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prescribed by the Secretary, to be 
comparable to a 3.25 average on a 
zero to 4.0 scale, except that, if the 
student is in the first year of a pro-
gram of undergraduate education, 
such grade point average shall be de-
termined on the basis of the student’s 
cumulative high school grade point av-
erage; or 
‘‘(II) displayed high academic ap-
titude by receiving a score above the 
75th percentile on at least one of the 
batteries in an undergraduate, post- 
baccalaureate, or graduate school ad-
missions test; and 
‘‘(iii) 
the 
student 
is 
completing 
coursework and other requirements nec-
essary to begin a career in teaching, or 
plans to complete such coursework and re-
quirements prior to graduating; or 
‘‘(B) if the applicant is a current or pro-
spective teacher applying for a grant to obtain 
a graduate degree— 
‘‘(i) the applicant is a teacher or a re-
tiree from another occupation with exper-
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tise in a field in which there is a shortage 
of teachers, such as math, science, special 
education, English language acquisition, or 
another high-need subject; or 
‘‘(ii) the applicant is or was a teacher 
who is using high-quality alternative cer-
tification routes, such as Teach for Amer-
ica, to get certified. 
‘‘(3) DEMONSTRATION OF BONUS TEACH GRANT 
ELIGIBILITY.—Each application submitted under 
paragraph (1) for a Bonus TEACH Grant shall con-
tain such information as is necessary to demonstrate 
that the applicant is— 
‘‘(A) eligible for, and has applied for, a 
TEACH Grant; and 
‘‘(B) a student enrolled in a qualified 
teacher preparation program, as defined in sec-
tion 420N. 
‘‘(b) AGREEMENTS TO SERVE.—Each application 
under subsection (a) shall contain or be accompanied by 
an agreement by the applicant that— 
‘‘(1) the applicant will— 
‘‘(A) serve as a full-time teacher for a total 
of not less than 4 academic years within 8 
years after completing the course of study for 
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which the applicant received a TEACH Grant 
under this subpart; 
‘‘(B) teach in a school described in section 
465(a)(2)(A); 
‘‘(C) with respect to an applicant for— 
‘‘(i) TEACH Grants, teach in any of 
the following fields: mathematics, science, 
a foreign language, bilingual education, or 
special education, or as a reading spe-
cialist, or another field documented as 
high-need by the Federal Government, 
State government, or local education agen-
cy and approved by the Secretary; or 
‘‘(ii) TEACH Grants and Bonus 
TEACH 
Grants, 
teach 
mathematics, 
science, or a science-related field; 
‘‘(D) submit evidence of such employment 
in the form of a certification by the chief ad-
ministrative officer of the school upon comple-
tion of each year of such service; and 
‘‘(E) comply with the requirements for 
being a highly qualified teacher as defined in 
section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965; and 
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‘‘(2) in the event that the applicant is deter-
mined to have failed or refused to carry out such 
service obligation, the sum of the amounts of any 
TEACH Grants and Bonus TEACH Grants received 
by such applicant will be treated as a loan and col-
lected from the applicant in accordance with sub-
section (c) and the regulations thereunder. 
‘‘(c) REPAYMENT
FOR
FAILURE
TO
COMPLETE 
SERVICE.—In the event that any recipient of a grant 
under this subpart fails or refuses to comply with the serv-
ice obligation in the agreement under subsection (b), the 
sum of the amounts of any TEACH Grants and Bonus 
TEACH Grants received by such recipient shall be treated 
as a Direct Loan under part D of title IV, and shall be 
subject to repayment, together with interest thereon ac-
cruing after the period of service, in accordance with terms 
and conditions specified by the Secretary in regulations 
under this subpart. 
‘‘SEC. 420N. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘For the purposes of this subpart: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION.—The term ‘eligi-
ble institution’ means an institution of higher edu-
cation, as defined in section 102, that the Secretary 
determines— 
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‘‘(A) provides high quality teacher prepara-
tion and professional development services, in-
cluding extensive clinical experience as a part of 
pre-service preparation; 
‘‘(B) is financially sound; 
‘‘(C) provides pedagogical course work, or 
assistance in the provision of such coursework, 
including the monitoring of student perform-
ance, and formal instruction related to the the-
ory and practices of teaching; and 
‘‘(D) provides supervision and support 
services to teachers, or assistance in the provi-
sion of such services, including mentoring fo-
cused on developing effective teaching skills and 
strategies. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED TEACHER PREPARATION PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘qualified teacher preparation pro-
gram’ means a program for students and teachers 
described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 
420M(a)(2) (referred to jointly in this paragraph as 
‘teacher candidates’) that— 
‘‘(A) recruits and prepares teacher can-
didates who major in science, technology fields, 
special education, foreign language, engineer-
ing, or mathematics disciplines to become cer-
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tified as elementary and secondary teachers in 
those disciplines, special education teachers, or 
teachers of English Language Learners, with 
the goals of improving teacher knowledge and 
effectiveness and increasing elementary and sec-
ondary student academic achievement; 
‘‘(B) is implemented by an institution of 
higher education in partnership with high-need 
local educational agencies and schools; 
‘‘(C) offers a baccalaureate degree, post- 
baccalaureate teacher credential, or graduate 
degree with a concurrent teacher certification to 
teacher candidates; 
‘‘(D) is implemented in coordination with 
the faculty of the relevant departments of the 
institution of higher education; 
‘‘(E) utilizes experienced teachers who 
have a demonstrated record of success in teach-
ing underserved students to instruct teacher 
candidates in the disciplines described in sub-
paragraph (A); 
‘‘(F) provides teacher candidates with— 
‘‘(i) support services, including men-
toring by experienced teachers who have a 
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demonstrated record of success in teaching 
underserved students; 
‘‘(ii) exposure to, and field experience 
in, the classroom within the first year of 
entering the qualified teacher preparation 
program; and 
‘‘(iii) other related support practices 
while the teacher candidates are partici-
pating in the program, and after such can-
didates graduate from the institution of 
higher education and are employed as 
teachers; 
‘‘(G) participates in partnerships which in-
clude the institution of higher education and 
local educational agencies and charter districts 
to provide opportunities for teacher candidate 
field work; 
‘‘(H) focuses on increasing the number of 
teachers in the disciplines described in subpara-
graph (A); and 
‘‘(I) encourages individuals from underrep-
resented populations to enter into the teaching 
profession. 
‘‘(3) POST-BACCALAUREATE.—The term ‘post- 
baccalaureate’ means a program of instruction that 
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does not lead to a graduate degree, and that consists 
of courses required by a State in order for the stu-
dent to receive a professional certification or licens-
ing credential that is required for employment as a 
teacher in an elementary school or secondary school 
in that State, except that such term shall not in-
clude any program of instruction offered by an insti-
tution of higher education that offers a bacca-
laureate degree in education. 
‘‘SEC. 420O. PROGRAM PERIOD AND FUNDING. 
‘‘There shall be available to the Secretary to carry 
out this subpart, from funds not otherwise appropriated, 
such sums as may be necessary to provide TEACH Grants 
and Bonus TEACH Grants in accordance with this sub-
part to each eligible applicant.’’. 
PART B—CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE 
SEC. 311. CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE. 
Title II (20 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘PART C—CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE 
‘‘SEC. 231. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘As used in this part: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION.—The term ‘eligi-
ble institution’ means— 
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‘‘(A) an institution of higher education 
that has a teacher preparation program that 
meets the requirements of section 203(b)(2)and 
that is— 
‘‘(i) a part B institution (as defined in 
section 322); 
‘‘(ii) a Hispanic-serving institution (as 
defined in section 502); 
‘‘(iii) a Tribal College or University 
(as defined in section 316); 
‘‘(iv) an Alaska Native-serving institu-
tion (as defined in section 317(b)); or 
‘‘(v) a Native Hawaiian-serving insti-
tution (as defined in section 317(b)); 
‘‘(B) a consortium of institutions described 
in subparagraph (A); or 
‘‘(C) an institution described in subpara-
graph (A), or a consortium described in sub-
paragraph (B), in partnership with any other 
institution of higher education, but only if the 
center of excellence established under section 
232 is located at an institution described in 
subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(2) HIGHLY
QUALIFIED.—The term ‘highly 
qualified’ when used with respect to an individual 
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means that the individual is highly qualified as de-
termined under section 9101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801) 
or section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401). 
‘‘(3) SCIENTIFICALLY
BASED
READING
RE-
SEARCH.—The term ‘scientifically based reading re-
search’ has the meaning given such term in section 
1208 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6368). 
‘‘(4) SCIENTIFICALLY BASED RESEARCH.—The 
term ‘scientifically based research’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 9101 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801). 
‘‘SEC. 232. CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From the amounts 
appropriated to carry out this part, the Secretary is au-
thorized to award competitive grants to eligible institu-
tions to establish centers of excellence. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants provided by the Sec-
retary under this part shall be used to ensure that current 
and future teachers are highly qualified, by carrying out 
one or more of the following activities: 
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‘‘(1) Implementing reforms within teacher prep-
aration programs to ensure that such programs are 
preparing teachers who are highly qualified, are able 
to understand scientifically based research, and are 
able to use advanced technology effectively in the 
classroom, including use for instructional techniques 
to improve student academic achievement, by— 
‘‘(A) retraining faculty; and 
‘‘(B) designing (or redesigning) teacher 
preparation programs that— 
‘‘(i) prepare teachers to close student 
achievement gaps, are based on rigorous 
academic content, scientifically based re-
search (including scientifically based read-
ing research), and challenging State stu-
dent academic content standards; and 
‘‘(ii) promote strong teaching skills. 
‘‘(2) Providing sustained and high-quality 
preservice clinical experience, including the men-
toring of prospective teachers by exemplary teachers, 
substantially increasing interaction between faculty 
at institutions of higher education and new and ex-
perienced teachers, principals, and other administra-
tors at elementary schools or secondary schools, and 
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providing support, including preparation time, for 
such interaction. 
‘‘(3) Developing and implementing initiatives to 
promote retention of highly qualified teachers and 
principals, including minority teachers and prin-
cipals, including programs that provide— 
‘‘(A) teacher or principal mentoring from 
exemplary teachers or principals; or 
‘‘(B) induction and support for teachers 
and principals during their first 3 years of em-
ployment as teachers or principals, respectively. 
‘‘(4) Awarding scholarships based on financial 
need to help students pay the costs of tuition, room, 
board, and other expenses of completing a teacher 
preparation program. 
‘‘(5) Disseminating information on effective 
practices for teacher preparation and successful 
teacher certification and licensure assessment prepa-
ration strategies. 
‘‘(6) Activities authorized under sections 202, 
203, and 204. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—Any eligible institution desiring 
a grant under this section shall submit an application to 
the Secretary at such a time, in such a manner, and ac-
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companied by such information as the Secretary may re-
quire. 
‘‘(d) MINIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—The minimum 
amount of each grant under this part shall be $500,000. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 
An eligible institution that receives a grant under this part 
may not use more than 2 percent of the grant funds for 
purposes of administering the grant. 
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe 
such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this 
part. 
‘‘SEC. 233. APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There shall be available to the Secretary, from funds 
not otherwise appropriated, $50,000,000 for the period 
beginning with fiscal year 2008 and ending with fiscal 
year 2012, to carry out this part beginning with academic 
year 2008–2009, which shall remain available until ex-
pended. The authority to carry out this part shall expire 
at the end of fiscal year 2012.’’. 
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TITLE IV—LEVERAGING FUNDS 
TO INCREASE COLLEGE ACCESS 
PART 
A—STRENGTHENING 
HISTORICALLY 
BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND 
MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS 
SEC. 401. INVESTMENT IN HISTORICALLY BLACK COL-
LEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND MINORITY- 
SERVING INSTITUTION. 
Title IV is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new part: 
‘‘PART 
I—STRENGTHENING 
HISTORICALLY 
BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND 
OTHER MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS 
‘‘SEC. 499A. INVESTMENT IN HISTORICALLY BLACK COL-
LEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER MI-
NORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION. 
‘‘(a) ELIGIBLE
INSTITUTION.—An institution of 
higher education is eligible to receive funds from the 
amounts made available under this section if such institu-
tion is— 
‘‘(1) a part B institution (as defined in section 
322 (20 U.S.C. 1061)); 
‘‘(2) a Hispanic-serving institution (as defined 
in section 502 (20 U.S.C. 1101a)); 
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‘‘(3) a Tribal College or University (as defined 
in section 316 (20 U.S.C. 1059c)); 
‘‘(4) an Alaska Native-serving institution or a 
Native Hawaiian-serving institution (as defined in 
section 317(b) (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b))); 
‘‘(5) a Predominantly Black Institution (as de-
fined in subsection (c)); or 
‘‘(6) an Asian and Pacific Islander-serving in-
stitution (as defined in subsection (c)). 
‘‘(b) NEW INVESTMENT OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be available to 
the Secretary to carry out this section, from funds 
not otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012. The authority 
to carry out this section shall expire at the end of 
fiscal year 2012. 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION AND ALLOTMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made 
available under paragraph (1) for any fiscal 
year— 
‘‘(i) 40 percent shall be available for 
allocation under subparagraph (B); 
‘‘(ii) 40 percent shall be available for 
allocation under subparagraph (C); and 
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‘‘(iii) 20 percent shall be available for 
allocation under subparagraph (D). 
‘‘(B) HSI STEM AND ARTICULATION PRO-
GRAMS.—The amount made available for alloca-
tion under this subparagraph by subparagraph 
(A)(i) for any fiscal year shall be available for 
Hispanic-serving Institutions for activities de-
scribed in section 503, with a priority given to 
applications that propose— 
‘‘(i) to increase the number of His-
panic and other low income students at-
taining degrees in the fields of science, 
technology, engineering and mathematics; 
and 
‘‘(ii) to develop model transfer and ar-
ticulation agreements between 2-year His-
panic-serving institutions and 4-year insti-
tutions in such fields. 
‘‘(C) ALLOCATION AND ALLOTMENT HBCUS 
AND PBIS.—From the amount made available 
for allocation under this subparagraph by sub-
paragraph (A)(ii) for any fiscal year— 
‘‘(i) $34,000,000 shall be available to 
eligible institutions described in subsection 
(a)(1) and shall be made available as 
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grants under section 323 and allotted 
among such institutions under section 324, 
treating such amount, plus the amount ap-
propriated for such fiscal year in a regular 
or supplemental appropriation Act to carry 
out part B of title III, as the amount ap-
propriated to carry out part B of title III 
for purposes of allotments under section 
324, for use by such institutions with a 
priority for— 
‘‘(I) activities described in para-
graphs (1), (2), (4), (5), and (10) of 
section 323(a); and 
‘‘(II) other activities, consistent 
with the institution’s comprehensive 
plan and designed to increase the in-
stitution’s capacity to prepare stu-
dents for careers in the physical and 
natural sciences, mathematics, com-
puter science and information tech-
nology and sciences, engineering, lan-
guage instruction in the less-com-
monly taught languages and inter-
national affairs, and nursing and al-
lied health professions; and 
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‘‘(ii) $6,000,000 shall be available to 
eligible institutions described in subsection 
(a)(5) and shall be available for a competi-
tive grant program to award 10 grants of 
$600,000 annually for programs in the fol-
lowing areas: science, technology, engineer-
ing, or mathematics (STEM); health edu-
cation; 
internationalization 
or 
globalization; teacher preparation; or im-
proving educational outcomes of African 
American males. 
‘‘(D) ALLOCATION
AND
ALLOTMENT
TO 
OTHER
MINORITY-SERVING
INSTITUTIONS.— 
From the amount made available for allocation 
under this subparagraph by subparagraph 
(A)(iii) for any fiscal year (in this subpara-
graph referred to as the ‘allocable amount’)— 
‘‘(i) 60 percent of the allocable 
amount for such fiscal year shall be avail-
able to eligible institutions described in 
subsection (a)(3) and shall be made avail-
able as grants under section 316, treating 
such 60 percent of the allocable amount as 
part of the amount appropriated for such 
fiscal year in a regular or supplemental ap-
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propriation Act to carry out such section, 
and using such 60 percent for purposes de-
scribed in subsection (c) of such section; 
‘‘(ii) 30 percent of the allocable 
amount for such fiscal year shall be avail-
able to eligible institutions described in 
subsection (a)(4) and shall be made avail-
able as grants under section 317, treating 
such 30 percent of the allocable amount as 
part of the amount appropriated for such 
fiscal year in a regular or supplemental ap-
propriation Act to carry out such section 
and using such 60 percent for purposes de-
scribed in subsection (a) of such section; 
and 
‘‘(iii) 10 percent of the allocable 
amount for such fiscal year shall be avail-
able to eligible institutions described in 
subsection (a)(6) for activities described in 
section 311(c). 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) PREDOMINANTLY BLACK INSTITUTION.— 
The term ‘Predominantly Black institution’ means 
an institution of higher education that— 
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‘‘(A) has an enrollment of needy under-
graduate students as required and defined by 
paragraph (2); 
‘‘(B) has an average educational and gen-
eral expenditure which is low, per full-time 
equivalent undergraduate student in comparison 
with the average educational and general ex-
penditure 
per 
full-time 
equivalent 
under-
graduate student of institutions that offer simi-
lar instruction, except that the Secretary may 
apply the waiver requirements described in sec-
tion 392(b) to this subparagraph in the same 
manner as the Secretary applies the waiver re-
quirements to section 312(b)(1)(B); 
‘‘(C) has an enrollment of undergraduate 
students— 
‘‘(i) that is at least 40 percent Black 
American students; 
‘‘(ii) that is at least 1,000 under-
graduate students; 
‘‘(iii) of which not less than 50 per-
cent of the undergraduate students en-
rolled at the institution are low-income in-
dividuals or first-generation college stu-
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dents (as that term is defined in section 
402A(g)); and 
‘‘(iv) of which not less than 50 per-
cent of the undergraduate students are en-
rolled in an educational program leading to 
a bachelor’s or associate’s degree that the 
institution is licensed to award by the 
State in which it is located; 
‘‘(D) is legally authorized to provide, and 
provides within the State, an educational pro-
gram for which the institution of higher edu-
cation awards a bachelors degree, or in the case 
of a junior or community college, an associate’s 
degree; 
‘‘(E) is accredited by a nationally recog-
nized accrediting agency or association deter-
mined by the Secretary to be a reliable author-
ity as to the quality of training offered, or is, 
according to such an agency or association, 
making reasonable progress toward accredita-
tion; and 
‘‘(F) is not receiving assistance under part 
B of title III. 
‘‘(2) ENROLLMENT
OF
NEEDY
STUDENTS.— 
The term ‘enrollment of needy students’ means the 
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enrollment at an eligible institution with respect to 
which not less than 50 percent of the undergraduate 
students enrolled in an academic program leading to 
a degree— 
‘‘(A) in the second fiscal year preceding 
the fiscal year for which the determination is 
made, were Federal Pell Grant recipients for 
such year; 
‘‘(B) come from families that receive bene-
fits under a means-tested Federal benefits pro-
gram (as defined in paragraph (4)); 
‘‘(C) attended a public or nonprofit private 
secondary school— 
‘‘(i) that is in the school district of a 
local educational agency that was eligible 
for assistance under part A of title I of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 for any year during which the stu-
dent attended such secondary school; and 
‘‘(ii) which for the purpose of this 
paragraph and for that year was deter-
mined by the Secretary (pursuant to regu-
lations and after consultation with the 
State educational agency of the State in 
which the school is located) to be a school 
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in which the enrollment of children counted 
under section 1113(a)(5) of such Act ex-
ceeds 30 percent of the total enrollment of 
such school; or 
‘‘(D) are first-generation college students 
(as that term is defined in section 402A(g)), 
and a majority of such first-generation college 
students are low-income individuals. 
‘‘(3) LOW-INCOME
INDIVIDUAL.—The term 
‘low-income individual’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 402A(g). 
‘‘(4) MEANS-TESTED FEDERAL BENEFIT PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘means-tested Federal benefit pro-
gram’ means a program of the Federal Government, 
other than a program under title IV, in which eligi-
bility for the programs’ benefits, or the amount of 
such benefits, or both, are determined on the basis 
of income or resources of the individual or family 
seeking the benefit. 
‘‘(5) ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER- 
SERVING INSTITUTION.—The term ‘Asian American 
and Pacific Islander-serving institution’ means an 
institution of higher education that— 
‘‘(A) is an eligible institution under section 
312(b); and 
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‘‘(B) at the time of application, has an en-
rollment of undergraduate students that is at 
least 10 percent Asian American and Pacific Is-
lander students. 
‘‘(6) ASIAN
AMERICAN.—The term ‘Asian 
American’ has the meaning given the term ‘Asian’ in 
the Office of Management and Budget’s Standards 
for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal 
Data on Race and Ethnicity as published on October 
30, 1997 (62 Fed. Reg. 58789). 
‘‘(7) PACIFIC ISLANDER.—The term ‘Pacific Is-
lander’ has the meaning given the term ‘Native Ha-
waiian’ or ‘Other Pacific Islander’ in such Standards 
for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal 
Data on Race and Ethnicity. 
‘‘(d) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority 
to carry out this section expires at the end of fiscal year 
2012.’’. 
PART B—COLLEGE ACCESS CHALLENGE GRANTS 
SEC. 411. COLLEGE ACCESS CHALLENGE GRANTS. 
(a) CHALLENGE GRANT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.— 
(1) PROGRAM
ESTABLISHED.—The Secretary 
shall establish a program to award matching grants 
to increase the number of eligible students from un-
derserved populations who enter and complete col-
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lege by providing grants to philanthropic organiza-
tions who are members of eligible consortia to carry 
out the activities of the consortia to achieve this pur-
pose, including— 
(A) providing need-based grants to eligible 
students; 
(B) providing support to eligible students 
through school- or institution-based mentoring 
programs; and 
(C) conducting outreach programs to en-
courage eligible students to pursue higher edu-
cation. 
(2) GRANT
PERIOD; RENEWABILITY.—Grants 
under this section shall be awarded for one 5-year 
period, and may not be renewed. 
(3) GRANT AMOUNTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—A grant awarded under 
this part for a given fiscal year to a philan-
thropic organization shall be in an amount 
equal to the lesser of— 
(i) 200 percent of the amount of char-
itable gifts received in the preceding fiscal 
year by the eligible consortia, including 
charitable gifts received by the individual 
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members of the consortia with which the 
philanthropic organization is associated; or 
(ii) the maximum grant amount estab-
lished by the Secretary by regulation, pur-
suant to subsection (f). 
(B) GIFTS
PROVIDED
IN
CASH
OR
IN- 
KIND.—For the purposes of subparagraph (A), 
the charitable gifts received by an eligible con-
sortia and its members may be provided in cash 
or in-kind, including physical non-cash con-
tributions of monetary value such as property, 
facilities, and equipment, but excluding services. 
(b) USES OF GRANT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A philanthropic organization 
receiving a grant under this section shall— 
(A) provide grants to eligible students; and 
(B) distribute grants to members of the 
consortia with which the philanthropic organiza-
tion is affiliated, in accordance with the plan 
described in subsection (c)(2)(A), to fund the 
activities of such consortia in accordance with 
the application under subsection (c). 
(2) LIMITATION.—Not more than 15 percent of 
the funds made available annually through a grant 
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under this section may be used for administrative 
purposes. 
(c) APPLICATIONS.—A philanthropic organization de-
siring a grant under this section shall submit an applica-
tion to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may require. 
Such application shall include the following: 
(1) A description of an eligible consortia that 
meets the requirements of subsection (d), with which 
the philanthropic organization is affiliated, in ac-
cordance with subsection (g). 
(2) A detailed description of— 
(A) the philanthropic organization’s plans 
for distributing the matching grant funds 
among the members of the eligible consortia; 
and 
(B) the eligible consortia’s plans for using 
the matching grant funds, including how the 
funds will be used to provide financial aid, men-
toring, and outreach programs to eligible stu-
dents. 
(3) A plan to ensure the viability of the eligible 
consortia and the work of the consortia beyond the 
grant period. 
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(4) A detailed description of the activities that 
carry out this section that are conducted by the eli-
gible consortia at the time of the application, and 
how the matching grant funds will assist the eligible 
consortia with expanding and enhancing such activi-
ties. 
(5) A description of the organizational structure 
that will be used to administer the activities carried 
out under the plan, including a description of the 
system used to track the participation of students 
who receive grants to degree completion. 
(6) A description of the strategies that will be 
used to identify eligible students who are enrolled in 
secondary school and who may benefit from the ac-
tivities of the eligible consortia. 
(d) ELIGIBLE CONSORTIA.—An eligible consortia 
with which a philanthropic organization is affiliated for 
the program under this section shall— 
(1) be a partnership of mulitple entities that 
have agreed to work together to carry out this sec-
tion, including— 
(A) such philanthropic organization, which 
shall serve as the manager of the consortia; 
(B) a State that demonstrates a commit-
ment to ensuring the creation of a Statewide 
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system to address the issues of early interven-
tion and financial support for eligible students 
to enter and remain in college; and 
(C) at the discretion of the philanthropic 
organization described in subparagraph (A), ad-
ditional partners, including other non-profit or-
ganizations, government entities (including local 
municipalities, school districts, cities, and coun-
ties), institutions of higher education, and other 
public or private programs that provide men-
toring or outreach programs; and 
(2) conduct activities to assist eligible students 
with entering and remaining in college, which in-
clude— 
(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; 
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(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 
general knowledge about the efforts of the 
consortia. 
(e) 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 re-
ceive in a fiscal year for the philanthropic organiza-
tion affiliated with such consortia to be eligible for 
a grant under this section. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
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(1) ELIGIBLE
STUDENT.—The term ‘‘eligible 
student’’ means an individual who— 
(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 Edu-
cation Act of 1965) or a comparable 
alternative based upon the State’s ap-
proved criteria in section 415C(b)(4) 
of such Act. 
(II) Has qualified for a free 
lunch, or at the State’s discretion a 
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reduced price lunch, under the school 
lunch program established under the 
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, in-
stitutional, or community mentoring 
or outreach program, as recognized by 
the eligible consortia carrying out ac-
tivities 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 institution of higher education; 
(C) that has a demonstrated record of dis-
persing grant aid to underserved populations to 
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ensure access to, and participation in, higher 
education; 
(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 
provide financial aid and support services to 
students from underrepresented populations to 
increase 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 Columbia, and Puerto Rico. 
(4) UNDERSERVED
POPULATION.—The term 
‘‘underserved population’’ means a group of individ-
uals who traditionally have not been well represented 
in the general population of students who pursue 
and successfully complete a higher education degree. 
(g) 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 fiscal year 2012. 
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(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 
make such grants, then all of the excess funds shall 
remain 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. 
(h) 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 sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) ABSOLUTE PRIORITY PROHIBITED IN UPWARD 
BOUND PROGRAM.—Except as otherwise expressly pro-
vided by amendment to this section, the Secretary shall 
not implement or enforce, and shall rescind, the absolute 
priority for Upward Bound Program participant selection 
and evaluation published by the Department of Education 
in the Federal Register on September 22, 2006 (71 Fed. 
Reg. 55447 et seq.).’’. 
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(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.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION
AND
APPROPRIATION.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated, and there 
are appropriated to the Secretary, from funds not 
otherwise appropriated, $57,000,000 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 
administration costs for the Upward Bound pro-
gram. 
‘‘(2) USE
OF
FUNDS.—The amounts made 
available by paragraph (1) shall be available to pro-
vide assistance to all Upward Bound projects that 
did not receive assistance in fiscal year 2007 and 
that have a grant score above 70. Such assistance 
shall be made available in the form of 4-year 
grants.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 11, 2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 269 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2669 
AN ACT 
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 
601 of the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2008. 
JULY 16, 2007 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
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