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the community, through applied and interactive teaching
methodologies, 
team 
teaching 
strategies, 
learning
opportunities connecting school, the workplace, and the
community, and career exploration, awareness, and career
guidance opportunities.
‘‘(2) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall evaluate the dem-
onstration projects supported under this title, using rigorous
methodological designs and techniques, including control groups
and random assignment, to the extent feasible, to produce
reliable evidence of effectiveness.
‘‘(b) PARTNERSHIPS.—From funds appropriated under section
1002(g)(2) for any fiscal year, the Secretary may, directly or through
grants or contracts, work in partnership with State educational
agencies, local educational agencies, other public agencies, and non-
profit organizations to disseminate and use the highest quality
research and knowledge about effective practices to improve the
quality of teaching and learning in schools assisted under this
title.
‘‘SEC. 1503. INNOVATIVE 
ELEMENTARY 
SCHOOL 
TRANSITION
PROJECTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amount appropriated under section
1002(g)(2), the Secretary shall provide not less than $10,000,000,
but not more than $40,000,000 to support innovative transition
projects in elementary schools authorized under this section.
‘‘(b) GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) LOCAL PROGRAMS.—The Secretary shall award grants
to local educational agencies (including such agencies that
operate Follow Through programs, Even Start, and other com-
parable programs) that have formed consortia with early child-
hood programs (including Head Start, where available) for the
purpose of supporting projects, for children from low-income
families who previously attended a Head Start program, Even
Start program, or similar preschool program, which provide
education and other services in early elementary grades.
‘‘(2) PURPOSES
OF
PROJECTS.—The purposes of projects
assisted under this section are to—
‘‘(A) assist eligible children and their families in mak-
ing a successful transition from preschool through the early
elementary grades;
‘‘(B) enable eligible children to achieve challenging aca-
demic standards through a model, developmentally appro-
priate, instructional program; and
‘‘(C) support the active involvement of parents in the
education of their children.
‘‘(3) COMPONENTS.—A program assisted under this sub-
section—
‘‘(A) shall provide transition to elementary school
activities, such as—
‘‘(i) development of a transition plan for each child
which provides for instruction, support, and assistance
through the third grade;
‘‘(ii) transfer of each child’s preschool records to
the elementary school (with parental consent);
‘‘(iii) formal meetings between a child’s parent,
preschool teacher, and kindergarten or first grade
teacher; and
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‘‘(iv) kindergarten visits and other orientation
activities for preschool children prior to enrollment
in elementary school;
‘‘(B) shall use an instructional approach which—
‘‘(i) has been shown to be effective in providing
transition services; or
‘‘(ii) shows promise of providing effective transition
services;
‘‘(C) shall provide for the direct participation of the
parents of such children in the development, operation,
and evaluation of such program;
‘‘(D) shall provide directly or through referral com-
prehensive educational, health, nutritional, social, and
other services that aid in the continued development of
eligible children to their full potential;
‘‘(E) shall ensure that each supportive services team
developed pursuant to subsection (c)(8) includes a sufficient
number of family service coordinators to adequately meet
the needs of eligible children and their families; and
‘‘(F) may provide for the use of mentors who are second-
ary school students to assist elementary and secondary
students who were formerly enrolled in Head Start or
Even Start programs.
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—An application for a grant under subsection
(b) shall—
‘‘(1) describe the goals which the applicant plans to achieve;
‘‘(2) describe the instructional approach the applicant will
use, and the manner in which the applicant will implement
such approach;
‘‘(3) describe the transition to elementary school activities
for which assistance is sought;
‘‘(4) describe the members of the consortium required by
subsection (b)(1);
‘‘(5) shall include evidence that the consortium members
each have performed assessments of their programs to ensure
that such members have the capacity to address the health,
immunization, mental health, nutrition, parenting education,
literacy, social service (including substance abuse, education,
and prevention), and educational needs of low-income students
and their families whom the consortium members plan to serve;
‘‘(6) describe how the project will be coordinated with title
I, title VII, and other programs under this Act;
‘‘(7) provide evidence that the proposed transition activities,
instruction, and other services to be provided by the applicant
have been specifically designed to build upon, and coordinate
with, the services provided to eligible children and their parents
by local Head Start, Even Start, and other similar preschool
programs;
‘‘(8) include—
‘‘(A) a plan for the development of a support services
team, including a family service coordinator, to—
‘‘(i) assist families, administrators, and teachers
to respond to health, immunization, mental health,
nutrition, social service, and educational needs of
eligible students;
‘‘(ii) conduct home visits and help students and
their families to obtain health, immunization, mental
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health, nutrition, parenting education, literacy, edu-
cation (including tutoring and remedial services), and
social services (including substance abuse treatment,
education, and prevention), for which students and
their families are eligible;
‘‘(iii) coordinate a family outreach and support pro-
gram, including a plan for involving parents in the
management of the program under subsection (b), in
cooperation with parental involvement efforts under-
taken pursuant to this part, the Head Start Act, and
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, includ-
ing school-parent compacts, parent volunteer activities,
parent education services and training such as the
services and training provided through the Even Start
program, and regular meetings; and
‘‘(iv) assist families, administrators, and teachers
in enhancing developmental continuity between the
programs assisted under the Head Start Act, other
early childhood development programs, and elementary
school classes; or
‘‘(B) a description of the comprehensive, coordinated
services currently provided to children eligible for services
under this section;
‘‘(9) designate a member of the support services team
described in paragraph (8) who will serve as the supervisor
of such support services team;
‘‘(10) contain assurances that State agencies, local agencies,
and community-based organizations that provide support serv-
ices to low-income students served by the local educational
agency consortium have been consulted in the preparation of
the plan described in paragraph (8);
‘‘(11) contain assurances that State agencies, local agencies,
and community-based organizations served by the local edu-
cational agency consortium will designate an individual who
will act as a liaison to the support services team described
in paragraph (8);
‘‘(12) describe the target population to be served by the
support services team described in paragraph (8), including
families previously served under part C of the Head Start
Act, or other comparable early childhood development program;
‘‘(13) describe the support services to be provided, directly
or through referral;
‘‘(14) describe the Federal and non-Federal resources that
will be used to carry out the program;
‘‘(15) contain assurances that the support services described
in paragraph (8) will be equipped to assist children and families
with limited-English proficiency or with disabilities;
‘‘(16) include a plan describing how the program assisted
under this section will be sustained, with funding received
under part A or other Federal and non-Federal funding sources,
after the grant has expired; and
‘‘(17) contain such other information as the Secretary may
reasonably require.
‘‘(d) NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount provided under subsection
(a) to carry out this section, the Secretary shall use not less
than $3,000,000 but not more than $5,000,000 to carry out
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national activities to evaluate and improve the use of innovative
transition programs.
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.— Of the amount
reserved under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use not less
than $3,000,000 to award grants to public and private nonprofit
agencies, institutions, and organizations to provide to consortia
which receive grants under subsection (b)(1) and, to the extent
feasible, to schools that are designated schoolwide programs
under section 1114—
‘‘(A) technical assistance in the implementation and
expanded use of model transition and instructional
approaches, including the use of appropriate pedagogy,
efforts to increase parental involvement and providing
access to coordinated services; and
‘‘(B) training in conjunction with the implementation
and operation of such model approaches.
‘‘(3) COORDINATION AND DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary, in
cooperation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
may promote coordination of activities assisted under this sec-
tion with the projects funded under the Head Start Transition
Projects Act, including a process to—
‘‘(A) collect information on program activities and
results; and
‘‘(B) disseminate information on successful transition
programs.
‘‘(4) EVALUATION.—(A) The Secretary, in cooperation with
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, is authorized
to award grants, or enter into contracts or cooperative agree-
ments, to provide for the evaluation of the programs assisted
under this section.
‘‘(B) To the extent practicable, such evaluations shall be
conducted jointly with evaluations of Head Start Transition
Projects.
‘‘(5) OTHER
ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary may undertake
other activities to promote the replication of successful transi-
tion programs.
‘‘(e) COORDINATION OF REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall work
with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to coordinate
regulations promulgated under this section with regulations promul-
gated under the Head Start Act Amendments of 1994.
‘‘(f) GENERAL PROVISIONS.—
‘‘(1) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under subsection (b)(1),
the Secretary shall give priority to applicants that—
‘‘(A) will operate a project under this section at a
school designated as a schoolwide program under section
1114;
‘‘(B) serve local educational agencies that have the
highest numbers or percentages of poor children; and
‘‘(C) demonstrate a significant commitment by the
community to the proposed program, as evidenced by the
level of resources, both cash and in-kind, from other public
and private sources available to the consortium.
‘‘(2) SUPPLEMENT.—An application for assistance under this
section may not be approved unless the Secretary is satisfied
that the services to be provided by the applicant will supple-
ment, and not supplant, services that previously provided other
Federal assistance.