the governance, operation, or control of a Tribal Col-
lege or University. 
(3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
(5) STATE
SERVICE
PROVIDER.—The term 
‘‘State service provider’’ means a nonprofit organiza-
tion that receives Federal funding or State funding 
to provide services commensurate with guidelines for 
those services and is in good standing with regard 
to such funding. 
(6) TRIBAL
COLLEGE
OR
UNIVERSITY.—The 
term ‘‘Tribal College or University’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 316(b)(3) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)(3)). 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF COMPLETION FUND.— 
(1) RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR ELIGIBLE IN-
DIAN
ENTITIES.—From the total amount appro-
priated to carry out this section for a fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall reserve 2 percent for grants to eligi-
ble Indian entities to increase participation and com-
pletion rates of students from low-income back-
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grounds, historically underrepresented students, 
first-generation college enrollees, parenting students, 
students with disabilities, and student veterans. 
(2) GRANT
AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary 
shall make grants, from allotments under paragraph 
(3), to States to enable the States to distribute 
funds to participating public institutions of higher 
education in the State to provide student support 
services to increase participation, retention, and 
completion rates of students from low-income back-
grounds, historically underrepresented students, 
first-generation college enrollees, parenting students, 
students with disabilities, and student veterans. 
(3) DETERMINATION OF ALLOTMENT.— 
(A) AMOUNT OF ALLOTMENT.—From the 
total amount appropriated to carry out this sec-
tion for a fiscal year and not reserved under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall allot to each 
State having an application approved under this 
section an amount, subject to subparagraph 
(B), that shall be equal to the sum of— 
(i) the amount that bears the same 
relation to 50 percent of the amount ap-
propriated and not reserved for such fiscal 
year as the number of residents in the 
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State aged 5 through 17 who are living 
below the poverty line applicable to the 
resident’s family size (as determined under 
section 673(2) of the Community Services 
Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) 
bears to the total number of such residents 
in all States; and 
(ii) the amount that bears the same 
relation to 50 percent of the amount ap-
propriated and not reserved for such fiscal 
year as the number of residents in the 
State aged 15 through 44 who are living 
below the poverty line applicable to the in-
dividual’s family size (as determined under 
section 673(2) of the Community Services 
Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) 
bears to the total number of such residents 
in all States. 
(B) MINIMUM
AMOUNT.—The allotment 
for each State under this section for a fiscal 
year shall not be an amount that is less than 
1.0 percent of the total amount appropriated to 
carry out this section for the fiscal year and not 
reserved under paragraph (1). 
(4) SET ASIDES.— 
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(A) EVIDENCE-BASED STUDENT SUCCESS 
PROGRAMS.—Each State that receives a grant 
under this section shall set aside not less than 
20 percent of grant funds for evidence-based 
student success programs, which are programs 
designed to improve persistence, credit accumu-
lation, completion, or career success, carried out 
by an institution and that— 
(i) meet— 
(I) the requirements for evalua-
tion 
as 
described 
in 
subsection 
(a)(2)(B) of section 4611 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education 
Act, 
as 
amended 
(20 
U.S.C. 
7261(a)(2)(B)); or 
(II) the requirements for evalua-
tion 
as 
described 
in 
subsection 
(a)(2)(C) of section 4611 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education 
Act, 
as 
amended 
(20 
U.S.C. 
7261(a)(2)(C)); and 
(ii) provide students with a program 
advisor to each eligible student partici-
pating in such program who provides com-
prehensive academic and personal advising 
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to the eligible student, including moni-
toring of academic progress of the eligible 
student, and may provide each eligible stu-
dent with financial incentives, such as tui-
tion assistance, transportation assistance 
or a gas card, free tutoring and career 
services (which can include benefit coun-
seling) to eligible students in order to cre-
ate a community with eligible student par-
ticipating in such program. 
(B) PERMISSIVE.—Each State that re-
ceives a grant under this section may set 
aside— 
(i) not more than 5 percent of grant 
funds for administration, capacity building, 
research, evaluation, and reporting; and 
(ii) not more than 2 percent of grant 
funds for technical assistance to State 
service providers. 
(d) STATE STRATEGIC PLANS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A State that desires to re-
ceive a grant under this section shall submit an ap-
plication to the Secretary at such time, in such man-
ner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require, including a State strategic plan. 
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(2) DEVELOPMENT
OF
STATE
STRATEGIC 
PLAN.—Each State strategic plan shall be developed 
with input from each of the following: 
(A) 2-year public institutions of higher 
education in the State. 
(B) 4-year public institutions of higher 
education in the State. 
(C) The State workforce development 
board established under section 101 of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3111). 
(D) A Tribal College or University with a 
campus located in the State. 
(E) State service providers. 
(F) The State department with jurisdiction 
over children, youth, and family services. 
(3) CONTENT OF STATE STRATEGIC PLAN.— 
Each State strategic plan shall include the following: 
(A) Information on the state of the public 
institutions of higher education in the State, in-
cluding the following: 
(i) A description of the distribution of 
funds to be provided from the grant to 
participating public institutions of higher 
education in the State. 
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