(ii) A strategy for adopting a diverse 
portfolio of promising and evidence-based 
practices. 
(iii) Annual benchmarks for student 
outcomes. 
(iv) Information about the evaluation 
of interventions proposed to be funded by 
the grant. 
(v) A description of the State’s plan 
for an equity audit of higher education fi-
nancing. 
(vi) Rates of enrolled students who re-
ceived a Federal Pell Grant under subpart 
1 of part A of title IV of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a et 
seq.). 
(vii) Demographics of enrolled stu-
dents, including students from low-income 
backgrounds, historically underrepresented 
students, first-generation college enrollees, 
parenting students, students with disabil-
ities, and student veterans. 
(B) A plan to increase student attainment 
and completion rates or graduation rates of all 
students enrolled at public institutions of higher 
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education in the State, with a particular focus 
on students from students from low-income 
backgrounds, historically underrepresented stu-
dents, first-generation college enrollees, par-
enting students, students with disabilities, and 
student veterans through student support serv-
ices, cross-agency engagement, and collabora-
tion among 2-year programs, 4-year programs, 
and workforce systems. 
(e) INSTITUTIONAL PARTICIPATION.— 
(1) ELIGIBILITY.—A public institution of high-
er education that desires to receive assistance under 
a grant made under this section shall submit to the 
State in which the institution is located a notifica-
tion that the institution desires to opt into participa-
tion under this section. 
(2) DEVELOPMENT
OF
STRATEGIC
PLAN.—A 
State that desires to receive a grant under this sec-
tion shall solicit input from public institutions of 
higher education in the State in the development of 
the State strategic plan. 
(3) INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT.—A State that re-
ceives a grant under this section shall not limit stu-
dent support services to students enrolled at public 
institutions of higher education in the State that 
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participated in the development of the State stra-
tegic plan, but shall provide student support services 
to students enrolled in participating public institu-
tions of higher education in the State. 
(f) USE OF FUNDS.—A State that receives a grant 
under this section shall distribute funds to participating 
institutions of higher education in the State for evidence- 
based and promising practices in improving retention and 
completion rates, including the following: 
(1) Student support services to support reten-
tion, completion, and success, including— 
(A) faculty and peer counseling; 
(B) use of real-time data on student 
progress; and 
(C) incentives for students to stay on 
track. 
(2) Direct student support services, including— 
(A) transportation accessibility; 
(B) room and board or assistance to ad-
dress housing instability; 
(C) addressing food instability; 
(D) remedial education; 
(E) tutoring, academic supports, and en-
richment services; and 
(F) emergency financial assistance. 
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(3) Access to health care and mental health 
services on or near campus. 
(4) Support helping students enroll in public 
benefits. 
(5) Issues with respect to dependents of stu-
dents, including— 
(A) high-quality daycare and prekinder-
garten access during traditional school hours; 
(B) childcare access during non-traditional 
hours; and 
(C) prenatal and early childhood education 
classes. 
(6) Development of soft skills. 
(7) Career coaching, career counseling and 
planning services, and efforts to lower student to ad-
visor ratios, including— 
(A) networking and work-based learning 
opportunities to support the development of 
skills and relationships; and 
(B) boosting experiences necessary to ob-
tain and succeed in high-quality jobs. 
(8) Reforms to developmental education, includ-
ing— 
(A) utilizing career pathways; and 
(B) improving transfer student success. 
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(9) Efforts to recruit, retain, and develop di-
verse faculty and other instructional staff. 
(g) EVALUATION AND REPORTING.— 
(1) DESIGNATION OF INDEPENDENT AGENCY.— 
The State department with jurisdiction over higher 
education in each State that receives a grant under 
this section shall designate an independent agency to 
compile and evaluate data linked to institutional pro-
grams and student outcomes funded with grant 
funds. 
(2) COMPILATION
OF
INFORMATION.—Each 
independent agency designated under paragraph (1) 
shall compile longitudinal data tracking student par-
ticipant outcomes, including the following: 
(A) Graduation rates, disaggregated by age 
(25 years of age and younger, and older than 
25 years of age), gender, income, race and eth-
nicity, and first-generation college status— 
(i) at 100 percent of the normal time 
for graduation; 
(ii) at 150 percent of the normal time 
for graduation; and 
(iii) at 200 percent of the normal time 
for graduation. 
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(B) Transfer out rates, disaggregated by 
age (25 years of age and younger, and older 
than 25 years of age), gender, income, race and 
ethnicity, and first-generation college status. 
(C) Withdrawal rates, including rates of 
students who withdraw to seek employment in 
a related field of study. 
(D) The percentage of students who con-
tinue enrollment at the institution after the 
first year of enrollment. 
(E) The median time to degree completion. 
(F) Career outcomes and employment 
data, which may include earnings, within 1 year 
of completion, within 3 years of completion, and 
within 5 years of completion. 
(G) Career outcomes and employment data 
for student participants who did not complete 
the program in which the student was enrolled 
within 1 year of leaving the program, within 3 
years of leaving the program, and within 5 
years of leaving the program. 
(3) TECHNIQUES.—Each independent agency 
designated under paragraph (1) shall evaluate the 
academic outcomes using quasi-experimental tech-
niques. 
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support for higher education for the 3 fiscal years 
preceding such fiscal year. 
(2) WAIVERS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
grant a waiver to a State from the requirement 
under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year if the 
State demonstrates that— 
(i) the net State operating support for 
higher education for such fiscal year as a 
percentage of total revenue available to the 
State that will fund higher education for 
such fiscal year is not less than such per-
centage for the previous fiscal year; and 
(ii) unexpected or uncontrollable cir-
cumstances prevent the State from main-
taining such State support. 
(B) NO REDUCTION FOR SUBSEQUENT FIS-
CAL YEAR.—If the Secretary grants a State a 
waiver under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal 
year, a determination of the required level of 
net State operating support for higher edu-
cation for subsequent fiscal years shall exclude 
the fiscal year for which the waiver was grant-
ed. 
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(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$62,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2023 
through 2032. 
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