‘‘(D) INCREASED SCHOOL AUTONOMY AND 
FLEXIBILITY.—A program of providing sec-
ondary schools with increased autonomy and 
flexibility, which may include— 
‘‘(i) establishing a process whereby ex-
isting schools can apply for flexibility in 
such areas as scheduling, curricula, budg-
eting, and governance; and 
‘‘(ii) starting new small public sec-
ondary schools that are guaranteed such 
autonomy. 
‘‘(E) RURAL OPPORTUNITIES.—A program 
to improve learning opportunities for secondary 
school students in rural schools, including 
through the use of distance-learning opportuni-
ties and other technology-based tools. 
‘‘(F) MIDDLE GRADE IMPROVEMENTS.—A 
program to improve learning opportunities for 
students in the middle grades— 
‘‘(i) to prevent student disengagement 
and improve achievement; and 
‘‘(ii) to better respond to early warn-
ing signs that students are at risk of drop-
ping out of school, such as poor attend-
ance, poor behavior, or course failure, 
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through the use of an early warning indi-
cator system and interventions. 
‘‘(G) IMPROVING
TEACHING
AND
ACA-
DEMICS.—A program of improving teaching and 
increasing academic rigor at the secondary 
school level, which may include— 
‘‘(i) improving the alignment of aca-
demic standards with the requirements and 
expectations of postsecondary education 
and the workforce; 
‘‘(ii) improving the teaching and as-
sessment of 21st century skills, including 
through the development of formative as-
sessment models; 
‘‘(iii) providing high-quality profes-
sional development on data literacy, includ-
ing on use of data to inform classroom in-
struction; 
‘‘(iv) addressing the learning needs of 
various student populations, including stu-
dents who are limited English proficient, 
late entrant English language learners, 
and students with disabilities; and 
‘‘(v) developing value-added measures 
for use in determining teacher ability and 
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effectiveness, including for use in recruit-
ment and hiring decisions. 
‘‘(H) IMPROVED COMMUNITY AND PAREN-
TAL
INVOLVEMENT.—A program improving 
community and parental involvement, which 
may include— 
‘‘(i) increasing community involve-
ment, including leveraging community- 
based services and opportunities to provide 
every student with the academic and com-
prehensive nonacademic supports necessary 
for academic success; and 
‘‘(ii) increasing parental involvement, 
including providing parents with the tools 
to navigate, support, and influence their 
child’s 
academic 
career 
and 
choices 
through secondary school graduation and 
into postsecondary education and the 
workforce, including through electronic ac-
cess to student data. 
‘‘(g) DATA COLLECTION AND EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(1) COLLECTION
OF
DATA.—Each eligible 
partnership receiving a grant under this part shall 
collect and report annually to the Secretary such in-
formation on the results of the activities assisted 
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under the grant as the Secretary may reasonably re-
quire, including information on— 
‘‘(A) the number and percentage of stu-
dents who— 
‘‘(i) are served by the eligible partner-
ship; 
‘‘(ii) are assisted under this part; and 
‘‘(iii) graduate from secondary school 
with a regular secondary school diploma in 
the standard number of years; 
‘‘(B) the number and percentage of stu-
dents, at each grade level, who are— 
‘‘(i) served by the eligible partnership; 
‘‘(ii) assisted under this part; and 
‘‘(iii) on track to graduate from sec-
ondary school with a regular secondary 
school diploma in the standard number of 
years; 
‘‘(C) the number and percentage of stu-
dents, at each grade level, who— 
‘‘(i) are served by the eligible partner-
ship; 
‘‘(ii) are assisted under this part; and 
‘‘(iii) meet or exceed State challenging 
student academic achievement standards in 
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mathematics, reading or language arts, or 
science, as measured by the State aca-
demic 
assessments 
under 
section 
1111(b)(3); 
‘‘(D) information consistent with the addi-
tional indicators of improvement proposed by 
the eligible partnership in the grant application; 
and 
‘‘(E) other information the Secretary may 
require as necessary for the evaluation de-
scribed in subsection (h). 
‘‘(2) REPORTING OF DATA.—Each eligible part-
nership receiving a grant under this part shall 
disaggregate the information required under para-
graph (1) in the same manner as information is 
disaggregated under section 1111(h)(1)(C)(i). 
‘‘(3) EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible partner-
ship receiving a grant under this part shall, im-
mediately after the receipt of grant funds, enter 
into a contract with an outside evaluator to en-
able the evaluator to conduct— 
‘‘(i) an evaluation of the effects of the 
grant after the third year of implementa-
tion of the grant; and 
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‘‘(ii) an evaluation of the effects of 
the grant after the final year of the grant 
period. 
‘‘(B) DISTRIBUTION.—Upon completion of 
an evaluation described in subparagraph (A), 
the eligible partnership shall submit a copy of 
the evaluation to the Secretary in a timely man-
ner. 
‘‘(h) EVALUATION; BEST PRACTICES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—From amounts reserved 
under subsection (b), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) enter into a contract with an outside 
evaluator to enable the evaluator to conduct— 
‘‘(i) a comprehensive evaluation after 
the third year of implementation on the ef-
fectiveness of all grants awarded under 
this part; and 
‘‘(ii) a final evaluation following the 
final year of the grant period— 
‘‘(I) with a focus on the improve-
ment in student achievement and the 
indicators described in subsection 
(g)(1) as a result of innovative strate-
gies; and 
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‘‘(II) to the extent practicable, 
that compares the relative effective-
ness of different types of programs 
and compares the relative effective-
ness of variations in implementation 
within types of programs; and 
‘‘(B) disseminate, and provide technical as-
sistance regarding, best practices in improving 
the achievement of secondary school students. 
‘‘(2) PEER REVIEW.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An evaluator receiving 
a contract under this subsection shall— 
‘‘(i) establish a peer-review process to 
assist in the review and approval of the 
evaluations conducted under this sub-
section; and 
‘‘(ii) appoint individuals to the peer- 
review process who are educators and ex-
perts in— 
‘‘(I) research and evaluation; and 
‘‘(II) the areas of expertise de-
scribed in subclauses (I) through (VI) 
of subsection (d)(1)(B)(i). 
‘‘(B) RESTRICTIONS
ON
USE.—The Sec-
retary shall not distribute or use the results of 
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any evaluation described in paragraph (1)(A) 
until the results are peer-reviewed in accord-
ance with subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(i) CONTINUATION OF FUNDING.—An eligible part-
nership that receives a grant under this part shall only 
be eligible to receive a grant payment for a fourth or fifth 
year of the grant if the Secretary determines, on the basis 
of the evaluation of the grant under subsection 
(h)(1)(A)(i), that the performance of the eligible partner-
ship under the grant has been satisfactory. 
‘‘(j) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING DISCRIMI-
NATION.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to 
permit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, 
sex, national origin, or disability in any program or activ-
ity funded under this part. 
‘‘SEC. 1854. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this part $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and for each 
of the succeeding 5 years.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The table of con-
tents in section 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking the item relating to part I and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘PART J—GENERAL PROVISIONS’’; 
and 
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(2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 1830 the following: 
‘‘PART I—SECONDARY SCHOOL INNOVATION FUND 
‘‘Sec. 1851. Purposes. 
‘‘Sec. 1852. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 1853. Secondary school innovation fund. 
‘‘Sec. 1854. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 
Æ 
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