‘‘(i) an eligible applicant (as defined 
in section 5210) that has not received a 
grant or subgrant under section 5203; or 
‘‘(ii) a charter management organiza-
tion. 
‘‘(d) CONTRACTS AND GRANTS.—The Secretary may 
carry out any of the activities described in this section di-
rectly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agree-
ments.’’. 
SEC. 8. RECORDS TRANSFER. 
Section 5208 (20 U.S.C. 7221g) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘as quickly as possible and’’ 
before ‘‘to the extent practicable’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘section 602’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 602(14)’’. 
SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 5210 (20 U.S.C. 7221i) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (H) by inserting 
‘‘(which, if authorized under the State law of 
the school and the school’s charter agreement, 
may be a lottery that gives added weight to stu-
dents eligible for free or reduced price lunch 
under the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act)’’ after ‘‘lottery’’; 
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(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (K); 
(C) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (L) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end, the following: 
‘‘(M) may serve prekindergarten or post 
secondary students.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘under 
section 5203(d)(3)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) EXPANSION OF A HIGH-QUALITY CHARTER 
SCHOOL.—The term ‘expansion of a high-quality 
charter school’ means significantly increasing the en-
rollment of a high-quality charter school or adding 
1 or more grades to such school. 
‘‘(6) HIGH-QUALITY
CHARTER
SCHOOL.—The 
term ‘high-quality charter school’ means a charter 
school that— 
‘‘(A) shows evidence of strong academic re-
sults, including through— 
‘‘(i) the percentage of students in the 
proficient or advanced levels of achieve-
ments on the State academic assessments 
required under section 1111(b)(3), com-
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pared to demographically similar schools in 
the State; 
‘‘(ii) the average student academic, 
longitudinal growth from one school year 
to next school year, if available and as de-
termined by the State, on the State aca-
demic assessments required under section 
1111(b)(3) that is above such growth in 
demographically similar schools in the 
State; 
‘‘(iii) in the case of a charter school 
that is a secondary school, high school 
graduation rates; and 
‘‘(iv) college attendance and persist-
ence rates, when available; 
‘‘(B) has no significant issues in the areas 
of student safety, financial management, or 
statutory or regulatory compliance; 
‘‘(C) has demonstrated success in signifi-
cantly increasing student academic achievement 
and attainment for all students served by the 
charter school; and 
‘‘(D) has demonstrated success in— 
‘‘(i) 
increasing 
student 
academic 
achievement as described in subparagraph 
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(A) for each group of students described in 
section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II) and served by 
the charter school, except that such dem-
onstration is not required in a case in 
which the number of students in a group 
is insufficient to yield statistically reliable 
information or the results would reveal 
personally identifiable information about 
an individual student; and 
‘‘(ii) closing achievement gaps be-
tween each such group and all populations 
served by the charter school. 
‘‘(7) 
HIGH-QUALITY
CHARTER
SCHOOL 
MODEL.—The term ‘high-quality charter school 
model’ means a high-quality charter school that has 
the capability of opening another such charter school 
under an existing charter, such as a feeder middle 
school or a secondary school that a middle school 
feeds students into.’’. 
SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 5211 (20 U.S.C. 7221j) is amended to read 
as follows: 
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‘‘SEC. 5211. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subpart $330,000,000 for fiscal year 2014 and each 
of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.’’. 
SEC. 11. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) REPEAL.—Subpart 2 of part B of title V (20 
U.S.C. 7223 et seq.) is repealed. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 
section 2 is amended— 
(1) by striking the item relating to section 5203 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 5203. Grants to support high-quality charter schools.’’; 
(2) by striking the item relating to section 5204 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 5204. Facilities Financing Assistance.’’; 
and 
(3) by striking subpart 2 of part B of title V. 
Æ 
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