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(A) the application of the matching require-
ment will result in serious hardship for the State
educational agency; or
(B) providing a waiver best serves the pur-
pose of the program assisted under this section.
(n) PROGRAM PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY.—
(1) 
INFORMATION.—Each 
State 
educational
agency receiving a grant under this section shall col-
lect and report to the Secretary annually such infor-
mation on the results of the grant as the Secretary
may reasonably require, including information on—
(A) mathematics achievement data that
show the progress of students participating in
projects under this section (including, to the ex-
tent practicable, comparable data from students
not participating in such projects), based pri-
marily on the results of State, school district-
wide, or classroom-based monitoring reports or
assessments, including—
(i) specific identification of those
schools and eligible local educational agen-
cies that report the largest gains in mathe-
matics achievement; and
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(ii) evidence on whether the State edu-
cational agency and eligible local edu-
cational agencies within the State have—
(I) significantly increased the
number of students achieving at the
proficient or advanced level on the
State student academic achievement
standards in mathematics under sec-
tion 1111(b)(1)(D)(ii) of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(1)(D)(ii));
(II) significantly increased the
percentages of students described in
section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C.
6311(b)(2)(C)(v)(II)) who are achiev-
ing proficiency or advanced levels on
such State academic content standards
in mathematics;
(III) significantly increased the
number of students making significant
progress toward meeting such State
academic content and achievement
standards in mathematics; and
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(IV) successfully implemented this
section;
(B) the percentage of students in the schools
served by the eligible local educational agency
who enroll in advanced mathematics courses in
grades 9 through 12, including the percentage of
such students who pass such courses; and
(C) the progress made in increasing the
quality and accessibility of professional develop-
ment and leadership activities in mathematics,
especially activities resulting in greater content
knowledge and expertise of teachers, administra-
tors, and other school staff, except that the Sec-
retary shall not require such information until
after the third year of a grant awarded under
this section.
(2) REPORTING AND DISAGGREGATION.—The in-
formation required under paragraph (1) shall be—
(A) reported in a manner that allows for a
comparison of aggregated score differentials of
student academic achievement before (to the ex-
tent feasible) and after implementation of the
project assisted under this section; and
(B) disaggregated in the same manner as
information is disaggregated under section
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1111(h)(1)(C)(i) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6311(h)(1)(C)(i)).
TITLE III—FOREIGN LANGUAGE
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
SEC. 3301. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The United States faces a shortage of skilled
professionals with higher levels of proficiency in for-
eign languages and area knowledge critical to the Na-
tion’s security.
(2) Given the Nation’s economic competitiveness
interests, it is crucial that our Nation expand the
number of Americans who are able to function effec-
tively in the environments in which critical foreign
languages are spoken.
(3) Students’ ability to become proficient in for-
eign languages can be addressed by starting language
learning at a younger age and expanding opportuni-
ties for continuous foreign language education from
elementary school through postsecondary education.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to signifi-
cantly increase—
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(1) the opportunities to study critical foreign
languages and the context in which the critical for-
eign languages are spoken; and
(2) the number of American students who achieve
the highest level of proficiency in critical foreign lan-
guages.
SEC. 3302. DEFINITIONS.
In this title:
(1) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT.—The term ‘‘eligible re-
cipient’’ means an institution of higher education
that receives grant funds under this title on behalf of
a partnership for use in carrying out the activities
assisted under this title.
(2) PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘partnership’’
means a partnership that—
(A) shall include—
(i) an institution of higher education;
and
(ii) 1 or more local educational agen-
cies; and
(B) may include 1 or more entities that
support the purposes of this title.
(3) SUPERIOR
LEVEL
OF
PROFICIENCY.—The
term ‘‘superior level of proficiency’’ means level 3, the
professional working level, as measured by the Federal
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Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) or by other
generally recognized measures of superior standards.
SEC. 3303. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to
award grants to eligible recipients to enable partner-
ships served by the eligible recipients to establish ar-
ticulated programs of study in critical foreign lan-
guages that will enable students to advance success-
fully from elementary school through postsecondary
education and achieve higher levels of proficiency in
a critical foreign language.
(2) DURATION.—A grant awarded under para-
graph (1) shall be for a period of not more than 5
years. A grant may be renewed for not more than 2
additional 5-year periods, if the Secretary determines
that the partnership’s program is effective and the re-
newal will best serve the purposes of this title.
(b) APPLICATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible recipient desir-
ing a grant under this section shall submit an appli-
cation to the Secretary at such time, in such manner,
and containing such information as the Secretary
may require.
(2) CONTENTS.—Each application shall—
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(A) identify each local educational agency
partner, including contact information and let-
ters of commitment, and describe the responsibil-
ities of each member of the partnership,
including—
(i) how each of the partners will be in-
volved 
in 
planning, 
developing, 
and
implementing—
(I) program curriculum and ma-
terials; and
(II) teacher professional develop-
ment;
(ii) what resources each of the partners
will provide; and
(iii) how the partners will contribute
to ensuring the continuity of student
progress from elementary school through the
postsecondary level;
(B) describe how an articulated curriculum
for students will be developed and implemented,
which may include the use and integration of
technology into such curriculum;
(C) identify target proficiency levels for stu-
dents at critical benchmarks (such as grades 4,
8, and 12), and describe how progress toward
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those proficiency levels will be assessed at the
benchmarks, and how the program will use the
results of the assessments to ensure continuous
progress toward achieving a superior level of
proficiency at the postsecondary level;
(D) describe how the partnership will—
(i) ensure that students from a pro-
gram assisted under this title who are be-
ginning postsecondary education will be as-
sessed and enabled to progress to a superior
level of proficiency;
(ii) address the needs of students al-
ready at, or near, the superior level of pro-
ficiency, which may include diagnostic as-
sessments for placement purposes, cus-
tomized and individualized language learn-
ing opportunities, and experimental and
interdisciplinary language learning; and
(iii) identify and describe how the
partnership will work with institutions of
higher education outside the partnership to
provide participating students with mul-
tiple options for postsecondary education
consistent with the purposes of this title;
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(E) describe how the partnership will sup-
port and continue the program after the grant
has expired, including how the partnership will
seek support from other sources, such as State
and local governments, foundations, and the pri-
vate sector; and
(F) describe what assessments will be used
or, if assessments not available, how assessments
will be developed.
(c) USES OF FUNDS.—Grant funds awarded under
this title—
(1) shall be used to develop and implement pro-
grams at the elementary school level through postsec-
ondary education, consistent with the purpose of this
title, including—
(A) the development of curriculum and in-
structional materials; and
(B) recruitment of students; and
(2) may be used for—
(A) teacher recruitment (including recruit-
ment from other professions and recruitment of
native-language speakers in the community) and
professional development directly related to the
purposes of this title at the elementary school
through secondary school levels;
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(B) development of appropriate assessments;
(C) opportunities for maximum language
exposure for students in the program, such as the
creation of immersion environments (such as
language houses, language tables, immersion
classrooms, and weekend and summer experi-
ences) and special tutoring and academic sup-
port;
(D) dual language immersion programs;
(E) scholarships and study-abroad opportu-
nities, related to the program, for postsecondary
students and newly recruited teachers who have
advanced levels of proficiency in a critical for-
eign language, except that not more than 20 per-
cent of the grant funds provided to an eligible re-
cipient under this section for a fiscal year may
be used to carry out this subparagraph;
(F) activities to encourage community in-
volvement to assist in meeting the purposes of
this title;
(G) summer institutes for students and
teachers;
(H) bridge programs that allow dual enroll-
ment for secondary school students in institu-
tions of higher education;
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(I) programs that expand the under-
standing and knowledge of historic, geographic,
and contextual factors within countries with
populations who speak critical foreign languages,
if such programs are carried out in conjunction
with language instruction;
(J) research on, and evaluation of, the
teaching of critical foreign languages;
(K) data collection and analysis regarding
the results of—
(i) various student recruitment strate-
gies;
(ii) program design; and
(iii) curricular approaches;
(L) the impact of the strategies, program
design, and curricular approaches described in
subparagraph (K) on increasing—
(i) the number of students studying
critical foreign languages; and
(ii) the proficiency of the students in
the critical foreign languages; and
(M) distance learning projects for critical
foreign language learning.
(d) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible recipient that re-
ceives a grant under this title shall provide, toward
the cost of carrying out the activities supported by the
grant, from non-Federal sources, an amount equal
to—
(A) 20 percent of the amount of the grant
payment for the first fiscal year for which a
grant payment is made;
(B) 30 percent of the amount of the grant
payment for the second such fiscal year;
(C) 40 percent of the amount of the grant
payment for the third such fiscal year; and
(D) 50 percent of the amount of the grant
payment for each of the fourth and fifth such fis-
cal years.
(2) NON-FEDERAL
SHARE.—The non-Federal
share required under paragraph (1) may be provided
in cash or in-kind.
(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive all or
part of the matching requirement of paragraph (1),
for any fiscal year, if the Secretary determines that—
(A) the application of the matching require-
ment will result in serious hardship for the part-
nership; or
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(B) the waiver will best serve the purposes
of this title.
(e) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Grant funds pro-
vided under this title shall be used to supplement, not sup-
plant, other Federal and non-Federal funds available to
carry out the activities described in subsection (c).
(f) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall
enter into a contract to establish a technical assistance cen-
ter to provide technical assistance to partnerships devel-
oping critical foreign language programs assisted under
this section. The center shall—
(1) assist the partnerships in the development of
critical foreign language instructional materials and
assessments; and
(2) disseminate promising foreign language in-
structional practices.
(g) PROGRAM EVALUATION.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may reserve
not more than 5 percent of the total amount appro-
priated for this title for any fiscal year to annually
evaluate the programs under this title.
(2) REPORT.—The Secretary shall prepare and
annually submit, to the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce of the House
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of Representatives, and the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and House of Representatives, a
report on the results of any program evaluation con-
ducted under this subsection.
SEC. 3304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
For the purpose of carrying out this title, there are
authorized to be appropriated $22,000,000 for fiscal year
2008, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the
3 succeeding fiscal years.
TITLE IV—ALIGNMENT OF
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
SEC. 3401. ALIGNMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUA-
TION REQUIREMENTS WITH THE DEMANDS
OF 21ST CENTURY POSTSECONDARY ENDEAV-
ORS AND SUPPORT FOR P–16 EDUCATION
DATA SYSTEMS.
(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section—
(1) to promote more accountability with respect
to preparation for higher education, the 21st century
workforce, and the Armed Forces, by aligning—
(A) student knowledge, student skills, State
academic content standards and assessments,
and curricula, in elementary and secondary edu-
cation, especially with respect to mathematics,
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science, reading, and, where applicable, engineer-
ing and technology; with
(B) the demands of higher education, the
21st century workforce, and the Armed Forces;
(2) to support the establishment or improvement
of statewide P–16 education data systems that—
(A) assist States in improving the rigor and
quality of State academic content standards and
assessments;
(B) ensure students are prepared to succeed
in—
(i) academic credit-bearing coursework
in higher education without the need for re-
mediation;
(ii) the 21st century workforce; or
(iii) the Armed Forces; and
(3) enable States to have valid and reliable in-
formation to inform education policy and practice.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 101(a) of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)).
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(2) P–16 EDUCATION.—The term ‘‘P–16 edu-
cation’’ means the educational system from preschool
through the conferring of a baccalaureate degree.
(3) 
STATEWIDE
PARTNERSHIP.—The 
term
‘‘statewide partnership’’ means a partnership that—
(A) shall include—
(i) the Governor of the State or the des-
ignee of the Governor;
(ii) the heads of the State systems for
public higher education, or, if such a posi-
tion does not exist, not less than 1 rep-
resentative of a public degree-granting insti-
tution of higher education;
(iii) a representative of the agencies in
the State that administer Federal or State-
funded early childhood education programs;
(iv) not less than 1 representative of a
public community college;
(v) not less than 1 representative of a
technical school;
(vi) not less than 1 representative of a
public secondary school;
(vii) the chief State school officer;
(viii) the chief executive officer of the
State higher education coordinating board;
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(ix) not less than 1 public elementary
school teacher employed in the State;
(x) not less than 1 early childhood edu-
cator in the State;
(xi) not less than 1 public secondary
school teacher employed in the State;
(xii) not less than 1 representative of
the business community in the State; and
(xiii) not less than 1 member of the
Armed Forces; and
(B) may include other individuals or rep-
resentatives of other organizations, such as a
school administrator, a faculty member at an in-
stitution of higher education, a member of a
civic or community organization, a representa-
tive from a private institution of higher edu-
cation, a dean or similar representative of a
school of education at an institution of higher
education or a similar teacher certification or li-
censure program, or the State official responsible
for economic development.
(c) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary is author-
ized to award grants, on a competitive basis, to States to
enable each such State to work with a statewide
partnership—
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(1) to promote better alignment of content knowl-
edge requirements for secondary school graduation
with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in
postsecondary education, the 21st century workforce,
or the Armed Forces; or
(2) to establish or improve a statewide P–16
education data system.
(d) PERIOD OF GRANTS; NON-RENEWABILITY.—
(1) GRANT PERIOD.—The Secretary shall award
a grant under this section for a period of not more
than 3 years.
(2) NON-RENEWABILITY.—The Secretary shall
not award a State more than 1 grant under this sec-
tion.
(e) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—
(1) GRANTS FOR P–16 ALIGNMENT.—Each State
receiving a grant under subsection (c)(1)—
(A) shall use the grant funds for—
(i) identifying and describing the con-
tent knowledge and skills students who enter
institutions of higher education, the work-
force, and the Armed Forces need to have in
order to succeed without any remediation
based on detailed requirements obtained
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from institutions of higher education, em-
ployers, and the Armed Forces;
(ii) identifying and making changes
that need to be made to a State’s secondary
school graduation requirements, academic
content standards, academic achievement
standards, and assessments preceding grad-
uation from secondary school in order to
align the requirements, standards, and as-
sessments with the knowledge and skills nec-
essary for success in academic credit-bear-
ing coursework in postsecondary education,
in the 21st century workforce, and in the
Armed Forces without the need for remedi-
ation;
(iii) convening stakeholders within the
State and creating a forum for identifying
and deliberating on education issues that—
(I) 
involve 
preschool 
through
grade 12 education, postsecondary edu-
cation, the 21st century workforce, and
the Armed Forces; and
(II) transcend any single system
of education’s ability to address; and
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(iv) implementing activities designed
to ensure the enrollment of all elementary
school and secondary school students in rig-
orous coursework, which may include—
(I) specifying the courses and per-
formance levels necessary for accept-
ance into institutions of higher edu-
cation; and
(II) developing or providing guid-
ance to local educational agencies
within the State on the adoption of
curricula and assessments aligned with
State 
academic 
content 
standards,
which assessments may be used as
measures of student academic achieve-
ment in secondary school as well as for
entrance or placement at institutions
of higher education, including through
collaboration with institutions of high-
er education in, or State educational
agencies serving, other States; and
(B) may use the grant funds for—
(i) developing and making available
specific opportunities for extensive profes-
sional development for teachers, paraprofes-
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sionals, principals, and school administra-
tors, including collection and dissemination
of effective teaching practices to improve in-
struction and instructional support mecha-
nisms;
(ii) identifying changes in State aca-
demic content standards, academic achieve-
ment standards, and assessments for stu-
dents in grades preceding secondary school
in order to ensure such standards and as-
sessments are appropriately aligned and
adequately reflect the content needed to pre-
pare students to enter secondary school;
(iii) developing a plan to provide re-
mediation and additional learning opportu-
nities for students who are performing
below grade level to ensure that all students
will have the opportunity to meet secondary
school graduation requirements;
(iv) identifying and addressing teacher
certification needs; or
(v) incorporating 21st century learn-
ing skills into the State plan, which skills
shall include critical thinking, problem solv-
ing, communication, collaboration, global
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awareness, and business and financial lit-
eracy.
(2) GRANTS FOR STATEWIDE P–16 EDUCATION
DATA SYSTEMS.—
(A) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
SYSTEM.—Each
State that receives a grant under subsection
(c)(2) shall establish a statewide P–16 education
longitudinal data system that—
(i) provides each student, upon enroll-
ment in a public elementary school or sec-
ondary school in the State, with a unique
identifier, such as a bar code, that—
(I) does not permit a student to be
individually identified by users of the
system; and
(II) is retained throughout the
student’s enrollment in P–16 education
in the State; and
(ii) meets the requirements of subpara-
graphs (B) through (E).
(B) IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING SYSTEM.—
Each State that receives a grant under sub-
section (c)(2) for the improvement of a statewide
P–16 education data system may employ, co-
ordinate, or revise an existing statewide data
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system to establish a statewide longitudinal P–
16 education data system that meets the require-
ments of subparagraph (A), if the statewide lon-
gitudinal P–16 education data system produces
valid and reliable data.
(C) PRIVACY AND ACCESS TO DATA.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—Each State that re-
ceives a grant under subsection (c)(2) shall
implement measures to—
(I) limit the State’s use of infor-
mation in the statewide P–16 edu-
cation data system to the purposes and
functions for use of such information
set forth in Federal or State law re-
garding education and allow access to
the information in the statewide data
system only to those State employees,
and only on such terms, as may be
necessary to fulfill those purposes and
functions;
(II) prohibit the disclosure of in-
formation in the statewide P–16 edu-
cation data system to any other per-
son, agency, institution, or entity, ex-
cept to the extent necessary to assist
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the State in fulfilling the purposes and
functions for use of such information
set forth in Federal or State law re-
garding education, and only if such
party has signed a data use agreement
that—
(aa) prohibits the party from
further disclosing the information;
(bb) prohibits the party from
using the information for any
purpose other than the purpose
specified in the agreement, which
purpose must relate to assisting
the State in carrying out the pur-
poses and functions for use of such
information set forth in Federal
or State law regarding education;
and
(cc) requires the party to de-
stroy the information when the
purpose for which the disclosure
was made is accomplished;
(III) keep an accurate accounting
of the date, nature, and purpose of
each disclosure of information in the
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statewide P–16 education data system,
and the name and address of the per-
son, agency, institution, or entity to
whom the disclosure is made, which ac-
counting shall be made available on re-
quest to parents of any student whose
information has been disclosed;
(IV) maintain adequate security
measures to ensure the confidentiality
and integrity of the data system;
(V) ensure that the statewide P–
16 education data system meets any
further requirements of the Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act of
1974 (20 U.S.C. 1232g);
(VI) where rights are provided to
parents under this clause, provide those
rights to the student instead of the par-
ent if the student has reached the age
of 18 or is enrolled in a postsecondary
educational institution; and
(VII) ensure adequate enforcement
of the requirements of this clause.
(ii) USE OF UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS.—
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(I) 
GOVERNMENTAL
USE
OF
UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS.—It shall be un-
lawful for any Federal, State, or local
governmental agency to use the unique
identifiers employed in the statewide
P–16 education data systems for any
purpose other than as authorized by
Federal or State law regarding edu-
cation, or to deny any individual any
right, benefit, or privilege provided by
law because of such individual’s refusal
to disclose the individual’s unique
identifier.
(II) 
REGULATIONS.—Not 
later
than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Edu-
cation shall promulgate regulations
governing the use by governmental and
non-governmental entities of the unique
identifiers employed in statewide P–16
education data systems, including,
where necessary, regulations requiring
States desiring grants for statewide P–
16 education data systems under this
section to implement specified meas-
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ures, with the goal of safeguarding in-
dividual privacy to the maximum ex-
tent practicable consistent with the
uses of the information authorized in
this Act or other Federal or State law
regarding education.
(D) REQUIRED ELEMENTS OF A STATEWIDE
P–16 EDUCATION DATA SYSTEM.—The State shall
ensure that the statewide P–16 education data
system includes the following elements:
(i) PRESCHOOL
THROUGH
GRADE
EDUCATION
AND
POSTSECONDARY
EDU-
CATION.—With respect to preschool through
grade 12 education and postsecondary
education—
(I) a unique statewide student
identifier that does not permit a stu-
dent to be individually identified by
users of the system;
(II) student-level enrollment, de-
mographic, and program participation
information;
(III) 
student-level 
information
about the points at which students exit,
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transfer in, transfer out, drop out, or
complete P–16 education programs;
(IV) the capacity to communicate
with higher education data systems;
and
(V) a State data audit system as-
sessing data quality, validity, and reli-
ability.
(ii) PRESCHOOL THROUGH GRADE 12
EDUCATION.—With 
respect 
to 
preschool
through grade 12 education—
(I) yearly test records of indi-
vidual students with respect to assess-
ments under section 1111(b) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b));
(II) information on students not
tested by grade and subject;
(III) a teacher identifier system
with the ability to match teachers to
students;
(IV) student-level transcript infor-
mation, 
including 
information 
on
courses completed and grades earned;
and
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(V) student-level college readiness
test scores.
(iii) POSTSECONDARY
EDUCATION.—
With respect to postsecondary education,
data that provide—
(I) information regarding the ex-
tent to which students transition suc-
cessfully from secondary school to post-
secondary education, including whether
students enroll in remedial coursework;
and
(II) other information determined
necessary to address alignment and
adequate preparation for success in
postsecondary education.
(E) FUNCTIONS OF THE STATEWIDE P–16
EDUCATION DATA SYSTEM.—In implementing the
statewide P–16 education data system, the State
shall—
(i) identify factors that correlate to
students’ ability to successfully engage in
and complete postsecondary-level general
education coursework without the need for
prior developmental coursework;
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(ii) identify factors to increase the per-
centage of low-income and minority stu-
dents who are academically prepared to
enter and successfully complete postsec-
ondary-level general education coursework;
and
(iii) use the data in the system to oth-
erwise inform education policy and practice
in order to better align State academic con-
tent standards, and curricula, with the de-
mands of postsecondary education, the 21st
century workforce, and the Armed Forces.
(f) APPLICATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State desiring a grant
under this section shall submit an application to the
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Secretary may rea-
sonably require.
(2) APPLICATION CONTENTS.—Each application
submitted under this section shall specify whether the
State application is for the conduct P–16 education
alignment activities, or the establishment or improve-
ment of a statewide P–16 education data system. The
application shall include, at a minimum, the fol-
lowing:
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(A) A description of the activities and pro-
grams to be carried out with the grant funds and
a comprehensive plan for carrying out the activi-
ties.
(B) A description of how the concerns and
interests of the larger education community, in-
cluding parents, students, teachers, teacher edu-
cators, principals, and preschool administrators
will be represented in carrying out the author-
ized activities described in subsection (e).
(C) In the case of a State applying for
funding for P–16 education alignment, a de-
scription of how the State will provide assistance
to local educational agencies in implementing
rigorous State academic content standards, sub-
stantive curricula, remediation, and acceleration
opportunities for students, as well as other
changes determined necessary by the State.
(D) In the case of a State applying for
funding to establish or improve a statewide P–
16 education data system—
(i) a description of the privacy protec-
tion and enforcement measures that the
State has implemented or will implement
pursuant to subparagraph (C), and assur-
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ances that these measures will be in place
prior to the establishment or improvement
of the statewide P–16 education data sys-
tem; and
(ii) an assurance that the State will
continue to fund the statewide P–16 edu-
cation data system after the end of the
grant period.
(g) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Grant funds pro-
vided under this section shall be used to supplement, not
supplant, other Federal, State, and local funds available to
carry out the authorized activities described in subsection
(e).
(h) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Each State that re-
ceives a grant under this section shall provide, from non-
Federal sources, an amount equal to 100 percent of the
amount of the grant, in cash or in kind, to carry out the
activities supported by the grant.
(i) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section
shall be construed to require States to provide raw data
to the Secretary.
(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may
be necessary for fiscal year 2009.
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TITLE 
V—MATHEMATICS 
AND
SCIENCE 
PARTNERSHIP
BONUS GRANTS.
SEC. 3501. MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE PARTNERSHIP
BONUS GRANTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated under
subsection (d), the Secretary of Education shall award a
grant—
(1) for each of the school years 2007–2008
through 2010–2011, to each of the 3 elementary
schools and each of the 3 secondary schools each of
which has a high concentration of low income stu-
dents as defined in section 1707(2) of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6537(3)), in each State whose students demonstrate
the most improvement in mathematics, as measured
by the improvement in the students’ average score on
the State’s assessments in mathematics for the school
year for which the grant is awarded, as compared to
the school year preceding the school year for which the
grant is awarded; and
(2) for each of the school years 2008–2009
through 2010–2011, to each of the 3 elementary
schools and each of the 3 secondary schools each of
which has a high concentration of low income stu-
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dents as defined in section 1707(2) of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6537(3)), in each State whose students demonstrate
the most improvement in science, as measured by the
improvement in the students’ average score on the
State’s assessments in science for the school year for
which the grant is awarded, as compared to the school
year preceding the school year for which the grant is
awarded.
(b) GRANT AMOUNT.—The amount of each grant
awarded under this section shall be $50,000.
SEC. 3502. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this section such sums for fiscal years 2008 through 2011.
DIVISION D—NATIONAL SCIENCE
FOUNDATION
SEC. 4001. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the National Science Foundation—
(1) $6,729,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
(2) $7,738,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
(3) $8,899,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and
(4) $10,234,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.
(b) PLAN FOR INCREASED RESEARCH.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of
the National Science Foundation, in consultation
with the National Science Board, shall submit a com-
prehensive, multiyear plan that describes how the
funds authorized in subsection (a) would be used, if
appropriated, to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of
the Senate, and the Committee on Science of the
House of Representatives.
(2) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—The Director shall—
(A) develop the plan with a focus on
strengthening the Nation’s lead in physical
science and technology, increasing overall work-
force skills in physical science, technology, engi-
neering, and mathematics at all levels, and
strengthening innovation by expanding the focus
of competitiveness and innovation policy at the
regional and local level; and
(B) emphasize spending increased research
funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) in
areas of investment for Federal research and
technology programs identified under section
1101(c) of this Act.
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SEC. 4002. STRENGTHENING OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN
RESOURCES DIRECTORATE THROUGH EQUI-
TABLE DISTRIBUTION OF NEW FUNDS.
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to ensure
the continued involvement of experts at the National
Science Foundation in improving science, technology, engi-
neering, and mathematics education at the elementary, sec-
ondary, and postsecondary school levels by providing an-
nual funding increases for the education and human re-
sources programs of the National Science Foundation that
are proportional to the funding increases provided to the
Foundation overall.
(b) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION
OF NEW FUNDS.—
Within the amounts authorized to be appropriated by sec-
tion 4001, there are authorized to be appropriated for the
education and human resources programs of the National
Science Foundation, for fiscal year 2008, $1,050,000,000,
and, for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2011, an
amount equal to $1,050,000,000 increased for each such fis-
cal year by an amount equal to the percentage increase in
the appropriation for the National Science Foundation for
such fiscal year above the amount appropriated to the Na-
tional Science Foundation for fiscal year 2008.
SEC. 
4003. 
GRADUATE 
FELLOWSHIPS 
AND 
GRADUATE
TRAINEESHIPS.
(a) GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—During the 4-year period be-
ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Director of the National Science Foundation shall ex-
pand the Graduate Research Fellowship Program of
the National Science Foundation so that an addi-
tional 1,250 fellowships are awarded to citizens or
nationals of the United States or eligible lawful per-
manent residents under the Program during that pe-
riod.
(2) EXTENSION OF FELLOWSHIP PERIOD.—The
Director is authorized to award fellowships under the
Graduate Research Fellowship Program for a period
of up to 5 years.
(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
Within the amounts authorized to be appropriated by
section 4001, there are authorized to be appropriated,
to provide additional fellowships under the Graduate
Research Fellowship Program during each of the fis-
cal years 2008 through 2011, the following:
(A) $24,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.
(B) $36,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(C) $48,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.
(D) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.
(b) INTEGRATIVE GRADUATE EDUCATION
AND RE-
SEARCH TRAINEESHIP PROGRAM.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—During the 4-year period be-
ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Director shall expand the Integrative Graduate Edu-
cation and Research Traineeship program of the Na-
tional Science Foundation so that an additional
1,250 individuals who are citizens or nationals of the
United States or eligible lawful permanent residents
are awarded grants under the program during that
period.
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
Within the amounts authorized to be appropriated by
section 4001, there are authorized to be appropriated,
to provide grants to additional individuals under the
Integrative 
Graduate 
Education 
and 
Research
Traineeship program during each of the fiscal years
2008 through 2011, the following:
(A) $22,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.
(B) $33,000,000 for fiscal year 2009.
(C) $44,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.
(D) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.
(c) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE LAWFUL PERMANENT
RESIDENT.—In this section, the term ‘‘eligible lawful per-
manent resident’’ means a lawful permanent resident of the
United States who declares an intent—
(1) to apply for United States citizenship; or