this subpart that a local educational agency which has en-
tered into an agreement described in subsection (a) has 
failed to comply with such agreement, the Secretary deter-
mines that the local educational agency failed to comply 
with such agreement, then the Secretary shall ensure that 
no turnaround leaders or turnaround mentors from such 
local educational agency shall be selected for participation 
in the leadership training programs under this subpart 
after the date of such determination. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—Each turnaround leader, turn-
around mentor, and local educational agency desiring to 
participate in the programs and activities assisted under 
this subpart shall submit an application to the appropriate 
eligible entity or qualified partnership at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as the eligi-
ble entity or qualified partnership, respectively, may re-
quire. 
‘‘SEC. 2165. RESEARCH, EVALUATION, DISSEMINATION, AND 
REPORTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made available 
for this subpart, the Director of the Institute of Education 
Sciences shall support, directly or through grants or con-
tracts, research on identifying the skills and conditions 
necessary for principals and other school leaders to im-
prove turnaround schools and evaluations of the programs 
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and activities funded by grants under sections 2162 and 
2163, including studies and evaluations that— 
‘‘(1) assess the effectiveness of the programs 
and activities carried out by each eligible entity and 
qualified partnership receiving a grant under section 
2162 or 2163 in— 
‘‘(A) providing professional development 
for turnaround leaders that supports— 
‘‘(i) the core attributes of a learning 
community, 
as 
described 
in 
section 
2161(3)(B); and 
‘‘(ii) effective school leadership to im-
prove student and school performance; 
‘‘(B) creating the conditions and factors 
that positively impact a school culture and lead 
to improved student academic performance; and 
‘‘(C) sustaining school-based reforms fo-
cused on learner-centered models and a cycle of 
continuous improvement; 
‘‘(2) assess how the programs and activities 
carried out by each such eligible entity or qualified 
partnership can be replicated to meet the unique 
needs of schools; and 
‘‘(3) assess how such programs and activities 
improve turnaround schools. 
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‘‘(b) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary shall, based on 
the results of the studies and evaluations completed under 
subsection (a), disseminate information and analysis to 
the public, including information regarding the best prac-
tices in professional development to support principals and 
other school leaders. 
‘‘(c) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE SECRETARY.— 
Each eligible entity and qualified partnership that 
receives a grant under this subpart shall submit an 
annual report to the Secretary at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require. The report, at minimum, shall 
include— 
‘‘(A) data on the number and characteris-
tics of individuals who have received training or 
other support under the grant; 
‘‘(B) data on the schools led by such indi-
viduals, including— 
‘‘(i) characteristics of the schools and 
the students the schools serve, including 
the number and percentage of students in 
each of the subgroups listed in section 
1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II); 
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‘‘(ii) student academic achievement 
growth and other evidence of student aca-
demic success, disaggregated, where pos-
sible, by the subgroups listed in section 
1111(b)(2)(C)(v); 
‘‘(iii) student attendance; 
‘‘(iv) student secondary school grad-
uation and college-going rates, if applica-
ble; 
‘‘(v) Advanced Placement and Inter-
national Baccalaureate enrollment rates 
and test scores, if applicable; and 
‘‘(vi) recruitment, development, and 
retention of teachers who are determined 
to be effective based on multiple measures; 
and 
‘‘(C) evidence that turnaround schools led 
by individuals described in subparagraph (A) 
have improved in areas in which those individ-
uals received training or other support under 
the grant. 
‘‘(2) PERMISSIBLE.—An eligible entity or quali-
fied partnership that receives a grant under this 
subpart may include in the annual report under 
paragraph (1) other evidence of progress in schools 
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led by principals trained by the eligible entity or 
qualified partnership, respectively. 
‘‘SEC. 2166. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
‘‘(a) APPLICABILITY.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the provisions of subparts 1 through 5 
shall not apply to grants under this subpart. 
‘‘(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The rule of con-
struction described in section 1116(d) shall apply to this 
subpart in the same manner as such rule applies to section 
1116.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
2103 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6603) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subpart 5’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subparts 5 and 6’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) PRINCIPAL AND SCHOOL LEADERSHIP.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out subpart 6 
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2012 and 
each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The table of con-
tents in section 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 2151 the following: 
‘‘SUBPART 6—PRINCIPAL AND SCHOOL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT 
‘‘Sec. 2161. Definitions. 
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‘‘Sec. 2162. School leadership academy. 
‘‘Sec. 2163. School leadership centers of excellence. 
‘‘Sec. 2164. Participation agreements and applications. 
‘‘Sec. 2165. Research, evaluation, dissemination, and reports. 
‘‘Sec. 2166. General provisions.’’. 
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