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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1662 
To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a pilot program to provide 
grants to secondary schools for assistive technology devices and assistive 
technology services and to create programs to benefit students with 
autism or apraxia, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2019 
Mr. MARCHANT (for himself and Ms. SEWELL of Alabama) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a pilot 
program to provide grants to secondary schools for as-
sistive technology devices and assistive technology serv-
ices and to create programs to benefit students with 
autism or apraxia, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cultivating Learning 
Assistance for Student Success Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTISM AND APRAXIA GRANT PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall es-
tablish a pilot program under which the Secretary shall 
award grants to public or private secondary schools to ben-
efit students with autism or apraxia in accordance with 
subsection (c). 
(b) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, a secondary school shall submit to the 
Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the Secretary may re-
quire. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS.—A secondary school that re-
ceives a grant under this section shall use the funds to— 
(1) provide assistive technology devices and as-
sistive technology service to students with autism or 
apraxia; 
(2) create a program to provide individual sup-
port and services for the academic and social inclu-
sion of students with autism or apraxia in academic 
courses and extracurricular activities provided by the 
secondary school; and 
(3) not later than 180 days after the date on 
which a secondary school receives such grant, seek 
a partnership with one or more local educational 
agencies licensed in the respective State to support 
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the participation of students in the program under 
paragraph (2). 
(d) GRANT DURATION AND AMOUNT.— 
(1) DURATION.—Each grant under this section 
shall be made for a period of 1 year. 
(2) AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall determine 
the maximum amount of each grant under this sec-
tion. 
(e) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—A secondary 
school shall use a grant received under this section only 
to supplement funds that would, in the absence of such 
grant, be made from other Federal, State, or local sources 
for activities supported by the grant, not to supplant such 
funds. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
on which the pilot program under subsection (a) is com-
pleted, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
sions of the Senate a report on such pilot program, includ-
ing a detailed description of grants awarded under the 
pilot program and an evaluation of the pilot program. 
(g) TERMINATION OF PILOT PROGRAM.—The pilot 
program under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date 
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