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(A) providing need-based grants to eligible 
students; 
(B) providing early notification to low-in-
come students of their potential eligibility for 
Federal financial aid (which may include assist-
ing students and families with filling out 
FAFSA forms), as well as financial aid and 
other support available from the eligible con-
sortia; 
(C) encouraging increased eligible student 
participation in higher education through men-
toring or outreach programs; and 
(D) conducting marketing and outreach ef-
forts that are designed to— 
(i) encourage full participation of eli-
gible students in the activities of the con-
sortia that carry out this section; and 
(ii) provide the communities impacted 
by the activities of the consortia with a gen-
eral knowledge about the efforts of the con-
sortia. 
(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—A philanthropic organization 
receiving a grant under this section shall prepare and sub-
mit an annual report to the Secretary on the activities car-
ried out with such grant. The report shall include— 
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(1) each activity or service that was provided to 
eligible students over the course of the year; 
(2) the cost of providing each such activity or 
service; 
(3) the number and percentage of eligible stu-
dents who received grants, mentoring, and outreach 
services; and 
(4) the total amount of charitable gifts received 
by the eligible consortia (including its members) with 
which the philanthropic organization is affiliated for 
the fiscal year. 
(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall promulgate 
regulations to carry out this section. Such regulations shall 
include— 
(1) the maximum grant amount that may be 
awarded to a philanthropic organization under this 
section; 
(2) the minimum amount of chartable gifts an 
eligible consortia (including its members) shall receive 
in a fiscal year for the philanthropic organization af-
filiated with such consortia to be eligible for a grant 
under this section. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE STUDENT.—The term ‘‘eligible stu-
dent’’ means an individual who— 
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(A) is a member of an underserved popu-
lation; 
(B) is enrolled— 
(i) in a secondary school pursuing a 
high school diploma; or 
(ii) in an institution of higher edu-
cation or is planning to attend an institu-
tion of higher education; and 
(C) either— 
(i) is receiving, or has received, finan-
cial assistance or support services from the 
consortium; or 
(ii) meets 2 or more of the following 
criteria: 
(I) Has an expected family con-
tribution equal to zero (as described in 
section 479 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965) or a comparable alter-
native based upon the State’s approved 
criteria in section 415C(b)(4) of such 
Act. 
(II) Has qualified for a free 
lunch, or at the State’s discretion a re-
duced price lunch, under the school 
lunch program established under the 
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Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act. 
(III) Qualifies for the State’s 
maximum need-based undergraduate 
award. 
(IV) Is participating in, or has 
participated in, a Federal, State, insti-
tutional, or community mentoring or 
outreach program, as recognized by the 
eligible consortia carrying out activi-
ties under this section. 
(2) PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATION.—The term 
‘‘philanthropic organization’’ means a non-profit or-
ganization— 
(A) that does not receive funds under title 
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 or under 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965; 
(B) that is not a local educational agency 
or an insitution of higher education; 
(C) that has a demonstrated record of dis-
persing grant aid to underserved populations to 
ensure access to, and participation in, higher 
education; 
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(D) that is affiliated with an eligible con-
sortia (as defined in subsection (d)) to carry out 
this section; and 
(E) the primary purpose of which is to pro-
vide financial aid and support services to stu-
dents from underrepresented populations to in-
crease the number of such students who enter and 
remain in college. 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 
several States of the United States, the District of Co-
lumbia, and Puerto Rico. 
(4) UNDERSERVED POPULATION.—The term ‘‘un-
derserved population’’ means a group of individuals 
who traditionally have not been well represented in 
the general population of students who pursue and 
successfully complete a higher education degree. 
(h) PROGRAM FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be available to the 
Secretary to carry out this section, from funds not 
otherwise appropriated, $300,000,000 for the period 
beginning with fiscal year 2008 and ending with fis-
cal year 2012. 
(2) USE OF EXCESS FUNDS.—If, at the end of a 
fiscal year, the funds available for awarding grants 
under this section exceed the amount necessary to 
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make such grants, then all of the excess funds shall re-
main available for the subsequent fiscal year, and 
shall be used to award grants under section 401 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a) for 
such subsequent fiscal year. 
(i) SUNSET.—The authority to carry out this section 
shall expire at the end of fiscal year 2012. 
PART C—UPWARD BOUND 
SEC. 412. UPWARD BOUND. 
(a) ABSOLUTE PRIORITY PROHIBITED
IN UPWARD 
BOUND PROGRAM.—Section 402C (20 U.S.C. 1070a–13) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) ABSOLUTE PRIORITY PROHIBITED IN UPWARD 
BOUND PROGRAM.—Except as otherwise expressly provided 
by amendment to this section, the Secretary shall not imple-
ment or enforce, and shall rescind, the absolute priority for 
Upward Bound Program participant selection and evalua-
tion published by the Department of Education in the Fed-
eral Register on September 22, 2006 (71 Fed. Reg. 55447 
et seq.).’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—Section 402C is further 
amended by adding after subsection (f) (as added by sub-
section (a)) the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) ADDITIONAL FUNDS.— 
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‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION
AND
APPROPRIATION.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated, and there 
are appropriated to the Secretary, from funds not 
otherwise appropriated, $30,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2008 through 2011 to carry out para-
graph (2), except that any amounts that remain un-
expended for such purpose for each of such fiscal years 
may be available for technical assistance and admin-
istration costs for the Upward Bound program. 
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—The amounts made avail-
able by paragraph (1) shall be available to provide 
assistance to all Upward Bound projects that received 
assistance in fiscal year 2006 but that did not receive 
assistance in fiscal year 2007 (other than new appli-
cants) with a grant score above 70. Such assistance 
shall be made available in the form of 4-year 
grants.’’. 
TITLE V—ADDITIONAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF DISTANCE EDU-
CATION PROGRAMS. 
(a) INDEPENDENT EVALUATION.—The Secretary of 
Education shall enter into an agreement with the National 
Academy of Sciences to conduct a scientifically correct and 
statistically valid evaluation of the quality of distance edu-
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cation programs, as compared to campus-based education 
programs, at institutions of higher education. Such evalua-
tion shall include— 
(1) identification of the elements by which the 
quality of distance education, as compared to cam-
pus-based education, can be assessed, including ele-
ments such as subject matter, interactivity, and stu-
dent outcomes; 
(2) identification of distance and campus-based 
education program success, with respect to student 
achievement, in relation to the mission of the institu-
tion of higher education; and 
(3) identification of the types of students (in-
cluding classification of types of students based on 
student age) who most benefit from distance education 
programs, the types of students who most benefit from 
campus-based education programs, and the types of 
students who do not benefit from distance education 
programs, by assessing elements including access to 
higher education, job placement rates, undergraduate 
graduation rates, and graduate and professional de-
gree attainment rates. 
(b) SCOPE.—The National Academy of Sciences shall 
select for participation in the evaluation under subsection 
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(a) a diverse group of institutions of higher education with 
respect to size, mission, and geographic distribution. 
(c) INTERIM AND FINAL REPORTS.—The agreement 
under subsection (a) shall require that the National Acad-
emy of Sciences submit to the Secretary of Education, the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of 
the Senate, and the Committee on Education and Labor 
of the House of Representatives— 
(1) an interim report regarding the evaluation 
under subsection (a) not later than December 31, 
2007; and 
(2) a final report regarding such evaluation not 
later than December 31, 2009. 
(d) APPROPRIATIONS.—There shall be available to the 
Secretary, from funds not otherwise appropriated, $100,000 
to carry out this section. 
SEC. 502. ENCOURAGING COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO 
‘‘GO GREEN’’. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Committee on Education and 
Labor of the House of Representatives makes the following 
findings: 
(1) A commitment to and academic programs for 
environmental and economic sustainability are essen-
tial for our Nation’s future prosperity. 
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(2) The more than 4,200 higher education insti-
tutions in the United States have the capacity to in-
novatively leverage spending and change consumption 
patterns by incorporating concepts of sustainability 
into their academic programs and by modeling sus-
tainable economic and environmental practices for 
their communities. 
(3) Many colleges and universities have inter-
disciplinary programs or centers focusing on equip-
ping students with the academic content knowledge 
needed to understand concepts of sustainability and 
‘‘going green’’. 
(4) Many colleges and universities have pro-
grams related to the research of sustainability and 
sustainable systems. 
(5) Academic programs related to sustainability 
vary in rigor because no national education content 
standards for academic sustainability programs cur-
rently exist. 
(6) Colleges and universities may partner with 
businesses to encourage students and faculty to trans-
late academic learning and research into practical so-
lutions that promote sustainability. 
(7) Colleges and universities that make an effort 
to reduce energy consumption and promote environ-
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mental sustainability not only reduce their own emis-
sions, but also motivate the leaders of the next genera-
tion to action and create technical skills and resources 
to develop innovative solutions. 
(8) Many colleges and universities have under-
taken detailed, campus-wide assessments of their 
progress toward ‘‘going green’’ and sustainability or 
have measured their progress in specific sectors, such 
as operations, or specific parameters, such as recy-
cling, energy, and water consumption. 
(9) No system that evaluates and compares col-
lege and university campuses in terms of overall sus-
tainability-related academic programs and practices 
currently exists. 
(b) SENSE OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND 
LABOR.—It is the sense of the Committee on Education and 
Labor that in order to encourage increased public aware-
ness of the need to ‘‘go green’’ by using sustainable economic 
and environmental practices and rigorous sustainability 
academic programs on college and university campuses, the 
following should be encouraged: 
(1) The development of educational standards by 
institutions of higher education to determine the nec-
essary rigor and effectiveness of academic sustain-
ability programs. 
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