathematics, technology, and problem-solving 
to ensure that students do not experience learning losses over 
the summer and to remedy, reinforce, and accelerate the learning 
of mathematics and problem-solving. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means an 
entity that— 
(A) desires to participate in a summer learning grant 
program under this section by providing summer learning 
opportunities described in subsection (d)(4)(A)(ii) to eligible 
students; and 
(B) is— 
(i) a high-need local educational agency; or 
(ii) a consortium consisting of a high-need local 
educational agency and 1 or more of the following 
entities: 
(I) Another local educational agency. 
(II) A community-based youth development 
organization with a demonstrated record of 
effectiveness in helping students learn. 
(III) An institution of higher education. 
(IV) An educational service agency. 
(V) A for-profit educational provider, nonprofit 
organization, science center, museum, or summer 
enrichment camp, that has been approved by the 
State educational agency to provide the summer
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learning 
opportunity 
described 
in 
subsection 
(d)(4)(A)(ii). 
(2) ELIGIBLE STUDENT.—The term ‘‘eligible student’’ means 
a student who— 
(A) is eligible for a free lunch under the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); 
and 
(B) is served by a local educational agency identified 
by the State educational agency in the application described 
in subsection (c)(2). 
(3) HIGH-NEED
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘high-need local educational agency’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 6112. 
(c) DEMONSTRATION GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—From the funds appropriated under 
subsection (f) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall carry 
out a demonstration grant program in which the Secretary 
awards grants, on a competitive basis, to State educational 
agencies to enable the State educational agencies to pay 
the Federal share of summer learning grants for eligible 
students. 
(B) NUMBER
OF
GRANTS.—For each fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall award not more than 5 grants under this 
section. 
(2) APPLICATION.—A State educational agency that desires 
to receive a grant under this section shall submit an application 
to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied 
by such information as the Secretary may require. Such applica-
tion shall identify the areas in the State where the summer 
learning grant program will be offered and the local educational 
agencies that serve such areas. 
(3) AWARD BASIS.— 
(A) SPECIAL
CONSIDERATION.—In awarding grants 
under this section, the Secretary shall give special consider-
ation to a State educational agency that agrees, to the 
extent possible, to enter into agreements with eligible enti-
ties that are consortia described in subsection (b)(1)(B)(ii) 
and that proposes to target services to children in grades 
kindergarten through grade 8. 
(B) GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION.—In awarding grants 
under this section, the Secretary shall take into consider-
ation an equitable geographic distribution of the grants. 
(d) SUMMER LEARNING GRANTS.— 
(1) USE OF GRANTS FOR SUMMER LEARNING GRANTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each State educational agency that 
receives a grant under subsection (c) for a fiscal year shall 
use the grant funds to provide summer learning grants 
for the fiscal year to eligible students in the State who 
desire to attend a summer learning opportunity offered 
by an eligible entity that enters into an agreement with 
the State educational agency under paragraph (4)(A). 
(B) AMOUNT; FEDERAL AND NON-FEDERAL SHARES.— 
(i) AMOUNT.—The amount of a summer learning 
grant provided under this section shall be— 
(I) for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 
2011, $1,600; and
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(II) for fiscal year 2012, $1,800. 
(ii) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of each 
summer learning grant shall be not more than 50 
percent of the amount of the summer learning grant 
determined under clause (i). 
(iii) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share 
of each summer learning grant shall be not less than 
50 percent of the amount of the summer learning grant 
determined under clause (i), and shall be provided 
from non-Federal sources. 
(2) DESIGNATION OF SUMMER SCHOLARS.—Eligible students 
who receive summer learning grants under this section shall 
be known as ‘‘summer scholars’’. 
(3) SELECTION OF SUMMER LEARNING OPPORTUNITY.— 
(A) DISSEMINATION
OF
INFORMATION.—A State edu-
cational agency that receives a grant under subsection 
(c) shall disseminate information about summer learning 
opportunities and summer learning grants to the families 
of eligible students in the State. 
(B) APPLICATION.—The parents of an eligible student 
who are interested in having their child participate in 
a summer learning opportunity and receive a summer 
learning grant shall submit an application to the State 
educational agency that includes a ranked list of preferred 
summer learning opportunities. 
(C) PROCESS.—A State educational agency that receives 
an application under subparagraph (B) shall— 
(i) process such application; 
(ii) determine whether the eligible student shall 
receive a summer learning grant; 
(iii) coordinate the assignment of eligible students 
receiving summer learning grants with summer 
learning opportunities; and 
(iv) if demand for a summer learning opportunity 
exceeds capacity, the State educational agency shall 
prioritize applications to low-achieving eligible stu-
dents. 
(D) FLEXIBILITY.—A State educational agency may 
assign a summer scholar to a summer learning opportunity 
program that is offered in an area served by a local edu-
cational agency that is not the local educational agency 
serving the area where such scholar resides. 
(E) REQUIREMENT OF ACCEPTANCE.—An eligible entity 
shall accept, enroll, and provide the summer learning 
opportunity of such entity to, any summer scholar assigned 
to such summer learning opportunity by a State edu-
cational agency pursuant to this subsection. 
(4) AGREEMENT WITH ELIGIBLE ENTITY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—A State educational agency shall 
enter into an agreement with one or more eligible entities 
offering a summer learning opportunity, under which— 
(i) the State educational agency shall agree to 
make payments to the eligible entity, in accordance 
with subparagraph (B), for a summer scholar; and 
(ii) the eligible entity shall agree to provide the 
summer scholar with a summer learning opportunity 
that—
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(I) provides a total of not less than the equiva-
lent of 30 full days of instruction (or not less 
than the equivalent of 25 full days of instruction, 
if the equivalent of an additional 5 days is devoted 
to field trips or other enrichment opportunities) 
to the summer scholar; 
(II) employs small-group, research-based edu-
cational programs, materials, curricula, and prac-
tices; 
(III) provides a curriculum that— 
(aa) emphasizes mathematics, technology, 
engineering, and problem-solving through 
experiential learning opportunities; 
(bb) is primarily designed to increase the 
numeracy and problem-solving skills of the 
summer scholar; and 
(cc) is aligned with State academic content 
standards and goals of the local educational 
agency serving the summer scholar; 
(IV) measures student progress to determine 
the gains made by summer scholars in the summer 
learning opportunity, and disaggregates the results 
of such progress for summer scholars by race and 
ethnicity, economic status, limited English pro-
ficiency status, and disability status, in order to 
determine the opportunity’s impact on each sub-
group of summer scholars; 
(V) collects daily attendance data on each 
summer scholar; 
(VI) 
provides 
professional 
development 
opportunities for teachers to improve their practice 
in teaching numeracy, and in integrating problem- 
solving techniques into the curriculum; and 
(VII) meets all applicable Federal, State, and 
local civil rights laws. 
(B) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in clause (ii), 
a State educational agency shall make a payment to 
an eligible entity for a summer scholar in the amount 
determined under paragraph (1)(B)(i). 
(ii) ADJUSTMENT.—In the case in which a summer 
scholar does not attend the full summer learning oppor-
tunity, the State educational agency shall reduce the 
amount provided to the eligible entity pursuant to 
clause (i) by a percentage that is equal to the percent-
age of the summer learning opportunity not attended 
by such scholar. 
(5) ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—A State educational agency 
or eligible entity receiving funding under this section may 
use not more than 5 percent of such funding for administrative 
costs associated with carrying out this section. 
(e) EVALUATIONS; REPORT; WEBSITE.— 
(1) EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT.—For each year that an 
eligible entity enters into an agreement under subsection (d)(4), 
the eligible entity shall prepare and submit to the Secretary 
a report on the activities and outcomes of each summer learning 
opportunity that enrolled a summer scholar, including—
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(A) information on the design of the summer learning 
opportunity; 
(B) the alignment of the summer learning opportunity 
with State standards; and 
(C) data from assessments of student mathematics and 
problem-solving skills for the summer scholars and on the 
attendance of the scholars, disaggregated by the subgroups 
described in subsection (d)(4)(A)(ii)(IV). 
(2) REPORT.—For each year funds are appropriated under 
subsection (f) for this section, the Secretary shall prepare and 
submit a report to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education 
and Labor of the House of Representatives on the summer 
learning grant programs, including the effectiveness of the 
summer learning opportunities in improving student achieve-
ment and learning. 
(3) SUMMER
LEARNING
GRANTS
WEBSITE.—The Secretary 
shall make accessible, on the Department of Education website, 
information for parents and school personnel on successful pro-
grams and curricula, and best practices, for summer learning 
opportunities. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may 
be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of the 2 succeeding 
fiscal years. 
SEC. 6203. MATH SKILLS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. 
(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 
(1) to provide assistance to State educational agencies and 
local educational agencies in implementing effective research- 
based mathematics programs for students in secondary schools, 
including students with disabilities and students with limited 
English proficiency; 
(2) to improve instruction in mathematics for students in 
secondary school through the implementation of mathematics 
programs and the support of comprehensive mathematics initia-
tives that are based on the best available evidence of effective-
ness; 
(3) to provide targeted help to low-income students who 
are struggling with mathematics and whose achievement is 
significantly below grade level; and 
(4) to provide in-service training for mathematics coaches 
who can assist secondary school teachers to utilize research- 
based mathematics instruction to develop and improve students’ 
mathematical abilities and knowledge, and assist teachers in 
assessing and improving student academic achievement. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘eligible local educational agency’’ means a local educational 
agency that is eligible to receive funds, and that is receiving 
funds, under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.). 
(2) MATHEMATICS COACH.—The term ‘‘mathematics coach’’ 
means a certified or licensed teacher, with a demonstrated 
effectiveness in teaching mathematics to students with special-
ized needs in mathematics and improving student academic
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achievement in mathematics, a command of mathematical con-
tent knowledge, and the ability to work with classroom teachers 
to improve the teachers’ instructional techniques to support 
mathematics improvement, who works on site at a school— 
(A) to train teachers to better assess student learning 
in mathematics; 
(B) to train teachers to assess students’ mathematics 
skills and identify students who need remediation; and 
(C) to provide or assess remedial mathematics instruc-
tion, including for— 
(i) students in after-school and summer school pro-
grams; 
(ii) students requiring additional instruction; 
(iii) students with disabilities; and 
(iv) students with limited English proficiency. 
(c) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—From funds appropriated under sub-
section (o) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall establish a 
program, in accordance with the requirements of this section, 
that will provide grants on a competitive basis to State edu-
cational agencies to award grants and subgrants to eligible 
local educational agencies for the purpose of establishing mathe-
matics programs to improve the overall mathematics perform-
ance of secondary school students in the State. 
(2) LENGTH OF GRANT.—A grant to a State educational 
agency under this section shall be awarded for a period of 
3 years. 
(d) RESERVATION OF FUNDS BY THE SECRETARY.—From amounts 
appropriated under subsection (o) for a fiscal year, the Secretary 
may reserve— 
(1) not more than 3 percent of such amounts to fund 
national activities in support of the programs assisted under 
this section, such as research and dissemination of best prac-
tices, except that the Secretary may not use the reserved funds 
to award grants directly to local educational agencies; and 
(2) not more than 1⁄2 of 1 percent of such amounts for 
the Bureau of Indian Education of the Department of the 
Interior to carry out the services and activities described in 
subsection (k)(3) for Indian children. 
(e) GRANT FORMULAS.— 
(1) COMPETITIVE
GRANTS
TO
STATE
EDUCATIONAL
AGEN-
CIES.—From amounts appropriated under subsection (o) and 
not reserved under subsection (d), the Secretary shall award 
grants, on a competitive basis, to State educational agencies 
to enable the State educational agencies to provide subgrants 
to eligible local educational agencies to establish mathematics 
programs for the purpose of improving overall mathematics 
performance among students in secondary school in the State. 
(2) MINIMUM GRANT.—The Secretary shall ensure that the 
minimum grant made to any State educational agency under 
this section shall be not less than $500,000. 
(f) APPLICATIONS.—In order to receive a grant under this sec-
tion, a State educational agency shall submit an application to 
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied 
by such information as the Secretary may require. Each such 
application shall meet the following conditions:
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(1) A State educational agency shall not include the applica-
tion for assistance under this section in a consolidated applica-
tion submitted under section 9302 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7842). 
(2) The State educational agency’s application shall include 
assurances that such application and any technical assistance 
provided by the State will be guided by a peer review team, 
which shall consist of— 
(A) researchers with expertise in the pedagogy of 
mathematics; 
(B) mathematicians; and 
(C) mathematics educators serving high-risk, high- 
achievement schools and eligible local educational agencies. 
(3) The State educational agency shall include an assurance 
that the State has a process to safeguard against conflicts 
of interest consistent with subsection (m)(2) and section 6204 
for individuals providing technical assistance on behalf of the 
State educational agency or participating in the State peer 
review process under this subtitle. 
(4) The State educational agency will participate, if 
requested, in any evaluation of the State educational agency’s 
program under this section. 
(5) The State educational agency’s application shall include 
a program plan that contains a description of the following: 
(A) How the State educational agency will assist 
eligible local educational agencies in implementing sub-
grants, including providing ongoing professional develop-
ment for mathematics coaches, teachers, paraprofessionals, 
and administrators. 
(B) How the State educational agency will help eligible 
local educational agencies identify high-quality screening, 
diagnostic, and classroom-based instructional mathematics 
assessments. 
(C) How the State educational agency will help eligible 
local educational agencies identify high-quality research- 
based mathematics materials and programs. 
(D) How the State educational agency will help eligible 
local educational agencies identify appropriate and effective 
materials, programs, and assessments for students with 
disabilities and students with limited English proficiency. 
(E) How the State educational agency will ensure that 
professional development funded under this section— 
(i) is based on mathematics research; 
(ii) will effectively improve instructional practices 
for mathematics for secondary school students; 
(iii) will improve student academic achievement 
in mathematics; and 
(iv) is coordinated with professional development 
activities funded through other programs, including 
section 2113 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6613). 
(F) How funded activities will help teachers and other 
instructional staff to implement research-based components 
of mathematics instruction and improve student academic 
achievement. 
(G) The subgrant process the State educational agency 
will use to ensure that eligible local educational agencies
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receiving subgrants implement programs and practices 
based on mathematics research. 
(H) How the State educational agency will build on 
and promote coordination among mathematics programs 
in the State to increase overall effectiveness in improving 
mathematics instruction and student academic achieve-
ment, including for students with disabilities and students 
with limited English proficiency. 
(I) How the State educational agency will regularly 
assess and evaluate the effectiveness of the eligible local 
educational agency activities funded under this section. 
(g) STATE USE
OF FUNDS.—Each State educational agency 
receiving a grant under this section shall— 
(1) establish a peer review team comprised of researchers 
with expertise in the pedagogy of mathematics, mathemati-
cians, and mathematics educators from high-risk, high-achieve-
ment schools, to provide guidance to eligible local educational 
agencies in selecting or developing and implementing appro-
priate, research-based mathematics programs for secondary 
school students; 
(2) use 80 percent of the grant funds received under this 
section for a fiscal year to fund high-quality applications for 
subgrants to eligible local educational agencies having applica-
tions approved under subsection (k); and 
(3) use 20 percent of the grant funds received under this 
section— 
(A) to carry out State-level activities described in the 
application submitted under subsection (f); 
(B) to provide— 
(i) technical assistance to eligible local educational 
agencies; and 
(ii) 
high-quality 
professional 
development 
to 
teachers and mathematics coaches in the State; 
(C) to oversee and evaluate subgrant services and 
activities undertaken by the eligible local educational agen-
cies as described in subsection (k)(3); and 
(D) for administrative costs, of which not more than 
5 percent of the grant funds may be used for planning, 
administration, and reporting. 
(h) NOTICE TO ELIGIBLE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—Each 
State educational agency receiving a grant under this section shall 
provide notice to all eligible local educational agencies in the State 
about the availability of subgrants under this section. 
(i) PROHIBITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In implementing this section, the Sec-
retary shall not— 
(A) endorse, approve, or sanction any mathematics cur-
riculum designed for use in any school; or 
(B) engage in oversight, technical assistance, or activi-
ties that will require the adoption of a specific mathematics 
program or instructional materials by a State, local edu-
cational agency, or school. 
(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall 
be construed to authorize or permit the Secretary, Department 
of Education, or a Department of Education contractor, to man-
date, direct, control, or suggest the selection of a mathematics
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curriculum, supplemental instructional materials, or program 
of instruction by a State, local educational agency, or school. 
(j) SUPPLEMENT
NOT
SUPPLANT.—Each State educational 
agency receiving a grant under this section shall use the grant 
funds to supplement, not supplant, State funding for activities 
authorized under this section or for other educational activities. 
(k) SUBGRANTS TO ELIGIBLE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.— 
(1) APPLICATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Each eligible local educational 
agency desiring a subgrant under this subsection shall 
submit an application to the State educational agency in 
the form and according to the schedule established by 
the State educational agency. 
(B) 
CONTENTS.—In 
addition 
to 
any 
information 
required by the State educational agency, each application 
under subparagraph (A) shall demonstrate how the eligible 
local educational agency will carry out the following 
required activities: 
(i) Development or selection and implementation 
of research-based mathematics assessments. 
(ii) Development or selection and implementation 
of research-based mathematics programs, including 
programs for students with disabilities and students 
with limited English proficiency. 
(iii) Selection of instructional materials based on 
mathematics research. 
(iv) High-quality professional development for 
mathematics coaches and teachers based on mathe-
matics research. 
(v) Evaluation and assessment strategies. 
(vi) Reporting. 
(vii) Providing access to research-based mathe-
matics materials. 
(C) CONSORTIA.—Consistent with State law, an eligible 
local educational agency may apply to the State educational 
agency for a subgrant as a member of a consortium of 
local educational agencies if each member of the consortium 
is an eligible local educational agency. 
(2) AWARD BASIS.— 
(A) PRIORITY.—A State educational agency awarding 
subgrants under this subsection shall give priority to 
eligible local educational agencies that— 
(i) are among the local educational agencies in 
the State with the lowest graduation rates, as 
described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)); and 
(ii) have the highest number or percentage of stu-
dents who are counted under section 1124(c) of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6333(c)). 
(B) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—Subgrants under this sub-
section shall be of sufficient size and scope to enable eligible 
local educational agencies to fully implement activities 
assisted under this subsection. 
(3) LOCAL USE OF FUNDS.—Each eligible local educational 
agency receiving a subgrant under this subsection shall use
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the subgrant funds to carry out, at the secondary school level, 
the following services and activities: 
(A) Hiring mathematics coaches and providing profes-
sional development for mathematics coaches— 
(i) at a level to provide effective coaching to class-
room teachers; 
(ii) to work with classroom teachers to better 
assess student academic achievement in mathematics; 
(iii) to work with classroom teachers to identify 
students with mathematics problems and, where 
appropriate, refer students to available programs for 
remediation and additional services; 
(iv) to work with classroom teachers to diagnose 
and remediate mathematics difficulties of the lowest- 
performing students, so that those teachers can provide 
intensive, research-based instruction, including during 
after-school and summer sessions, geared toward 
ensuring that those students can access and be success-
ful in rigorous academic coursework; and 
(v) to assess and organize student data on mathe-
matics and communicate that data to school adminis-
trators to inform school reform efforts. 
(B) Reviewing, analyzing, developing, and, where pos-
sible, adapting curricula to make sure mathematics skills 
are taught within other core academic subjects. 
(C) Providing mathematics professional development 
for all relevant teachers in secondary school, as necessary, 
that addresses both remedial and higher level mathematics 
skills for students in the applicable curriculum. 
(D) Providing professional development for teachers, 
administrators, and paraprofessionals serving secondary 
schools to help the teachers, administrators, and para-
professionals improve student academic achievement in 
mathematics. 
(E) Procuring and implementing programs and instruc-
tional materials based on mathematics research, including 
software and other education technology related to mathe-
matics instruction with demonstrated effectiveness in 
improving mathematics instruction and student academic 
achievement. 
(F) Building on and promoting coordination among 
mathematics programs in the eligible local educational 
agency to increase overall effectiveness in— 
(i) improving mathematics instruction; and 
(ii) increasing student academic achievement, 
including for students with disabilities and students 
with limited English proficiency. 
(G) Evaluating the effectiveness of the instructional 
strategies, teacher professional development programs, and 
other interventions that are implemented under the 
subgrant. 
(H) Measuring improvement in student academic 
achievement, including through progress monitoring or 
other assessments. 
(4) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Each eligible local edu-
cational agency receiving a subgrant under this subsection shall 
use the subgrant funds to supplement, not supplant, the eligible
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local educational agency’s funding for activities authorized 
under this section or for other educational activities. 
(5) NEW SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES.—Subgrant funds pro-
vided under this subsection may be used only to provide services 
and activities authorized under this section that were not pro-
vided on the day before the date of enactment of this Act. 
(6) EVALUATIONS.—Each eligible local educational agency 
receiving a grant under this subsection shall participate, as 
requested by the State educational agency or the Secretary, 
in reviews and evaluations of the programs of the eligible 
local educational agency and the effectiveness of such programs, 
and shall provide such reports as are requested by the State 
educational agency and the Secretary. 
(l) MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY REQUIREMENTS.—A State 
educational agency that receives a grant under this section 
shall provide, from non-Federal sources, an amount equal to 
50 percent of the amount of the grant, in cash or in-kind, 
to carry out the activities supported by the grant, of which 
not more than 20 percent of such 50 percent may be provided 
by local educational agencies within the State. 
(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive all or a portion 
of the matching requirements described in paragraph (1) for 
any fiscal year, if the Secretary determines that— 
(A) the application of the matching requirement will 
result in serious hardship for the State educational agency; 
or 
(B) providing a waiver best serves the purpose of the 
program assisted under this section. 
(m) EVALUATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) EVALUATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct an 
annual independent evaluation, by grant or by contract, 
of the program assisted under this section, which shall 
include an assessment of the impact of the program on 
student academic achievement and teacher performance, 
and may use funds available to carry out this section 
to conduct the evaluation. 
(B) REPORT.—The Secretary shall annually submit to 
the Committee on Education and Labor and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and 
to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
sions and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, 
a report on the results of the evaluation. 
(C) LIMITATIONS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ensure that 
the organization selected to carry out the independent 
evaluation under subparagraph (A) does not hold a 
contract or subcontract to implement any aspect of 
the program under this section. 
(ii) SUBCONTRACTORS.—Any contract entered into 
under subparagraph (A) shall prohibit the organization 
conducting the evaluation from subcontracting with 
any entity that holds a contract or subcontract for 
any aspect of the implementation of this section. 
(iii) WAIVER.—Subject to clause (iv), the Secretary 
may waive the application of clause (i) or (ii), or both,
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in accordance with the requirements under section 
9.503 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations, if the 
Secretary determines that their application in a par-
ticular situation would not be in the Federal Govern-
ment’s interest. 
(iv) 
SPECIAL
RULE
REGARDING
WAIVERS.—No 
organization or subcontractor under this paragraph 
shall receive a waiver that allows the organization 
or subcontractor to evaluate any aspect of the program 
under this section that the organization or subcon-
tractor was involved in implementing. 
(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may use funds made 
available under paragraph (3) to provide technical assist-
ance to prospective applicants and to State educational 
agencies and eligible local educational agencies receiving 
grants or subgrants under this section. 
(B) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.—If the Secretary carries 
out subparagraph (A) through any contracts, the Secretary, 
in consultation with the Office of the General Counsel 
of the Department, shall ensure that each contract requires 
the contractor to— 
(i) screen for conflicts of interest when hiring 
individuals to carry out the responsibilities under the 
contract; 
(ii) include the requirement of clause (i) in any 
subcontracts the contractor enters into under the con-
tract; and 
(iii) establish and follow a schedule for carrying 
out clause (i) and subparagraph (C) and reporting to 
the Secretary on the contractor’s actions under those 
provisions. 
(C) SCREENING PROCESS.—Subject to subparagraph (D), 
the screening process described in subparagraph (B)(i) 
shall— 
(i) include, at a minimum, a review of— 
(I) each individual performing duties under 
the contract or subcontract for connections to any 
State’s program under this section; 
(II) 
such 
individual’s 
potential 
financial 
interests in, or other connection to, products, 
activities, or services that might be purchased by 
a State educational agency or local educational 
agency in the course of the agency’s implementa-
tion of the program under this section; and 
(III) such individual’s connections to teaching 
methodologies that might require the use of spe-
cific products, activities, or services; and 
(ii) ensure that individuals performing duties 
under the contract do not maintain significant financial 
interests in products, activities, or services supported 
under this section. 
(D) WAIVER.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may, in consulta-
tion with the Office of the General Counsel of the 
Department, waive the requirements of subparagraph 
(C).
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(ii) REPORT.—The Secretary shall— 
(I) establish criteria for the waivers under 
clause (i); and 
(II) report any waivers under clause (i), and 
the criteria under which such waivers are allowed, 
to the Committee on Education and Labor of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 
Senate. 
(E) INFORMATION DISSEMINATION.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary enters into con-
tracts to provide technical assistance under subpara-
graph (A), and if a contractor enters into subcontracts 
for that purpose, each such contract and subcontract 
shall require the provider of technical assistance to 
clearly separate technical assistance provided under 
the contract or subcontract from information provided, 
or activities engaged in, as part of the normal oper-
ations of the contractor or subcontractor. 
(ii) METHODS OF COMPLIANCE.—Efforts to comply 
with clause (i) may include the creation of separate 
webpages for the purpose of fulfilling a contract or 
subcontract entered into under subparagraph (A). 
(3) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary may reserve 
not more than 2.5 percent of funds appropriated under sub-
section (o) for a fiscal year to carry out this subsection. 
(n) PROGRAM PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY.— 
(1) INFORMATION.—Each State educational agency receiving 
a grant under this section shall collect and report to the Sec-
retary annually such information on the results of the grant 
as the Secretary may reasonably require, including information 
on— 
(A) mathematics achievement data that show the 
progress of students participating in projects under this 
section (including, to the extent practicable, comparable 
data from students not participating in such projects), 
based primarily on the results of State, school districtwide, 
or classroom-based monitoring reports or assessments, 
including— 
(i) specific identification of those schools and 
eligible local educational agencies that report the 
largest gains in mathematics achievement; and 
(ii) evidence on whether the State educational 
agency and eligible local educational agencies within 
the State have— 
(I) significantly increased the number of stu-
dents achieving at the proficient or advanced level 
on the State student academic achievement stand-
ards in mathematics under section 1111(b)(1)(D)(ii) 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(1)(D)(ii)); 
(II) significantly increased the percentages of 
students described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II) 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)(v)(II)) who are 
achieving proficiency or advanced levels on such 
State academic content standards in mathematics;
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(III) significantly increased the number of stu-
dents making significant progress toward meeting 
such State academic content and achievement 
standards in mathematics; and 
(IV) successfully implemented this section; 
(B) the percentage of students in the schools served 
by the eligible local educational agency who enroll in 
advanced mathematics courses in grades 9 through 12, 
including the percentage of such students who pass such 
courses; and 
(C) the progress made in increasing the quality and 
accessibility of professional development and leadership 
activities in mathematics, especially activities resulting in 
greater content knowledge and expertise of teachers, 
administrators, and other school staff, except that the Sec-
retary shall not require such information until after the 
third year of a grant awarded under this section. 
(2) REPORTING
AND
DISAGGREGATION.—The information 
required under paragraph (1) shall be— 
(A) reported in a manner that allows for a comparison 
of aggregated score differentials of student academic 
achievement before (to the extent feasible) and after 
implementation of the project assisted under this section; 
and 
(B) disaggregated in the same manner as information 
is disaggregated under section 1111(h)(1)(C)(i) of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6311(h)(1)(C)(i)). 
(o) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section $95,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2008 and each of the 2 succeeding fiscal years. 
SEC. 6204. PEER REVIEW OF STATE APPLICATIONS. 
(a) PEER REVIEW OF STATE APPLICATIONS.—The Secretary shall 
establish peer review panels to review State educational agency 
applications submitted pursuant to sections 6201 and 6203 and 
shall consider the recommendation of the peer review panels in 
deciding whether to approve the applications. 
(b) SCREENING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a process 
through which individuals on the peer review panels who review 
State applications under sections 6201 and 6203 (referred to 
in this section as ‘‘reviewers’’) are screened for potential con-
flicts of interest. 
(2) SCREENING
REQUIREMENTS.—The screening process 
described in paragraph (1) shall, subject to paragraph (3)— 
(A) be reviewed and approved by the Office of the 
General Counsel of the Department; 
(B) include, at a minimum, a review of each 
reviewer’s— 
(i) professional connection to any State’s program 
under such sections, including a disclosure of any 
connection to publishers, entities, private individuals, 
or organizations related to such State’s program; 
(ii) potential financial interest in products, activi-
ties, or services that might be purchased by a State 
educational agency or local educational agency in the
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course of the agency’s implementation of the programs 
under such sections; and 
(iii) professional connections to teaching meth-
odologies that might require the use of specific prod-
ucts, activities, or services; and 
(C) ensure that reviewers do not maintain significant 
financial interests in products, activities, or services sup-
ported under such sections. 
(3) WAIVER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may, in consultation 
with the Office of the General Counsel of the Department, 
waive the requirements of paragraph (2)(C). 
(B) REPORT OF WAIVERS.—The Secretary shall— 
(i) establish criteria for the waivers permitted 
under subparagraph (A); and 
(ii) report any waivers allowed under subpara-
graph (A), and the criteria under which such waivers 
are allowed, to the Committee on Education and Labor 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 
Senate. 
(c) GUIDANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop procedures 
for, and issue guidance regarding, how reviewers will review 
applications submitted under sections 6201 and 6203 and pro-
vide feedback to State educational agencies and recommenda-
tions to the Secretary. The Secretary shall also develop guid-
ance for how the Secretary will review those recommendations 
and make final determinations of approval or disapproval of 
those applications. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Such procedures shall, at a min-
imum— 
(A) create a transparent process through which review 
panels provide clear, consistent, and publicly available 
documentation and explanations in support of all rec-
ommendations, including the final reviews of the individual 
reviewers, except that a final review shall not reveal any 
personally identifiable information about the reviewer; 
(B) ensure that a State educational agency has the 
opportunity for direct interaction with any review panel 
that reviewed the agency’s application under section 6201 
or 6203 when revising that application as a result of feed-
back from the panel, including the disclosure of the identi-
ties of the reviewers; 
(C) require that any review panel and the Secretary 
clearly and consistently document that all required ele-
ments of an application under section 6201 or 6203 are 
included before the application is approved; and 
(D) create a transparent process through which the 
Secretary clearly, consistently, and publicly documents 
decisions to approve or disapprove applications under such 
sections and the reasons for those decisions.
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Subtitle C—Foreign Language Partnership 
Program 
SEC. 6301. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The United States faces a shortage of skilled profes-
sionals with higher levels of proficiency in foreign languages 
and area knowledge critical to the Nation’s security. 
(2) Given the Nation’s economic competitiveness interests, 
it is crucial that our Nation expand the number of Americans 
who are able to function effectively in the environments in 
which critical foreign languages are spoken. 
(3) Students’ ability to become proficient in foreign lan-
guages can be addressed by starting language learning at a 
younger age and expanding opportunities for continuous foreign 
language education from elementary school through postsec-
ondary education. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this subtitle is to significantly 
increase— 
(1) the opportunities to study critical foreign languages 
and the context in which the critical foreign languages are 
spoken; and 
(2) the number of American students who achieve the 
highest level of proficiency in critical foreign languages. 
SEC. 6302. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) ELIGIBLE
RECIPIENT.—The term ‘‘eligible recipient’’ 
means an entity mutually agreed upon by a partnership that 
shall receive grant funds under this subtitle on behalf of the 
partnership for use in carrying out the activities assisted under 
this subtitle. 
(2) PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘partnership’’ means a part-
nership that— 
(A) shall include— 
(i) an institution of higher education; and 
(ii) 1 or more local educational agencies; and 
(B) may include 1 or more entities that support the 
purposes of this subtitle. 
(3) SUPERIOR LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY.—The term ‘‘superior 
level of proficiency’’ means level 3, the professional working 
level, as measured by the Federal Interagency Language Round-
table (ILR) or by other generally recognized measures of supe-
rior standards. 
SEC. 6303. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to award 
grants to eligible recipients to enable partnerships served by 
the eligible recipients to establish articulated programs of study 
in critical foreign languages that will enable students to 
advance successfully from elementary school through postsec-
ondary education and achieve higher levels of proficiency in 
a critical foreign language. 
(2) DURATION.—A grant awarded under paragraph (1) shall 
be for a period of not more than 5 years, of which 2 years
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may be for planning and development. A grant may be renewed 
for not more than 2 additional 5-year periods, if the Secretary 
determines that the partnership’s program is effective and the 
renewal will best serve the purposes of this subtitle. 
(b) APPLICATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible recipient desiring a grant 
under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary 
at such time, in such manner, and containing such information 
as the Secretary may require. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each application shall— 
(A) identify each local educational agency partner, 
including contact information and letters of commitment, 
and describe the responsibilities of each member of the 
partnership, including— 
(i) how each of the partners will be involved in 
planning, developing, and implementing— 
(I) program curriculum and materials; and 
(II) teacher professional development; 
(ii) what resources each of the partners will pro-
vide; and 
(iii) how the partners will contribute to ensuring 
the continuity of student progress from elementary 
school through the postsecondary level; 
(B) describe how an articulated curriculum for students 
will be developed and implemented, which may include 
the use and integration of technology into such curriculum; 
(C) identify target proficiency levels for students at 
critical benchmarks (such as grades 4, 8, and 12), and 
describe how progress toward those proficiency levels will 
be assessed at the benchmarks, and how the program will 
use the results of the assessments to ensure continuous 
progress toward achieving a superior level of proficiency 
at the postsecondary level; 
(D) describe how the partnership will— 
(i) ensure that students from a program assisted 
under this subtitle who are beginning postsecondary 
education will be assessed and enabled to progress 
to a superior level of proficiency; 
(ii) address the needs of students already at, or 
near, the superior level of proficiency, which may 
include diagnostic assessments for placement purposes, 
customized and individualized language learning 
opportunities, and experimental and interdisciplinary 
language learning; and 
(iii) identify and describe how the partnership will 
work with institutions of higher education outside the 
partnership to provide participating students with mul-
tiple options for postsecondary education consistent 
with the purposes of this subtitle; 
(E) describe how the partnership will support and con-
tinue the program after the grant has expired, including 
how the partnership will seek support from other sources, 
such as State and local governments, foundations, and 
the private sector; and 
(F) describe what assessments will be used or, if assess-
ments not available, how assessments will be developed. 
(c) USES OF FUNDS.—Grant funds awarded under this subtitle—
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(1) shall be used to plan, develop, and implement programs 
at the elementary school level through postsecondary education, 
consistent with the purpose of this subtitle, including— 
(A) the development of curriculum and instructional 
materials; and 
(B) recruitment of students; and 
(2) may be used for— 
(A) teacher recruitment (including recruitment from 
other professions and recruitment of native-language 
speakers in the community) and professional development 
directly related to the purposes of this subtitle at the 
elementary school through secondary school levels; 
(B) development of appropriate assessments; 
(C) opportunities for maximum language exposure for 
students in the program, such as the creation of immersion 
environments (such as language houses, language tables, 
immersion classrooms, and weekend and summer experi-
ences) and special tutoring and academic support; 
(D) dual language immersion programs; 
(E) 
scholarships 
and 
study-abroad 
opportunities, 
related to the program, for postsecondary students and 
newly recruited teachers who have advanced levels of pro-
ficiency in a critical foreign language, except that not more 
than 20 percent of the grant funds provided to an eligible 
recipient under this section for a fiscal year may be used 
to carry out this subparagraph; 
(F) activities to encourage community involvement to 
assist in meeting the purposes of this subtitle; 
(G) summer institutes for students and teachers; 
(H) bridge programs that allow dual enrollment for 
secondary school students in institutions of higher edu-
cation; 
(I) programs that expand the understanding and 
knowledge of historic, geographic, and contextual factors 
within countries with populations who speak critical foreign 
languages, if such programs are carried out in conjunction 
with language instruction; 
(J) research on, and evaluation of, the teaching of 
critical foreign languages; 
(K) data collection and analysis regarding the results 
of— 
(i) various student recruitment strategies; 
(ii) program design; and 
(iii) curricular approaches; 
(L) the impact of the strategies, program design, and 
curricular approaches described in subparagraph (K) on 
increasing— 
(i) the number of students studying critical foreign 
languages; and 
(ii) the proficiency of the students in the critical 
foreign languages; and 
(M) distance learning projects for critical foreign lan-
guage learning. 
(d) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible recipient that receives a grant 
under this subtitle shall provide, toward the cost of carrying
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out the activities supported by the grant, from non-Federal 
sources, an amount equal to— 
(A) 20 percent of the amount of the grant payment 
for the first fiscal year for which a grant payment is made; 
(B) 30 percent of the amount of the grant payment 
for the second such fiscal year; 
(C) 40 percent of the amount of the grant payment 
for the third such fiscal year; and 
(D) 50 percent of the amount of the grant payment 
for each of the fourth and fifth such fiscal years. 
(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share required 
under paragraph (1) may be provided in cash or in-kind. 
(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive all or part of the 
matching requirement of paragraph (1), for any fiscal year, 
if the Secretary determines that— 
(A) the application of the matching requirement will 
result in serious hardship for the partnership; or 
(B) the waiver will best serve the purposes of this 
subtitle. 
(e) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Grant funds provided under 
this subtitle shall be used to supplement, not supplant, other Fed-
eral and non-Federal funds available to carry out the activities 
described in subsection (c). 
(f) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall enter into a 
contract to establish a technical assistance center to provide tech-
nical assistance to partnerships developing critical foreign language 
programs assisted under this subtitle. The center shall— 
(1) assist the partnerships in the development of critical 
foreign language instructional materials and assessments; and 
(2) disseminate promising foreign language instructional 
practices. 
(g) PROGRAM EVALUATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may reserve not more than 
5 percent of the total amount appropriated for this subtitle 
for any fiscal year to annually evaluate the programs under 
this subtitle. 
(2) REPORT.—The Secretary shall prepare and annually 
submit, to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate, the Committee on Education and Labor 
of the House of Representatives, and the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and House of Representatives, a report— 
(A) on the results of any program evaluation conducted 
under this subsection; and 
(B) that includes best practices on the teaching and 
learning of foreign languages based on the findings from 
the evaluation. 
SEC. 6304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
For the purpose of carrying out this subtitle, there are author-
ized to be appropriated $28,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and such 
sums as may be necessary for each of the 2 succeeding fiscal 
years.
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Subtitle D—Alignment of Education 
Programs 
SEC. 
6401. 
ALIGNMENT 
OF 
SECONDARY 
SCHOOL 
GRADUATION 
REQUIREMENTS WITH THE DEMANDS OF 21ST CENTURY 
POSTSECONDARY ENDEAVORS AND SUPPORT FOR P–16 
EDUCATION DATA SYSTEMS. 
(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section— 
(1) to promote more accountability with respect to prepara-
tion for higher education, the 21st century workforce, and the 
Armed Forces, by aligning— 
(A) student knowledge, student skills, State academic 
content standards and assessments, and curricula, in 
elementary and secondary education, especially with 
respect to mathematics, science, reading, and, where 
applicable, engineering and technology; with 
(B) the demands of higher education, the 21st century 
workforce, and the Armed Forces; 
(2) to support the establishment or improvement of state-
wide P–16 education data systems that— 
(A) assist States in improving the rigor and quality 
of State academic content standards and assessments; 
(B) ensure students are prepared to succeed in— 
(i) academic credit-bearing coursework in higher 
education without the need for remediation; 
(ii) the 21st century workforce; or 
(iii) the Armed Forces; and 
(3) enable States to have valid and reliable information 
to inform education policy and practice. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) P–16 EDUCATION.—The term ‘‘P–16 education’’ means 
the educational system from preschool through the conferring 
of a baccalaureate degree. 
(2) STATEWIDE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘statewide part-
nership’’ means a partnership that— 
(A) shall include— 
(i) the Governor of the State or the designee of 
the Governor; 
(ii) the heads of the State systems for public higher 
education, or, if such a position does not exist, not 
less than 1 representative of a public degree-granting 
institution of higher education; 
(iii) a representative of the agencies in the State 
that administer Federal or State-funded early child-
hood education programs; 
(iv) not less than 1 representative of a public 
community college; 
(v) not less than 1 representative of a technical 
school; 
(vi) not less than 1 representative of a public sec-
ondary school; 
(vii) the chief State school officer; 
(viii) the chief executive officer of the State higher 
education coordinating board; 
(ix) not less than 1 public elementary school 
teacher employed in the State;
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(x) not less than 1 early childhood educator in 
the State; 
(xi) not less than 1 public secondary school teacher 
employed in the State; 
(xii) not less than 1 representative of the business 
community in the State; and 
(xiii) not less than 1 member of the Armed Forces; 
and 
(B) may include other individuals or representatives 
of other organizations, such as a school administrator, a 
faculty member at an institution of higher education, a 
member of a civic or community organization, a representa-
tive from a private institution of higher education, a dean 
or similar representative of a school of education at an 
institution of higher education or a similar teacher certifi-
cation or licensure program, or the State official responsible 
for economic development. 
(c) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary is authorized to award 
grants, on a competitive basis, to States to enable each such State 
to work with a statewide partnership— 
(1) to promote better alignment of content knowledge 
requirements for secondary school graduation with the knowl-
edge and skills needed to succeed in postsecondary education, 
the 21st century workforce, or the Armed Forces; or 
(2) to establish or improve a statewide P–16 education 
data system. 
(d) PERIOD OF GRANTS; NON-RENEWABILITY.— 
(1) GRANT
PERIOD.—The Secretary shall award a grant 
under this section for a period of not more than 3 years. 
(2) NON-RENEWABILITY.—The Secretary shall not award a 
State more than 1 grant under this section. 
(e) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) GRANTS FOR P–16 ALIGNMENT.—Each State receiving 
a grant under subsection (c)(1)— 
(A) shall use the grant funds for— 
(i) identifying and describing the content knowl-
edge and skills students who enter institutions of 
higher education, the workforce, and the Armed Forces 
need to have in order to succeed without any remedi-
ation based on detailed requirements obtained from 
institutions of higher education, employers, and the 
Armed Forces; 
(ii) identifying and making changes that need to 
be made to a State’s secondary school graduation 
requirements, academic content standards, academic 
achievement standards, and assessments preceding 
graduation from secondary school in order to align 
the requirements, standards, and assessments with 
the knowledge and skills necessary for success in aca-
demic credit-bearing coursework in postsecondary edu-
cation, in the 21st century workforce, and in the Armed 
Forces without the need for remediation; 
(iii) convening stakeholders within the State and 
creating a forum for identifying and deliberating on 
education issues that—
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(I) involve preschool through grade 12 edu-
cation, postsecondary education, the 21st century 
workforce, and the Armed Forces; and 
(II) transcend any single system of education’s 
ability to address; and 
(iv) implementing activities designed to ensure the 
enrollment of all elementary school and secondary 
school students in rigorous coursework, which may 
include— 
(I) specifying the courses and performance 
levels necessary for acceptance into institutions 
of higher education; and 
(II) developing or providing guidance to local 
educational agencies within the State on the adop-
tion of curricula and assessments aligned with 
State academic content standards, which assess-
ments may be used as measures of student aca-
demic achievement in secondary school as well 
as for entrance or placement at institutions of 
higher education, including through collaboration 
with institutions of higher education in, or State 
educational agencies serving, other States; and 
(B) may use the grant funds for— 
(i) developing and making available specific 
opportunities for extensive professional development 
for teachers, paraprofessionals, principals, and school 
administrators, including collection and dissemination 
of effective teaching practices to improve instruction 
and instructional support mechanisms; 
(ii) identifying changes in State academic content 
standards, academic achievement standards, and 
assessments for students in grades preceding sec-
ondary school in order to ensure such standards and 
assessments are appropriately aligned and adequately 
reflect the content needed to prepare students to enter 
secondary school; 
(iii) developing a plan to provide remediation and 
additional learning opportunities for students who are 
performing below grade level to ensure that all stu-
dents will have the opportunity to meet secondary 
school graduation requirements; 
(iv) identifying and addressing teacher certification 
needs; or 
(v) incorporating 21st century learning skills into 
the State plan, which skills shall include critical 
thinking, problem solving, communication, collabora-
tion, global awareness, and business and financial lit-
eracy. 
(2) GRANTS
FOR
STATEWIDE
P–16
EDUCATION
DATA
SYS-
TEMS.— 
(A) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
SYSTEM.—Each State that 
receives a grant under subsection (c)(2) shall establish a 
statewide P–16 education longitudinal data system that— 
(i) provides each student, upon enrollment in a 
public elementary school or secondary school in the 
State, with a unique identifier, such as a bar code, 
that—