‘‘(A) a description of how they will work 
together to effectively provide support and tech-
nical assistance to participating schools includ-
ing providing materials, planning support, and 
on-site assistance during the planning and im-
plementation phases; and 
‘‘(B) a budget detailing the costs associ-
ated with the technical assistance specified in 
subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(14) An agreement to participate in the Fed-
eral evaluation of the impact and effectiveness of ex-
panded learning time as it relates to this grant pro-
gram including, but not limited to, the reporting of 
data as requested by the Secretary. 
‘‘(e) PRIORITY.—In awarding subgrants under this 
subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to applica-
tions— 
‘‘(1) submitted by eligible entities that have 
more than 25 percent of students eligible for the 
Federal free or reduced-price meals program; 
‘‘(2) proposing to target high-need schools— 
‘‘(A) with 50 percent or more students eli-
gible for the Federal free or reduced-price 
meals program; 
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‘‘(B) that are identified as being in need of 
improvement, corrective action, or restructuring 
as defined in section 1116; or 
‘‘(C) that are eligible to receive assistance 
under part A; 
‘‘(3) submitted by eligible entities that, at the 
time of application, are using, or have plans to use 
during the implementation of expanded learning 
time, formative assessments to assess growth in stu-
dent learning during a school year and from year to 
year; 
‘‘(4) that have the greatest potential for dis-
trict-wide impact; and 
‘‘(5) that have plans to incorporate community- 
based organizations and partners including after- 
school program providers into the planning and im-
plementation of the expanded learning time redesign. 
‘‘(f) TIMEFRAME.—Each eligible entity that applies 
for an expanded learning time and school redesign plan-
ning grant may submit a plan that consists of no more 
than two cohorts of schools to complete expanded learning 
time and school redesign implementation plans pursuant 
to section 1945(B). 
‘‘(g) BROAD GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—The Sec-
retary shall ensure that grants awarded under this part 
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are distributed among diverse geographical regions, in-
cluding rural, suburban, and urban areas. 
‘‘(h) DURATION OF GRANTS.—Each expanded learn-
ing time and school redesign planning grant awarded 
under this part shall be for a period of not more than 
2 years. 
‘‘(i) GRANT AMOUNT.—Grants awarded pursuant to 
this section may be for not less than $20,000 and for not 
more than $70,000 per fiscal year to each participating 
eligible entity. 
‘‘(j) LOCAL ADMINISTRATION.—An eligible entity 
that receives a subgrant under this subsection may use 
not more than 5 percent of the funds provided under the 
subgrant for administration. 
‘‘SEC. 
1944. 
STATE 
EXPANDED 
LEARNING 
TIME 
AND 
SCHOOL REDESIGN INITIATIVE GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From amounts appro-
priated under this Act, the Secretary shall award grants, 
on a competitive basis, to State education agencies for the 
purpose of creating State expanded learning time and 
school redesign initiatives that will enable local education 
agencies within a participating State to expand learning 
time to improve student achievement and engagement in 
a subset of schools served by such local education agency. 
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‘‘(b) SUBGRANTS AUTHORIZED.—A State education 
agency that receives a grant under section 1944 shall 
award subgrants, on a competitive basis, to local education 
agencies for the purpose of planning and implementing ex-
panded learning time and school redesign efforts. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—A State education agency that 
desires to receive a grant under section 1944 shall submit 
an application to the Secretary at such time and in such 
form as the Secretary may require. The application shall 
contain the information described in subsection (d). 
‘‘(d) CONTENTS.—An application under this section 
shall contain the following: 
‘‘(1) A provision for awarding expanded learn-
ing time and school redesign planning subgrants and 
expanded learning time and school redesign imple-
mentation subgrants, subject to the following: 
‘‘(A) Expanded learning time and school 
redesign planning grants shall be awarded on a 
competitive basis to local education agencies to 
develop expanded learning time implementation 
plans pursuant to guidelines set forth by the 
State education agency and in accordance with 
the requirements of subsection 1943(d). 
‘‘(B) Expanded Learning Time and School 
Redesign 
Implementation 
grants 
shall 
be 
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awarded as specified in section 1945, on a com-
petitive basis, to those local education agencies 
that have completed qualifying implementation 
plans as specified by the State education agency 
and by section 1945, in order to implement 
such plans fully. 
‘‘(2) The process and selection criteria the 
State education agency will use to select local edu-
cation agencies for planning subgrants including, 
but not limited to, how the State education agency 
will assess the local education agency’s and school’s 
leadership capacity and its ability to successfully im-
plement a complex school improvement initiative, 
and the use of data to effectively align curriculum, 
instruction, and assessment. 
‘‘(3) A description of how the State education 
agency will encourage participating schools and local 
education agencies to expand learning time to spur 
innovation, redesign and improve their educational 
program, improve instruction and teacher collabora-
tion, and improve the academic achievement of all 
students in participating schools. 
‘‘(4) The requirement for each participating 
school within a participating local education agency 
to add no less than the equivalent of two hours per 
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day (360 hours total) to the school schedule that is 
standard for the participating local education agency 
and that the additional time may be added in the 
form of additional days or longer days or a combina-
tion of longer days and additional days. 
‘‘(5) The requirement that participating schools 
expand learning time for all students attending any 
participating school and be in the form of longer 
school days, additional school days or a combination 
thereof. 
‘‘(6) A description of how expanded learning 
time will support the State intervention strategy for 
schools identified as being in need of improvement, 
corrective action, or restructuring. 
‘‘(7) A description of the process for dissemi-
nating materials, information and lessons learned 
about how to effectively expand learning time to 
other schools and local education agencies within the 
State. 
‘‘(8) A description of how the State education 
agency shall support the planning and implementa-
tion phases of any participating schools and local 
education agencies by providing technical assistance 
during the planning and implementation phases in-
cluding, but not limited to, the creation of a partner-
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ship between the eligible entity and one or more ex-
ternal organizations that have a successful track 
record of helping schools comprehensively redesign 
their educational program to better meet student 
needs, and have the capacity to deliver high quality 
materials, professional planning, and on-site assist-
ance during the planning and implementation 
phases. 
‘‘(9) An assurance that the State education 
agency, and any local education agencies receiving a 
subgrant from that State education agency under 
section 1944, will, if requested, participate in the 
national activities as specified in section 1946. 
‘‘(10) Any other information that the Secretary 
may reasonably require. 
‘‘(e) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sub-
section, the Secretary shall give priority to applications— 
‘‘(1) submitted by States that target local edu-
cation agencies that have more than 25 percent of 
students eligible for the Federal free or reduced- 
price meals program; 
‘‘(2) proposing to target high-need schools— 
‘‘(A) with 50 percent or more students eli-
gible for the Federal free or reduced-price 
meals program; 
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‘‘(B) that are identified as being in need of 
improvement, corrective action, or restructuring 
as defined in section 1116 of title I; or 
‘‘(C) that are eligible to receive assistance 
under part A of title I; 
‘‘(3) submitted by State education agencies 
that, at the time of application, are using, or have 
plans to use during the implementation of expanded 
learning time, formative assessments to assess 
growth in student learning during a school year and 
from year to year; 
‘‘(4) submitted by State education agencies that 
demonstrate a higher correlation between student re-
sults on NAEP and the student results on that 
State administered achievement test; 
‘‘(5) that support school partnerships with com-
munity-based organizations, school partners, institu-
tions of higher education, and after-school providers 
as part of the expanded learning time initiative; and 
‘‘(6) that have the greatest potential for State-
wide impact. 
‘‘(f) TIMEFRAME.—Each State education agency that 
applies for an expanded learning time and school redesign 
grant must submit a plan for not more than two cohorts 
of local education agencies that complete expanded learn-
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ing time and school redesign implementation plans pursu-
ant to section 1945. 
‘‘(g) BROAD DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that grants awarded under this part are distributed 
among diverse geographical regions and to a diverse range 
of States of different sizes and populations. 
‘‘(h) DURATION OF GRANTS.—Each State expanded 
learning time and school redesign initiative grant awarded 
under this part shall be for a period of five years and be 
eligible for renewal for a period of not more than five 
years; 
‘‘(i) STATE USES OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State education agency 
that receives a grant under this section may expend 
not more than a total of 10 percent of the grant 
funds to carry out the activities described in para-
graphs (2) and (3). 
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR LOCAL EDU-
CATION
AGENCIES
AND
SCHOOLS.—A State edu-
cation agency may expend not more than 70 percent 
of the amount of the funds made available under 
paragraph (1) for one or more of the following for 
assisting local education agencies in accomplishing 
the tasks required to design and implement a pro-
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gram under this part, which shall include, but not 
be limited to— 
‘‘(A) the facilitation of planning and devel-
opment processes; 
‘‘(B) the identification and utilization of el-
igible external organizations to help provide 
technical assistance to participating local edu-
cation agencies and schools; 
‘‘(C) disseminating research, information, 
and guidance on best practices including, but 
not limited to, instruction, budgeting, labor 
agreements, staffing, and communications; and 
‘‘(D) providing coaching, professional de-
velopment, technical assistance, and training re-
lated to the development and implementation of 
an expanded learning time plan. 
‘‘(3) PLANNING, ADMINISTRATION, AND
RE-
PORTING.—A State education agency may expend 
not more than 30 percent of the amount of the 
funds made available under paragraph (1) for one or 
more of the following: 
‘‘(A) PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION.—A 
State education agency that receives a grant 
under this section may expend funds made 
available under subparagraph (A) for planning 
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and administration relating to the State uses of 
funds authorized under this part, including the 
following: 
‘‘(i) Administering the review, ap-
proval and distribution of competitive sub-
grants to eligible local education agencies 
under subsection (c). 
‘‘(ii) Assessing and evaluating, on a 
regular basis, eligible local education agen-
cy activities assisted under this part. 
‘‘(B) ANNUAL REPORTING.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A State education 
agency that receives a grant under this 
section shall expend funds made available 
under subparagraph (A) to provide the 
Secretary annually with a report on the 
implementation of this part. 
‘‘(ii) INFORMATION INCLUDED.—Each 
report under this subparagraph shall in-
clude information on the following: 
‘‘(I) A review of the progress 
being made on implementation by 
each local education agency with an 
approved implementation plan. 
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‘‘(II) Attendance data for each 
participating school. 
‘‘(III) Retention, mobility and 
transfer rates into and out of each 
participating school. 
‘‘(IV) 
Formative 
achievement 
data collected at regular intervals dur-
ing each school year for each partici-
pating school. 
‘‘(V) 
Summative 
achievement 
data 
including 
standardized 
test 
scores for each participating school. 
‘‘(iii) PRIVACY PROTECTION.—Data in 
the report shall be reported in a manner 
that protects the privacy of individuals. 
‘‘(j) REVIEW.— 
‘‘(1) PROGRESS REPORT.— 
‘‘(A) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 60 
days after the termination of the second year of 
the grant period and for each successive year 
after that until the termination of this grant, 
each State education agency receiving a grant 
under this section shall submit a progress re-
port to the Secretary in such manner as the 
Secretary may require. 
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‘‘(B) 
INFORMATION
INCLUDED.—The 
progress report shall include information on the 
progress the State education agency and local 
education agencies within the State are making 
in implementing expanded learning time initia-
tives and the impact such initiatives have had 
on improving academic achievement, and any 
additional information and data as the Sec-
retary may require. 
‘‘(2) 
CONSEQUENCES
OF
INSUFFICIENT 
PROGRESS.—After submission of the progress report 
described in paragraph (1), if the Secretary deter-
mines that the State education agency is not making 
significant progress in meeting the purposes of this 
part, the Secretary may withhold from the State 
education agency, in whole or in part, further pay-
ments under this section in accordance with section 
455 of the General Education Provisions Act or take 
such other action authorized by law as the Secretary 
determines necessary, including providing technical 
assistance upon request of the State education agen-
cy. 
‘‘(k) FUNDS NOT USED FOR STATE LEVEL ACTIVI-
TIES.—Any portion of funds that a State education agency 
does not expend in accordance with subsection (i) of this 
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section shall be expended for the purpose of making sub-
grants in accordance with subsection (d) of this section. 
‘‘SEC. 1945. EXPANDED LEARNING TIME AND SCHOOL RE-
DESIGN IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary or a par-
ticipating State education agency shall award expanded 
learning time implementation grants on a competitive 
basis to qualifying eligible entities that have submitted a 
qualifying implementation plan pursuant to paragraph (b) 
of this section. To be eligible for an implementation grant, 
an eligible entity must submit a qualifying implementation 
plan for review in such time and containing such informa-
tion as the Secretary or State education agency may re-
quire and shall include, but not be limited to, the informa-
tion specified in subparagraph (b) of this subsection. 
‘‘(b) CONTENT.— 
‘‘(1) A qualifying expanded learning time and 
school redesign implementation plan shall contain 
such information as the Secretary may require in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) the addition of not less than 360 
hours to the schedule of any participating 
school and that the additional time be in the 
form of longer school days, additional school 
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days or a combination of longer days and more 
days; 
‘‘(B) the requirement for participating 
schools to expand time for all students attend-
ing the participating school; 
‘‘(C) an increase in instructional time on 
core academics and enrichment, and more time 
for teacher planning and professional planning; 
‘‘(D) a comprehensive restructuring of the 
entire school day and/or year to maximize the 
use of the additional learning time and improve 
student achievement; 
‘‘(E) documentation of leadership capacity 
to implement the complex process required to 
expand learning time and redesign the school 
program as well as a track record of instituting 
complex school improvement processes; 
‘‘(F) an assurance that core academic sub-
jects shall be taught by qualified, certified 
teachers while other enrichment programs may 
be taught by certified teachers or other quali-
fied personnel; 
‘‘(G) evidence of an agreement between the 
governing body of a participating local edu-
cation agency and employees, including teach-
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ers, or their legal representatives, at partici-
pating schools to work the expanded schedule; 
‘‘(H) an audit of how time is currently 
used in the participating school’s existing 
schedule prior to implementation of expanded 
learning time; 
‘‘(I) an agreement with an external organi-
zation that will provide high quality technical 
support and assistance during the implementa-
tion phases, provided that said external organi-
zation has a demonstrated capacity to deliver 
high quality materials, professional planning, 
and on-site assistance to schools and local edu-
cation agencies; 
‘‘(J) a description of how the local edu-
cation agency or participating schools will uti-
lize partnerships with external organizations 
that have a demonstrated capacity for imple-
menting high quality programs for public school 
students in the planning and implementation of 
the expanded learning time programs including 
organizations such as institutions of higher edu-
cation, community-based organizations, health 
and mental health agencies, cultural organiza-
tions, and after-school program providers; and 
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‘‘(K) include a comprehensive budget suffi-
cient to fund the approved plan that includes 
funding allocated from this grant that is not 
more than the amount equal to the number of 
students attending the participating schools 
multiplied by the defined per pupil amount. 
Said budget shall include not less than 5 per-
cent of total cost of implementing expanded 
learning time from sources other than those al-
located as part of this Act. The match may in-
clude, but need not be limited to, funds from 
other Federal, State, local, or private sources, 
to assist with implementation of the expanded 
learning time program. 
‘‘(c) REVIEW OF EXPANDED LEARNING TIME AND 
SCHOOL REDESIGN PLANNING GRANT APPLICATIONS.— 
Upon receiving qualifying expanded learning time and 
school redesign implementation plans, the Secretary or 
State education agency shall review all implementation 
plans and award expanded learning time and school rede-
sign implementation grants to the most qualified applica-
tions pursuant to subsection (d) of this section. 
‘‘(d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sub-
section, the Secretary or State education agency shall give 
priority to applications— 
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‘‘(1) submitted by eligible entities that have 
more than 25 percent of students eligible for the 
Federal free or reduced-price meals program; 
‘‘(2) proposing to target high-need schools— 
‘‘(A) with 50 percent or more students eli-
gible for the Federal free or reduced-price 
meals program; 
‘‘(B) that are identified as being in need of 
improvement, corrective action, or restructuring 
as defined in section 1116 of title I; or 
‘‘(C) that are eligible to receive assistance 
under part A of title I; 
‘‘(3) submitted by eligible entities that, at the 
time of application, are using, or have plans to use 
during the implementation of expanded learning 
time, formative assessments to assess growth in stu-
dent learning during a school year and from year to 
year; 
‘‘(4) that have the greatest potential for dis-
trict-wide impact; and 
‘‘(5) that support school partnerships with com-
munity-based organizations, school partners, institu-
tions of higher education, and after-school providers 
into as part of the expanded learning time initiative. 
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‘‘(e) DURATION OF GRANTS.—Each expanded learn-
ing time and school redesign implementation grant award-
ed under this part shall be for a period of not less than 
5 years and shall be renewable for a period of up to 5 
years. 
‘‘(f) 
GRANT
AMOUNT.—Implementation 
grants 
awarded to eligible entities pursuant to this section shall 
be for the amount calculated by multiplying the defined 
per pupil allotment by the number of students partici-
pating as specified in the approved implementation plan 
as submitted by the qualifying eligible entity. 
‘‘(g) LOCAL ADMINISTRATION.—An eligible local edu-
cation agency that receives a subgrant under this sub-
section may use not more than 7.5 percent of the funds 
provided under the subgrant for administration, review, 
assessment, and reporting as described in the approved 
planning grant application and as required by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘SEC. 1946. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘From funds reserved under section 1942(b)(1)(C), 
the Secretary shall authorize not less than $4,500,000 in 
each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2008 and end-
ing in fiscal year 2012 for external evaluation pursuant 
to section 1947 and the national technical assistance ac-
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tivities and information dissemination pursuant to section 
1948— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary shall carry out the external 
evaluation as described in section 1947 and expend 
not less than 50 percent of the funds authorized in 
this section to carry out the evaluation activities 
pursuant to section 1947; and 
‘‘(2) the Secretary shall expend not more than 
50 percent of the funds authorized in this section for 
national technical assistance activities and informa-
tion dissemination pursuant to section 1948. 
‘‘SEC. 1947. EXTERNAL EVALUATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From funds reserved under sec-
tion 1942(b)(1)(C), the Secretary shall contract with an 
independent organization outside of the Department for 
a 5-year, rigorous, scientifically valid evaluation of impact 
and implementation of the planning and implementation 
grants. 
‘‘(b) PROCESS.—The evaluation under subsection (a) 
shall be conducted by an organization that is capable of 
designing and carrying out an independent evaluation that 
identifies the effects of specific activities carried out by 
eligible entities and local education agencies under this 
part on student achievement and engagement. Such eval-
uation shall also be designed to analyze the relationship 
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between the implementation process and changes observed 
in student performance and other outcomes and take into 
account factors influencing student performance that are 
not controlled by teachers or education administrators. 
‘‘(c) ANALYSIS.—The evaluation authorized under 
subsection (a) shall include— 
‘‘(1) a summative analysis to assess outcomes, 
particularly in student performance, over the short 
and long term for an analysis of expanded learning 
time schools and their impact on various stake-
holders over a five year period and shall include— 
‘‘(A) a quantitative analysis of all ex-
panded learning time schools; 
‘‘(B) an in-depth analysis of a sub-sample 
of expanded learning time schools, that in-
cludes, but is not limited to, trends in test 
scores, changes in educational practices, satis-
faction of different constituencies, teacher re-
tention, school choice, impact on key indicators 
of student success including, but not limited to 
engagement in learning, social competencies, 
collaboration skills and other 21st century 
skills, retention, and disciplinary action; and 
‘‘(C) an analysis of how variation in cer-
tain factors including, but not limited to, school 
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design, instructional practices, and existing con-
ditions influence outcomes; 
‘‘(2) a formative analysis to gain understanding 
about the conditions and activities that impacted the 
planning and implementation of expanded learning 
time initiatives, including but not limited to— 
‘‘(A) teaching and leadership practices; 
‘‘(B) student and teacher schedules; 
‘‘(C) the added costs of operating an ELT 
school and where these added costs reside in 
the budget, and whether the schools needed to 
seek revenues beyond those provided by the 
State and/or local district; 
‘‘(D) changes to teacher, custodial and 
other contracts to accommodate the longer 
hours; 
‘‘(E) the meaningful similarities and dif-
ferences in the ways in which individual schools 
implemented a longer day and/or year; 
‘‘(F) how the additional time is used for 
enhancing teaching and learning, as stated by 
administrators, teachers, parents and students; 
and 
‘‘(G) how partners are integrated into the 
school day. 
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‘‘(3) any other analysis or measurement perti-
nent to this part that is determined to be appro-
priate by the Secretary. 
‘‘(d) PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT.—The findings of the 
evaluation conducted under this section shall be provided 
to eligible entities and local education agencies on a peri-
odic basis for use in program improvement. 
‘‘SEC. 1948. INFORMATION DISSEMINATION AND TECH-
NICAL ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From funds reserved under sec-
tion 1942(b)(1)(C), the Secretary shall contract with an 
independent organization outside of the Department to 
provide technical assistance to State education agencies 
and local education agencies. Such an organization shall, 
in partnership with the Secretary— 
‘‘(1) assist State education agencies with the 
planning of expanded learning time initiatives in-
cluding, but not limited to, the dissemination of in-
formation and research on existing State and local 
expanded learning time efforts; 
‘‘(2) convene participating State and local edu-
cation agencies and relevant State technical assist-
ance partners through the use of regional and na-
tional networks to train and educate them on best 
practices for expanding learning time in the areas of 
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