standards’’ and inserting ‘‘improve academic 
and life success’’; 
(C) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘prom-
ising practices’’ and inserting ‘‘successful prac-
tices, and coordination of professional develop-
ment for staff in specific content areas and 
youth development’’; 
(D) by amending paragraph (11) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(11) provides— 
‘‘(A) an assurance that the application was 
developed in consultation and coordination with 
appropriate State officials, including the chief 
State school officer, and other State agencies 
administering before school, after school, or 
summer school learning programs, the heads of 
the State health and mental health agencies or 
their designees, and representatives of teachers, 
parents, students, the business community, and 
community-based organizations; statewide after-
school networks (where applicable); and 
‘‘(B) a description of any other representa-
tives of teachers, parents, students, or the busi-
ness community that the State has selected to 
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assist in the development of the application, if 
applicable;’’; 
(E) by redesignating paragraph (14) as 
paragraph (15); 
(F) by amending paragraph (12) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(12) describes how the State will prescreen ex-
ternal organizations that may provide assistance in 
carrying out the activities under this part and de-
velop and make available to eligible entities a list of 
external organizations that successfully completed 
the prescreening process;’’; 
(G) by amending paragraph (13) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(13) describes the results of the State’s needs 
and resources assessment for before school, after 
school or summer learning activities, which shall be 
based on the results of on-going State evaluation ac-
tivities;’’; and 
(H) by amending paragraph (14) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(14) describes how the State educational agen-
cy will evaluate the effectiveness of programs and 
activities carried out under this part, which shall in-
clude, at a minimum— 
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‘‘(A) a description of the performance indi-
cators and performance measures that will be 
used to evaluate programs and activities, and 
with emphasis on alignment with the regular 
academic program of the school and the aca-
demic needs of participating students, including 
performance indicators and measures that— 
‘‘(i) are able to track student success 
and improvement over time, and 
‘‘(ii) include State assessment results 
and other indicators of student success and 
improvement, such as improved attendance 
during the school day, better classroom 
grades, regular (or consistent) program at-
tendance, on-time advancement to the next 
grade level and graduation rate, local 
crime rate, and classroom behavior; 
‘‘(B) a description of how data collected 
for the purposes of subparagraph (A) will be 
collected; and 
‘‘(C) public dissemination of the evalua-
tions of programs and activities carried out 
under this part;’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘(g) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not impose a 
priority or preference for States or eligible entities that 
seek to use funds made available under this part to extend 
the regular school day.’’. 
SEC. 5. LOCAL COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM. 
Section 4204 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7174) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘and overall student success’’ after ‘‘achieve-
ment’’; 
(B) by amending subparagraph (C) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(C) a demonstration of how the proposed 
program will— 
‘‘(i) work in partnership with Federal, 
State, and local programs that will be com-
bined or coordinated with the proposed 
program; and 
‘‘(ii) make the most effective use of 
public resources;’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘, in 
active collaboration with the schools the stu-
dents attend;’’ and inserting ‘‘in active collabo-
ration and alignment with the schools the stu-
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dents attend, including the sharing of relevant 
student data among the schools, all participants 
in the eligible entity, and any partnering enti-
ties described in subparagraph (H) in a manner 
consistent with the applicable laws relating to 
privacy and confidentiality;’’; and 
(D) in subparagraph (J), by striking ‘‘has 
experience, or promise of success, in providing’’ 
and inserting ‘‘uses research or evidence-based 
practices to provide’’; 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘In reviewing’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In reviewing’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘rigorous’’ before ‘‘peer’’; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) RIGOROUS PEER REVIEW PROCESS.—For 
purposes of this subsection, the term ‘rigorous peer 
review process’ means a process by which— 
‘‘(A) a State educational agency selects 
peer reviewers who are employees of such agen-
cy and who— 
‘‘(i) have experience with community 
learning centers; 
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‘‘(ii) have expertise in providing effec-
tive academic, enrichment, youth develop-
ment, and related services to students; and 
‘‘(iii) are not eligible entities, or rep-
resentatives of an eligible entity, that have 
submitted an application under this section 
for the grant period for which applications 
are being reviewed; and 
‘‘(B) the peer reviewers described in sub-
paragraph (A) review and rate the applications 
to determine the extent to which the applica-
tions meet the requirements under subsection 
(b) of this section and 4205.’’; 
(3) in subsection (i)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end of subparagraph (A), by striking the 
period at the end of clause (ii) of subparagraph 
(B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by adding at the 
end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) demonstrating that the activities pro-
posed in the application— 
‘‘(i) are, as of the date of the submis-
sion of the application, not otherwise ac-
cessible to students who would be served 
by such activities; or 
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‘‘(ii) would expand accessibility to 
high-quality services that may be available 
in the community.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—A State educational agency 
may not impose a priority or preference for eligible 
entities that seek to use funds made available under 
this part to extend the regular school day.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(j) RENEWABILITY
OF AWARDS.—A State edu-
cational agency may renew a grant provided under this 
section to an eligible entity, based on the eligible entity’s 
performance during the first grant period.’’. 
SEC. 6. LOCAL ACTIVITIES. 
Section 4205 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7175) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Each eligible entity 
that receives an award under section 4204 may use the 
award funds to carry out a broad array of before and after 
school activities (including during summer recess periods) 
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that advance student academic achievement and support 
student success, including— 
‘‘(1) academic enrichment learning programs, 
mentoring programs, remedial education activities, 
and tutoring services; 
‘‘(2) core academic subject education activities, 
including such activities that enable students to be 
eligible for credit recovery or attainment; 
‘‘(3) art and music education activities; 
‘‘(4) services for individuals with disabilities in-
cluding enrichment programs that provide access to 
sports and fitness for students with disabilities de-
signed to improve wellness, self-esteem, and inde-
pendence; 
‘‘(5) activities and programs that support global 
education and global competence, including those 
that foster learning about other countries, cultures, 
languages, and global issues; 
‘‘(6) programs that provide after school activi-
ties for limited English proficient students that em-
phasize language skills and academic achievement; 
‘‘(7) programs that support a healthy, active 
lifestyle, including nutritional education, recreation 
and regular, structured physical activity programs; 
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‘‘(8) telecommunications and technology edu-
cation programs to serve academic and community 
needs; 
‘‘(9) expanded library service hours to serve 
academic and community needs; 
‘‘(10) parenting skills programs that promote 
parental involvement and family literacy; 
‘‘(11) programs that provide assistance to stu-
dents who have been truant, suspended, or expelled 
to allow the students to improve their academic 
achievement; 
‘‘(12) drug and violence prevention programs, 
counseling programs, social and emotional learning 
programming and character education programs; 
‘‘(13) literacy education programs; and 
‘‘(14) programs that build skills in science, 
technology, engineering, and mathematics (referred 
to in this paragraph as ‘STEM’) and that foster in-
novation in learning by supporting non-traditional 
STEM education teaching methods.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘PRINCIPLES’’ and inserting ‘‘MEASURES’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end of subparagraph (B), by striking the 
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period at the end of subparagraph (C) and in-
serting a semicolon, and by inserting after sub-
paragraph (C) the following new subpara-
graphs: 
‘‘(D) ensure that measures of student suc-
cess align with the regular academic program of 
the school and the academic needs of partici-
pating students, and include performance indi-
cators and performance measures described in 
section 4203(a)(13)(A); and 
‘‘(E) collect the data necessary for the 
measures of student success described in sub-
paragraph (D).’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
before the period at the end ‘‘and overall 
student success’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (i), by striking 
the period at the end of clause (ii) and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’, and by inserting after 
clause (ii) the following new clause: 
‘‘(iii) used by the State to determine 
whether a grant is eligible to be renewed 
under section 4204(j).’’. 
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SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 4206 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7176) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 4206. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this part such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
2015 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.’’. 
SEC. 8. TRANSITION. 
The recipient of a multiyear grant award under part 
B of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171 et seq.), as such Act was 
in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this 
Act, shall continue to receive funds in accordance with the 
terms and conditions of such award. 
Æ 
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