I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3036 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to award grants to prepare individuals 
for the 21st century workplace and to increase America’s global competi-
tiveness, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011 
Mr. YARMUTH (for himself, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. 
CHANDLER, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. MOORE, and Mr. POLIS) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 and the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
to award grants to prepare individuals for the 21st cen-
tury workplace and to increase America’s global competi-
tiveness, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ready-to-Compete 
Act’’. 
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TITLE 
I—READY 
TO 
LEARN: 
SCHOOL 
READINESS 
AND 
SUCCESS 
SEC. 101. READY-TO-LEARN GRANTS. 
Subpart 3 of part D of title II of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6775) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘Subpart 3— Ready-to-Learn 
‘‘SEC. 2431. SHORT TITLE. 
‘‘This subpart may be cited as ‘Ready-to-Learn Act’. 
‘‘SEC. 2432. READY-TO-LEARN INNOVATIVE MULTIPLAT-
FORM EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND 
SERVICES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 
award grants to eligible entities to enable such entities— 
‘‘(1) to provide a coordinated Ready-to-Learn 
service described in subsection (c); and 
‘‘(2) to award subgrants or enter into contracts 
or cooperative agreements with an eligible sub-
grantee to enable the eligible subgrantee to operate 
a high-quality Ready-to-Learn program that is a 
part of the coordinated Ready-to-Learn service. 
‘‘(b) READY-TO-LEARN PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.— 
Each eligible entity receiving a grant under this subpart 
shall operate a Ready-to-Learn program that— 
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‘‘(1) develops, produces, and distributes innova-
tive multiplatform educational programming and 
services for young children and youth (especially 
those young children and youth served under part A 
of title I), and the parents, educators, and caregivers 
of such children in order to help improve early child-
hood development and student achievement in the 
areas of— 
‘‘(A) reading; 
‘‘(B) mathematics; 
‘‘(C) science; 
‘‘(D) health and wellness; 
‘‘(E) social and emotional development; or 
‘‘(F) other academic or developmentally 
appropriate areas; 
‘‘(2) facilitates the development of— 
‘‘(A) innovative multiplatform educational 
programming and services, directly or through 
contracts, with producers of innovative multi-
platform educational programming and services 
for young children and youth; 
‘‘(B) rigorous professional development for 
educators and caregivers that supports effective 
use of Ready-to-Learn innovative multiplatform 
educational programming and services or im-
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proves the effectiveness of teachers in class-
rooms serving young children and youth; 
‘‘(C) support materials and services that 
accompany such innovative multiplatform edu-
cational programming and services and profes-
sional development, including outreach services, 
in order to promote the effective use of such in-
novative multiplatform educational program-
ming and services; and 
‘‘(D) related support resources for parents 
and caregivers that are designed for nationwide 
distribution over public television stations’ dig-
ital broadcasting channels and other high-tech 
delivery platforms; 
‘‘(3) contracts with an entity that owns and op-
erates a television public broadcast station, as de-
fined in section 397(6) of the Communications Act 
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 397(6))— 
‘‘(A) that demonstrates that the station is 
a member of a strong, local, community-based 
partnership, in order to deliver effective services 
which meet the educational needs of the chil-
dren in the community served by the broadcast 
area; and 
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‘‘(B) so that innovative multiplatform edu-
cational programming and services developed 
under this subpart are disseminated and dis-
tributed to the widest possible audience appro-
priately served by the most appropriate dis-
tribution technologies; or 
‘‘(4) develops and disseminates educational or 
training material, directly related to the television 
programs assisted under this subpart, that is de-
signed— 
‘‘(A) to promote school readiness and suc-
cess for all children, especially children served 
under part A of title I, including English lan-
guage learners; and 
‘‘(B) to promote the effective use of related 
services and related support resources developed 
under paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively, 
among parents, caregivers, teachers, Head 
Start programs, reading and literacy programs 
funded under the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act, family literacy programs, child 
care providers, early childhood educators, public 
and school libraries, museums, State edu-
cational agencies, businesses, institutions of 
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higher education, and after-school, summer, 
and extended day and year programs. 
‘‘(c) COORDINATED READY-TO-LEARN SERVICE.—In 
awarding subgrants and entering into contracts and coop-
erative agreements under this subpart, an eligible entity 
shall provide a coordinated Ready-to-Learn service that— 
‘‘(1) shall include— 
‘‘(A) innovative multiplatform educational 
programming, determined by the eligible entity 
to be of sound content and artistic excellence, 
aligned to— 
‘‘(i) State academic content and aca-
demic achievement standards described 
under section 1111 and State early learn-
ing standards, as appropriate; 
‘‘(ii) rigorous professional develop-
ment for educators and caregivers that 
supports effective use of Ready-to-Learn 
innovative multiplatform educational pro-
gramming and services or improves the ef-
fectiveness of teachers in classrooms serv-
ing young children and youth; and 
‘‘(iii) related services; 
‘‘(B) effective, ongoing community out-
reach programs and ongoing partnerships with 
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local organizations to help ensure that the pro-
gramming— 
‘‘(i) addresses specific community and 
school needs; 
‘‘(ii) addresses needs of caregivers and 
educators; 
‘‘(iii) reaches children served under 
part A of title I; and 
‘‘(iv) engages multiple constituencies 
of children, parents, caregivers, and edu-
cators; 
‘‘(C) academic and developmental tele-
vision programming described in subsection (b) 
(1) in— 
‘‘(i) the topics described in subpara-
graphs (A) and (E) of subsection (b)(1); 
and 
‘‘(ii) not less than 1 other topic de-
scribed in subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), 
and (F) of subsection (b)(1); and 
‘‘(D) a rigorous evaluation of the impact of 
the innovative multiplatform educational pro-
gramming and services described in subsection 
(b)(l) on— 
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‘‘(i) school readiness skills of young 
children in various socioeconomic areas, in-
cluding rural and urban areas; 
‘‘(ii) school success of youth in various 
socioeconomic areas, including rural and 
urban areas; 
‘‘(iii) teacher effectiveness; and 
‘‘(iv) community engagement and 
awareness; and 
‘‘(2) may include a comprehensive preschool 
curriculum based upon the Ready-to-Learn pro-
grams. 
‘‘(d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, MATERIALS, TRAIN-
ING, AND CURRICULA.—The eligible entity shall provide 
eligible subgrantees that receive a subgrant or enter into 
a contract or cooperative agreement under this subpart 
with technical assistance, supporting materials, training, 
and curricula to ensure effective implementation of sub-
section (c). 
‘‘(e) RESERVATION OF FUNDING.—The eligible entity 
shall use not less than 30 percent of the funds received 
under this subpart to award subgrants to or enter into 
contracts or cooperative agreements with eligible sub-
grantees that are public broadcast stations, as defined in 
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section 397(6) of the Communications Act of 1934, to 
carry out subsection (c)(1)(B) and section 2435(c). 
‘‘(f) AVAILABILITY OF PROGRAMMING AND RELATED 
SERVICES.—In awarding a grant under this subpart, the 
Secretary shall ensure that each eligible entity makes in-
novative multiplatform educational programming and 
services widely available, with support materials available, 
as appropriate, to young children and youth, parents, 
caregivers, teachers, reading and literacy programs funded 
under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, fam-
ily literacy programs, child care providers, early childhood 
educators, public and school libraries, museums, State 
educational agencies, businesses, institutions of higher 
education, and afterschool, summer, and extended day and 
year programs in order to increase the effective use of in-
novative multiplatform educational programming and 
services. 
‘‘SEC. 2433. COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘In carrying out this subpart, an eligible entity 
shall— 
‘‘(1) consult with the Secretary and the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services— 
‘‘(A) to maximize the use of high-quality 
innovative multiplatform educational program-
ming and services by young children and youth, 
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and to make such programming widely available 
to federally funded programs serving such chil-
dren; and 
‘‘(B) to coordinate activities assisted under 
this subpart with Federal programs that have a 
major professional development component for 
educators of young children and youth, includ-
ing programs under the Head Start Act, 21st 
Century Community Learning Centers, title I, 
and the Child Care and Development Block 
Grant Act of 1990; and 
‘‘(2) ensure that all materials acquired or pro-
duced by any eligible subgrantee are determined to 
be of sufficient age-appropriate aesthetic appeal and 
educational effectiveness to warrant national dis-
tribution and support in order to maximize the im-
pact of televised materials and the use of digital con-
tent. 
‘‘SEC. 2434. APPLICATION. 
‘‘To be eligible to receive a grant under this subpart, 
an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an applica-
tion at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretary may reasonably require. 
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‘‘SEC. 2435. REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS. 
‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORT TO THE SECRETARY.—In car-
rying out this subpart, an eligible entity shall prepare and 
submit to the Secretary an annual report that contains 
such information as the Secretary may require. At a min-
imum, the report shall describe the activities undertaken 
with funds received under the grant awarded to the eligible 
entity under this subpart, including each of the following: 
‘‘(1) PROGRAMMING AND RELATED SERVICES; 
TARGET
POPULATION.—The innovative multiplat-
form educational programming and services devel-
oped, directly or indirectly, by the eligible entity, and 
the target population served by the programming 
and services. 
‘‘(2) SUPPORT
OR
TRAINING
AND
PROFES-
SIONAL DEVELOPMENT MATERIALS.—The support or 
training and professional development materials de-
veloped to accompany the innovative multiplatform 
educational programming and services, and the 
method by which the materials were distributed to 
consumers and users of the innovative multiplatform 
educational programming and services. 
‘‘(3) MEANS OF DISTRIBUTION.—The means by 
which innovative multiplatform educational program-
ming and services developed under this subpart were 
distributed, including the technologies that were 
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used to make the innovative multiplatform edu-
cational programming and services available, and the 
geographic distribution achieved through such tech-
nologies. 
‘‘(4) INITIATIVES.—The initiatives undertaken 
by the eligible entity to develop public-private part-
nerships to secure non-Federal support for the devel-
opment, distribution, and broadcast of innovative 
multiplatform educational programming and serv-
ices. 
‘‘(5) IMPACT.—The impact of the innovative 
multiplatform educational programming and services 
on teaching and learning, including the impact on 
improving school readiness skills, reading skills, 
mathematics skills, science skills, and skills in other 
developmentally appropriate content areas. 
‘‘(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall 
prepare and submit to the relevant committees of Con-
gress an annual report that includes the following: 
‘‘(1) ACTIVITY SUMMARY.—A summary of the 
activities assisted under section 2432. 
‘‘(2) EDUCATION, 
TRAINING, 
AND
PROFES-
SIONAL DEVELOPMENT MATERIALS.—A description 
of the education, training, and professional develop-
ment materials described in section 2432(b)(2)(B) 
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that are made available under this subpart, the man-
ner in which outreach was conducted to inform par-
ents and child care providers of the availability of 
such materials, and the manner in which such mate-
rials were distributed in accordance with section 
2432. 
‘‘(c) EVALUATION OF OUTREACH ACTIVITIES.—In 
carrying out this subpart, an eligible entity shall require 
each eligible subgrantee that receives a subgrant or enters 
into a contract or cooperative agreement under this sub-
part to provide evaluation data that include descriptions 
of the impact of outreach activities carried out under this 
subpart, including— 
‘‘(1) the manner in which outreach was con-
ducted to inform parents, educators, and child care 
providers of the availability of the innovative multi-
platform educational programming and services pro-
duced under this subpart, including specific strate-
gies used to reach a wide audience; 
‘‘(2) the extent to which the outreach programs 
included multiple outreach efforts with the same or-
ganizations or groups and resulted in lasting rela-
tionships with those organizations or groups and the 
members of those organizations or groups; and 
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‘‘(3) the effectiveness of the outreach programs 
and services conducted and the number of children, 
families, educators, and child care providers that 
had access to and utilized the innovative multiplat-
form educational programming and services provided 
under this subpart to improve school readiness skills 
and school success. 
‘‘(d) EVALUATION OF IMPACT ON SCHOOL READI-
NESS AND SUCCESS.—The Secretary shall evaluate the 
impact of the outreach content and services provided 
under this subpart on improving school readiness skills 
and school success nationwide, particularly with respect 
to young children and youth in the most disadvantaged 
communities. 
‘‘SEC. 2436. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. 
‘‘An eligible subgrantee that receives a subgrant or 
enters into a contract or cooperative agreement under this 
subpart may use not more than 5 percent of the amount 
received under the subgrant, contract, or cooperative 
agreement, respectively, for the normal and customary ex-
penses of administering the grant, contract, or cooperative 
agreement, respectively. 
‘‘SEC. 2437. CONTINUATION OF AWARDS. 
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an eligi-
ble subgrantee that received a subgrant or enters into a 
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contract or cooperative agreement under this subpart (as 
this subpart existed on the day before the date of enact-
ment of the Ready-to-Learn Act) shall continue to receive 
funds in accordance with the terms of the subgrant, con-
tract, or cooperative agreement, respectively, until the 
date on which the subgrant, contract, or cooperative 
agreement, respectively, terminates under such terms. 
‘‘SEC. 2438. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this subpart $50,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2012 and such sums as may be necessary for each 
of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. 
‘‘(b) RESERVATION.—In any fiscal year in which the 
amount appropriated is greater than $30,000,000, the 
Secretary shall reserve 50 percent of such excess for inno-
vative multiplatform educational programming and serv-
ices for youth. 
‘‘SEC. 2439. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this subpart— 
‘‘(a) the term ‘eligible entity’ means a public tele-
communications entity that is able to demonstrate— 
‘‘(1) a capacity for the development and na-
tional distribution of educational and instructional 
television programming of high quality that is acces-
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sible by a large majority of disadvantaged preschool 
and elementary school children; 
‘‘(2) a capacity to contract with the producers 
of children’s television programming for the purpose 
of developing educational television programming of 
high quality; 
‘‘(3) a capacity to integrate children’s television 
programming with innovative multiplatform edu-
cational programming and services; 
‘‘(4) a capacity, consistent with the entity’s 
mission and nonprofit nature, to negotiate such con-
tracts in a manner that returns to the entity an ap-
propriate share of any ancillary income from sales of 
any program-related products; and 
‘‘(5) a capacity to localize programming and 
materials to meet specific State and local needs and 
to provide educational outreach at the local level; 
‘‘(b) the term ‘eligible subgrantee’ means— 
‘‘(1) a national nonprofit membership organiza-
tion that acquires and distributes programming to 
noncommercial educational television broadcasters 
through the national public television interconnection 
system that the organization manages and operates; 
‘‘(2) a local or statewide public television sta-
tion or system; or 
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‘‘(3) a nonprofit producer of high-quality chil-
dren’s educational television and other media pro-
gramming; 
‘‘(c) the term ‘innovative multiplatform educational 
programming and services’ means high-quality program-
ming that is— 
‘‘(1) packaged for distribution over broadband, 
digital, and over-the-airwaves television; 
‘‘(2) packaged with companion content for dis-
tribution over the Internet; mobile devices; classroom 
devices; and any other technologies appropriate for 
the content; 
‘‘(3) aligned across all platforms to a central 
curriculum and story; 
‘‘(4) accessible to students in all regions, in-
cluding rural areas via distance learning tech-
nologies; 
‘‘(5) designed to target the research-identified 
needs of young children or youth, or a subset there-
of; and 
‘‘(6) designed to reach students in the targeted 
age range age-appropriately and via the media that 
reaches them most effectively; 
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‘‘(d) the term ‘school success’ means improved aca-
demic achievement or engagement in subject areas ref-
erenced in section 2432(b)(1); 
‘‘(e) the term ‘young children’ means children ages 
2–8; and 
‘‘(f) the term ‘youth’ means children ages 9–13.’’. 
TITLE II—READY-TO-EARN 
GRANTS 
SEC. 201. READY-TO-EARN GRANTS. 
Chapter 4 of subtitle A of title II of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 9251 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 244. TELEVISION BROADCAST WORKFORCE TRAINING 
GRANT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 
award grants, on a competitive basis, to an entity that 
owns and operates a television public broadcast station, 
as defined in section 397(6) of the Communications Act 
of 1934, or a partnership of such entities, for the purpose 
of developing, disseminating, and providing online and on- 
air education and training services for adults, including 
adult education, adult literacy, GED preparation, work-
force training, and related outreach services that are pri-
orities for the community. 
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‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive 
a grant under this section, an entity shall— 
‘‘(1) own or operate a local television public 
broadcast station, as defined in section 397(6) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, that is able to dem-
onstrate a capacity for the development and dis-
tribution of high-quality educational digital content 
and services in the areas of adult education, adult 
literacy, GED preparation, workforce training, and 
related outreach services; 
‘‘(2) partner with an eligible agency as defined 
in section 203(4) or a State Board as described in 
section 111 or institutions of higher education in 
order to implement a high-quality program in ac-
cordance with this section; and 
‘‘(3) conduct a needs assessment of the pro-
posed community to be served through online and 
on-air education and training services. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, an eligible entity, or partnership of eli-
gible entities, shall submit an application to the Secretary. 
Each application shall— 
‘‘(1) describe the innovative, high-quality train-
ing, tools, products, and educational digital content 
and services that will be developed and used to im-
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prove the quality and delivery of adult education, 
adult literacy, GED preparation, workforce training, 
and related outreach services; 
‘‘(2) describe the partnership and the roles of 
the partners in implementing a high-quality program 
in accordance with this section; 
‘‘(3) describe how the eligible entity or entities 
will address the needs of adults who are non-English 
speakers; 
‘‘(4) describe how the comprehensive program 
described in this section will meet the needs of that 
community and include partnerships with commu-
nity-based organizations that serve adults in need of 
such services; 
‘‘(5) describe the research-based practices and 
advanced technologies that the program funded 
under this section will use to carry out the purposes 
of this section; 
‘‘(6) describe the rigorous evaluation the eligible 
entity or entities will use to support continuous im-
provement of the program and services, including 
the report described under subsection (g); and 
‘‘(7) contain such additional assurances as the 
Secretary may reasonably require. 
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‘‘(d) REQUIRED USES OF FUNDS.—Grant funds pro-
vided under this section shall be used for— 
‘‘(1) the development, training and use of inno-
vative, high-quality tools, products, and educational 
digital content and services for— 
‘‘(A) adult education, adult literacy, GED 
preparation, workforce training, and related 
outreach services; 
‘‘(B) professional development; and 
‘‘(C) community and family outreach; 
‘‘(2) professional development and training of 
staff; 
‘‘(3) evaluation as described in subsection (g); 
‘‘(4) outreach activities to engage adult learners 
and community organizations; 
‘‘(5) English language education and services 
for non-English speakers; and 
‘‘(6) other activities as needed to meet the pur-
poses of this section. 
‘‘(e) DURATION.—A grant under this section shall be 
awarded for a period of 5 years. 
‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—An entity that re-
ceives a grant under this section may not use more than 
5 percent of the amount received under the grant for ad-
ministrative costs. 
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‘‘(g) REPORTS AND EVALUATION.—An entity receiv-
ing a grant under this section shall prepare and submit 
to the Secretary an annual report that contains such infor-
mation as the Secretary may require. At a minimum, such 
report shall describe the program activities undertaken 
with funds received under the grant, including— 
‘‘(1) the success in engaging families and the 
number of such families; 
‘‘(2) the impact of professional development 
and training for staff on the acquisition of training 
and job skills; 
‘‘(3) the effectiveness of the specific, innovative, 
high-quality training, tools, products, and edu-
cational digital content and services developed and 
used to improve the quality and delivery of adult 
education, adult literacy, GED preparation, work-
force training, and related outreach services; and 
‘‘(4) the impact of the program on adult lit-
eracy and English language skills, workforce skills, 
job placements, and GED passage rates. 
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2012 and such sums as may 
be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. 
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
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‘‘(1) the term ‘GED’ means General Edu-
cational Development as recognized by the American 
Council on Education; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘institution of higher education’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 101 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001).’’. 
SEC. 202. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
9241 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 111(b)(1)(C)(vii), by inserting ‘‘, 
and public broadcasting entities’’ after ‘‘juvenile jus-
tice programs’’; 
(2) in section 117(b)(2)(B), by inserting ‘‘in-
cluding public broadcasting entities’’ after ‘‘enti-
ties’’; 
(3) in section 122(a)(2)(C), by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding a public broadcasting entity’’ after ‘‘training 
services’’; 
(4) in section 129(c)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding educational digital content and services’’ 
after ‘‘instruction’’; 
(5) in section 203(5)(H), by inserting ‘‘includ-
ing a public broadcasting entity’’ after ‘‘institution’’; 
and 
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(6) in section 231(e)(6), by inserting ‘‘and edu-
cational digital content and services’’ after ‘‘com-
puters’’. 
Æ 
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