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(6) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (8) and inserting a semicolon; and 
(7) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(9) the provision of support and assistance to 
programs implementing integrated education reform 
services in order to improve secondary school grad-
uation and college attendance and completion rates 
for disadvantaged students, and to programs that 
reduce postsecondary remediation rates, and improve 
degree attainment rates, for low-income students 
and former high school dropouts; 
‘‘(10) the assessment, in partnership with a 
public or private nonprofit institution or agency, of 
the performance of teacher preparation programs 
within institutions of higher education in a State, 
using an assessment which provides comparisons 
across such schools within the State based upon in-
dicators including teacher candidate knowledge in 
subject areas in which such candidate has been pre-
pared to teach; 
‘‘(11) supporting efforts to establish pilot pro-
grams and initiatives to help college campuses to re-
duce illegal downloading of copyrighted content, in
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order to improve the security and integrity of cam-
pus computer networks and save bandwidth costs.’’; 
‘‘(12) support increased fire safety in student 
housing—
‘‘(A) by establishing a demonstration in-
centive program for qualified student housing in 
institutions of higher education; 
‘‘(B) by making grants for the purpose of 
installing fire alarm detection, prevention, and 
protection technologies in student housing, dor-
mitories, and other buildings controlled by such 
entities; and 
‘‘(C) by requiring, as a condition of such 
grants—
‘‘(i) that such technologies be installed 
professionally to technical standards of the 
National Fire Protection Association; and 
‘‘(ii) that the recipient shall provide 
non-Federal matching funds in an amount 
equal to the amount of the grant; and 
‘‘(13) establishing and operating pregnant and 
parenting student services offices that—
‘‘(A) will serve students who are pregnant 
or parenting, prospective parenting students 
who are anticipating a birth or adoption, and
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students who are placing or have placed a child 
for adoption; and 
‘‘(B) will help students with locating and 
utilizing child care, family housing, flexible aca-
demic scheduling such as telecommuting pro-
grams, parenting classes and programs, and 
post-partum counseling and support groups.’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION.—Section 741 (20 U.S.C. 1138) is 
further amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(c) PROHIBITION.—No funds made available under 
this part may be used to provide financial assistance to 
students who do not meet the requirements of section 
484(a)(5).’’. 
(c) AREAS OF NATIONAL NEED.—Section 744(c) (20 
U.S.C. 1138c(c)) is amended—
(1) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2)(A) Development of partnerships between 
local educational agencies and institutions of higher 
education to establish or expand existing dual enroll-
ment programs at institutions of higher education 
that allow high school students to earn high school 
and transferable college credit.
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‘‘(B) Development of consortia of institutions of 
higher education to create dual enrollment programs 
including academic and student support agreements 
and comprehensive articulation agreements that 
would allow for the seamless and timely acquisition 
of college credits and the transfer of postsecondary 
academic credits between such institutions, particu-
larly from 2-year to 4-year institutions of higher 
education.’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(4) International cooperation, partnerships, or 
student exchange among postsecondary educational 
institutions in the United States and abroad. 
‘‘(5) Establishment of academic programs in-
cluding graduate and undergraduate courses, semi-
nars and lectures, support of research, and develop-
ment of teaching materials for the purpose of sup-
porting faculty and academic programs that teach 
traditional American history (including significant 
constitutional, political, intellectual, economic, diplo-
matic, and foreign policy trends, issues, and docu-
ments; the history, nature, and development of 
democratic institutions of which American democ-