dential within 100 percent of the normal time for the com-
pletion of such credential, including low-income students 
and students from other populations that are underrep-
resented in higher education. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘dual or concur-
rent enrollment program’’, ‘‘early college high 
school’’, ‘‘educational service agency’’, ‘‘four-year ad-
justed cohort graduation rate’’, ‘‘local educational 
agency’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, and ‘‘State’’ have the 
meanings given the terms in section 8101 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7801). 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means an institution of higher education in part-
nership with one or more local educational agencies 
(which may be an educational service agency). Such 
partnership may also include other entities, such as 
nonprofit organizations or businesses and schools in 
juvenile detention centers. 
(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). 
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(4) LOW-INCOME STUDENT.—The term ‘‘low-in-
come student’’ means a student counted under sec-
tion 1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6333(c)). 
(5) RECOGNIZED
POSTSECONDARY
CREDEN-
TIAL.—The term ‘‘recognized postsecondary creden-
tial’’ has the meaning given the term in section 3 of 
the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3102). 
(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; RESERVA-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To carry out this Act, there are 
authorized to be appropriated $250,000,000 for fiscal year 
2024 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years. 
(b) RESERVATIONS.—From the funds appropriated 
under subsection (a) for each fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall reserve— 
(1) not less than 40 percent for grants to eligi-
ble entities under section 5; 
(2) not less than 55 percent for grants to 
States under section 6; and 
(3) not less than 5 percent for national activi-
ties under section 8. 
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SEC. 5. GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award grants 
to eligible entities, on a competitive basis, to assist such 
entities in establishing or supporting an early college high 
school or dual or concurrent enrollment program in ac-
cordance with this section. 
(b) DURATION.—Each grant under this section shall 
be awarded for a period of 6 years. 
(c) GRANT AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that the amount of each grant under this section is suffi-
cient to enable each grantee to carry out the activities de-
scribed in subsection (h), except that a grant under this 
section may not exceed $2,000,000, of which not more 
than 15 percent of the overall grant total may be used 
to improve data systems for the purpose of facilitating the 
execution of the reporting requirement in section 7(a). 
(d) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For each year that an eligi-
ble entity receives a grant under this section, the en-
tity shall contribute matching funds, in the amounts 
described in paragraph (2), for the activities sup-
ported by the grant. 
(2) AMOUNTS DESCRIBED.—The amounts de-
scribed in this paragraph are— 
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(A) for each of the first and second years 
of the grant period, 20 percent of the grant 
amount; 
(B) for each of the third and fourth years 
of the grant period, 30 percent of the grant 
amount; 
(C) for the fifth year of the grant period, 
40 percent of the grant amount; and 
(D) for the sixth year of the grant period, 
50 percent of the grant amount. 
(3) DETERMINATION
OF
AMOUNT
CONTRIB-
UTED.— 
(A) IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall allow an eligible entity to meet the 
requirements of this subsection through in-kind 
contributions. 
(B) NON-FEDERAL
SOURCES.—Not less 
than half of each amount described in para-
graph (2) shall be provided by the eligible entity 
from non-Federal sources. 
(e) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—An eligible enti-
ty shall use a grant received under this section only to 
supplement funds that would, in the absence of such a 
grant, be made available from other Federal, State, or 
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local sources for activities supported by the grant, not to 
supplant such funds. 
(f) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities 
that— 
(1) propose to establish or support an early col-
lege high school or dual or concurrent enrollment 
program that will serve a student population of 
which not less than 51 percent are low-income stu-
dents; 
(2) include a local educational agency which 
serves a high school that is— 
(A) identified for comprehensive support 
and 
improvement 
under 
section 
1111(c)(4)(D)(i) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6311(c)(4)(D)(i)); or 
(B) implementing a targeted support and 
improvement plan as described in section 
1111(d)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(d)(2)); 
(3) are from States that provide assistance to 
early college high schools or dual or concurrent en-
rollment programs, such as assistance to defray the 
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costs of higher education (including costs of tuition, 
fees, and textbooks); and 
(4) propose to establish or support an early col-
lege high school or dual or concurrent enrollment 
program that meets quality standards established 
by— 
(A) a nationally recognized accrediting 
agency or association that offers accreditation 
specifically for such programs; or 
(B) a State process specifically for the re-
view and approval of such programs. 
(g) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary shall 
ensure, to the extent practicable, that eligible entities re-
ceiving grants under this section— 
(1) are from a representative cross section of— 
(A) urban, suburban, and rural areas; and 
(B) regions of the United States; and 
(2) include both two-year and four-year institu-
tions of higher education. 
(h) USES OF FUNDS.— 
(1) MANDATORY ACTIVITIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity shall 
use grant funds received under this section— 
(i) to support the activities described 
in its application under subsection (i); 
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(ii) to create and maintain a coherent 
system of supports for students, teachers, 
principals, and faculty under the program, 
including— 
(I) college and career readiness, 
academic, and social support services 
for students; and 
(II) professional development for 
secondary school teachers, faculty, 
and principals, and faculty from the 
institution of higher education, includ-
ing— 
(aa) joint professional devel-
opment activities; and 
(bb) activities to assist such 
teachers, faculty, and principals 
in using effective parent and 
community engagement strate-
gies and to help ensure the suc-
cess of students academically at 
risk of not enrolling in or com-
pleting postsecondary education, 
first-generation college students, 
and each category of students de-
scribed 
in 
section 
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1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)); 
(iii) to carry out liaison activities 
among the partners that comprise the eli-
gible entity pursuant to an agreement or 
memorandum 
of 
understanding 
docu-
menting commitments, resources, roles, 
and responsibilities of the partners con-
sistent with the design of the program; 
(iv) for outreach programs to ensure 
that secondary school students and their 
families, including students academically at 
risk of not enrolling in or completing post-
secondary education, first-generation col-
lege students, and each category of stu-
dents 
described 
in 
section 
1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)), are— 
(I) aware of, and recruited into, 
the early college high school or dual 
or concurrent enrollment program; 
and 
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(II) assisted with the process of 
enrolling and succeeding in the early 
college high school or dual or concur-
rent enrollment program, which may 
include providing academic support; 
(v) to collect, share, and use data (in 
compliance with section 444 of the General 
Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 
1232g)) for program improvement and 
program evaluation; and 
(vi) to review and strengthen its pro-
gram to maximize the potential that stu-
dents participating in the program will 
eventually complete a recognized postsec-
ondary 
credential, 
including 
by 
opti-
mizing— 
(I) the curriculum of the pro-
gram; 
(II) the use of high-quality as-
sessments of student learning, such as 
performance-based, project-based, or 
portfolio assessments that measure 
higher-order thinking skills; 
(III) the sequence of courses of-
fered by the program; and 
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(IV) the alignment of academic 
calendars 
between 
the 
secondary 
schools and the institution of higher 
education participating in the pro-
gram. 
(B) NEW PROGRAMS.—In the case of an 
eligible entity that uses a grant under this sec-
tion to establish an early college high school or 
dual or concurrent enrollment program, the en-
tity shall use such funds during the first year 
of the grant period— 
(i) to design the curriculum and se-
quence of courses in collaboration with, at 
a minimum— 
(I) faculty from the institution of 
higher education; 
(II) teachers and faculty from 
the local educational agency; and 
(III) in the case of a career and 
technical education program, employ-
ers or workforce development entities 
to ensure that the program is aligned 
with labor market demand; 
(ii) to develop and implement an ar-
ticulation agreement between the institu-
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tion of higher education and the local edu-
cational agency that governs how sec-
ondary and postsecondary credits will be 
awarded under the program; and 
(iii) to carry out the activities de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
(2) ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES.—An eligible entity 
may use grant funds received under this section to 
support the activities described in its application 
under subsection (i), including by— 
(A) purchasing textbooks and equipment 
that support the program’s curriculum; 
(B) pursuant to the assurance provided by 
the eligible entity under subsection (i)(3)(A), 
paying tuition and fees for postsecondary 
courses taken by students under the program; 
(C) incorporating work-based learning op-
portunities (other than by paying wages of stu-
dents) into the program (which may include 
partnering with entities that provide such op-
portunities), including— 
(i) internships; 
(ii) career-based capstone projects; 
(iii) 
pre-apprenticeships 
and 
reg-
istered apprenticeships provided by eligible 
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providers of apprenticeship programs de-
scribed in section 122(a)(2)(B) of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3152(a)(2)(B)); and 
(iv) work-based learning opportunities 
provided under chapters 1 and 2 of sub-
part 2 of part A of title IV of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a– 
11 et seq.); 
(D) providing students with transportation 
to and from the program; 
(E) paying costs for— 
(i) high school teachers to obtain the 
skills, credentials, or industry certifications 
necessary to teach for the institution of 
higher education participating in the pro-
gram; or 
(ii) postsecondary faculty to become 
certified to teach high school; or 
(F) providing time during which secondary 
school teachers and faculty and faculty from an 
institution of higher education can collaborate, 
which may include— 
(i) professional development; 
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