(B) such other information as the Sec-
retary may reasonably require. 
(2) The activities carried out by the State-fund-
ed preschool program, including— 
(A) the number and ages of children 
served by the State-funded preschool program; 
and 
(B) the number and ages of children in 
such program with a disability, with limited 
English proficiency, from low-income families, 
and from rural areas. 
SEC. 9. SPECIAL RULE. 
Funds under this Act may not be used for the pur-
poses of assessments that provide rewards or sanctions for 
individual children or teachers. 
SEC. 10. APPLICATIONS FOR INDIAN TRIBES. 
The Secretary shall award competitive grants to In-
dian tribes and tribal organizations to carry out a program 
under this Act. An Indian tribe or tribal organization de-
siring to receive funds under this Act shall submit an ap-
plication to the Secretary at such time and in such manner 
as the Secretary may reasonably require. For purposes of 
submitting such application and for expending funds re-
ceived under this Act, Indian tribes and tribal organiza-
tions shall comply with sections 4 through 9. 
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SEC. 11. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act: 
(1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 9101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(2) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘‘poverty line’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 9101 of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(3) RURAL
AREA.—The term ‘‘rural area’’ 
means a geographic area served by a rural local edu-
cational agency. 
(4) RURAL LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY.—The 
term ‘‘rural local educational agency’’ means a local 
educational agency having administrative control or 
direction of schools which meet a metro-centric lo-
cale code of 41, 42, or 43 as determined by the Na-
tional Center for Education Statistics, in conjunc-
tion with the Bureau of the Census, using the sys-
tem of the National Center for Education Statistics 
for classifying local educational agencies. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
(6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 9101 of the Elemen-
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tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7801). 
(7) STATE-FUNDED
PRESCHOOL
PROGRAM.— 
The term ‘‘State-funded preschool program’’ means 
a program that— 
(A) serves children who are ages 3 through 
5; 
(B) has a primary focus of supporting 
early childhood education, including supporting 
children’s cognitive, social, emotional, and phys-
ical development and approaches to learning; 
(C) helps prepare children for a successful 
transition to kindergarten; and 
(D) is funded either in whole or in part by 
a State through a State agency with authority 
to promulgate regulations and monitor partici-
pating programs. 
(8) LIMITED
ENGLISH
PROFICIENCY.—The 
term ‘‘limited English proficiency’’, when used with 
respect to a child, means a child— 
(A)(i) who was not born in the United 
States or whose native language is a language 
other than English; 
(ii)(I) who is a Native American (as de-
fined in section 9101 of the Elementary and 
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Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801)), an Alaska Native, or a native resident 
of an outlying area (as defined in such section 
9101); and 
(II) who comes from an environment where 
a language other than English has had a sig-
nificant impact on the child’s level of English 
language proficiency; or 
(iii) who is migratory, whose native lan-
guage is a language other than English, and 
who comes from an environment where a lan-
guage other than English is dominant; and 
(B) whose difficulties in speaking or un-
derstanding the English language may be suffi-
cient to deny the child— 
(i) the ability to successfully achieve 
in a classroom in which the language of in-
struction is English; or 
(ii) the opportunity to participate fully 
in society. 
SEC. 12. CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require a 
child to attend a preschool program. 
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SEC. 13. AUTHORIZATION. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
fiscal years 2014 through 2018. 
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