I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3250 
To create a grant program to support the development of innovative learning 
models, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2025 
Mr. MORELLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Workforce 
A BILL 
To create a grant program to support the development of 
innovative learning models, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Developing and Ad-
vancing Innovative Learning Models’’. 
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 
The purposes of this Act are to— 
(1) ensure that the Institute for Education 
Sciences— 
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relational study with statistical controls for 
selection bias; 
(B) demonstrates a rationale based on 
high-quality research findings or positive eval-
uation that such innovative learning model— 
(i) is likely to improve student out-
comes or other relevant outcomes; and 
(ii) includes ongoing efforts to exam-
ine the effects of such innovative learning 
model; or 
(C) is consistent with theoretical and em-
pirical findings from research and will continue 
to be reviewed. 
(5) INNOVATIVE LEARNING MODEL.—The term 
‘‘innovative learning model’’ means a comprehensive 
program 
which 
elementary 
schools, 
secondary 
schools, and high schools can adopt that— 
(A) bundles together an interconnected set 
of tools, resources, systems, and instructional 
practices in order to shape student learning ex-
periences toward clear objectives; 
(B) integrates and includes— 
(i) an instructional design that incor-
porates components such as content, as-
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sessment, research, and student engage-
ment; 
(ii) an aligned set of pedagogical prac-
tices that is sustainable for teachers; 
(iii) an operational design that re-
imagines teacher workflow, the use of time, 
and classroom design; and 
(iv) a technological design that in-
cludes the use of student-level data and 
relevant technological tools; 
(C) is not simply a technological platform 
or point solutions; 
(D) comprehensively integrates the con-
cepts identified in subparagraph (B); 
(E) is created and implemented with input 
from school communities; and 
(F) may be designed as a model for the op-
eration of an entire school or focus on a specific 
academic subject or function, such as social- 
emotional support. 
(6) 
INNOVATIVE
LEARNING
MODEL
PRO-
VIDER.—The term ‘‘innovative learning model pro-
vider’’ means an organization that— 
(A) designs innovative learning models; 
and 
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(B) partners with schools and school com-
munities to support the implementation of such 
models (directly or in collaboration with a third 
party), while sharing accountability for student 
outcomes as measured by the State in accord-
ance with section 1111(c) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6331(c)). 
TITLE I—INVESTING IN THE DE-
VELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
OF 
INNOVATIVE 
LEARNING 
MODELS 
SEC. 101. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this title is to authorize a program 
of competitive grants that enable eligible entities to sup-
port the development and research of innovative learning 
models. 
SEC. 102. GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE LEARNING MODEL DE-
VELOPMENT AND RESEARCH. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—From the amount re-
served by the Director under section 104(c)(1), 
the Director shall award, on a competitive 
basis, grants to eligible entities having applica-
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tions approved under subsection (c) to enable 
such entities to create, develop, implement, rep-
licate, or take to scale entrepreneurial and evi-
dence-based innovative learning models to im-
prove student outcomes. 
(B) 
DESCRIPTION
OF
GRANTS.—The 
grants described in subparagraph (A) shall in-
clude— 
(i) early-phase grants to fund the de-
velopment, implementation, and feasibility 
testing of an innovative learning model, 
which prior research, including research 
conducted under paragraph (1), suggests 
has promise, for the purpose of deter-
mining whether the innovative learning 
model can successfully improve student 
achievement or attainment when success-
fully implemented with fidelity; 
(ii) mid-phase grants to fund imple-
mentation and a rigorous evaluation of an 
innovative learning model that has been 
successfully implemented under an early- 
phase grant described in clause (i) or other 
effort meeting similar criteria, for the pur-
pose of measuring the model’s impact and 
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cost effectiveness, if possible, using exist-
ing administrative data; and 
(iii) expansion grants to fund imple-
mentation and a rigorous replication eval-
uation of an innovative learning model that 
has been found to produce sizable, impor-
tant impacts under a mid-phase grant de-
scribed in clause (ii) or other effort meet-
ing similar criteria, for the purposes of— 
(I) determining whether such im-
pacts can be successfully reproduced 
and sustained over time; and 
(II) identifying the conditions, in-
cluding subgroups of students (as de-
scribed in section 1111(c) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)), in 
which the program is most effective. 
(2) RESEARCH GRANTS.—From the amount re-
served under section 104(c)(2), the Director shall 
award, on a competitive basis, grants to eligible enti-
ties to— 
(A) conduct high-quality research on exist-
ing innovative learning models; or 
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(B) evaluate innovative learning models de-
veloped with grants awarded under paragraph 
(1). 
(3) 
PRIORITY.—In 
awarding 
development 
grants under this section, the Director shall 
prioritize eligible entities that propose early-phase 
projects under paragraph (1)(B)(i). 
(4) STANDARDS.—The Director shall ensure 
that activities supported with grants under this sec-
tion— 
(A) conform to high standards of quality, 
integrity, accuracy, validity, and reliability; 
(B) maintain data privacy and security in 
a manner that is consistent with any relevant 
Federal law relating to privacy or data security; 
and 
(C) are objective, secular, neutral and non-
ideological, and are free of partisan political in-
fluence or any implicit or explicit bias. 
(5) SUFFICIENT SIZE AND SCOPE.—Each grant 
awarded under this section shall be of sufficient size 
and scope for the eligible entity to carry out the ac-
tivities required for such grant. 
(6) DURATION.—Grants under this title may be 
awarded for not more than 6 years. 
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(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this title, the term eligible 
entity means an innovative learning model provider, as de-
fined in section 3. 
(c) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this title, an eligible entity shall submit to the Di-
rector an application at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Director may reason-
ably require. 
(d) PEER REVIEW.—The Director shall— 
(1) implement a peer review process to assist 
the Director in the review of applications under this 
title and to make recommendations to the Director 
on awarding grants under this title; 
(2) develop and maintain published peer review 
standards for the conduct and evaluation of all de-
velopment and research carried out under this title; 
and 
(3) ensure that the peer-review teams consist of 
practitioners and experts who are knowledgeable 
about innovative learning models, including— 
(A) individuals with experience researching 
and developing innovative learning models for 
all types of students, including English learn-
ers, children with disabilities, and disadvan-
taged students; and 
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(B) individuals with experience imple-
menting innovative learning models. 
(e) TRAINING PROGRAM.—From funds otherwise re-
served for technical assistance under this title, the Direc-
tor may establish a program to train employees of public 
and private educational agencies, organizations, and insti-
tutions, and may establish a fellowship program to appoint 
such employees as temporary fellows that may assist in 
carrying out this section. 
(f) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Grant funds 
provided under this title shall be used to supplement, not 
supplant, other Federal or State funds made available to 
carry out activities described in this title. 
(g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, nothing in this title shall be con-
strued as requiring an eligible entity who is awarded a 
grant under subsection (a) to measure or evaluate the im-
pact or success of an innovative learning model through 
the use of a randomized control trial. 
SEC. 103. REPORTING AND EVALUATION. 
(a) ACTIVITIES SUMMARY.—Not later than two years 
after the date that an eligible entity receives a grant under 
this title, and on an annual basis thereafter, the eligible 
entity shall submit to the Director a summary of the ac-
tivities assisted under the grant. 
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(b) REPORT.—The Director shall provide to Con-
gress, and make publicly available, an annual report on 
the implementation of the program carried out under this 
title, including— 
(1) information on eligible entities that received 
grant funds under this title, including— 
(A) information provided by eligible enti-
ties to the Director in the applications sub-
mitted under section 103(c); 
(B) the summaries received under sub-
section (a); and 
(C) grant award amounts; 
(2) student outcomes and other relevant im-
pacts on students, including comprehensive learning 
growth, from schools that implement an innovative 
learning model that was developed or implemented 
under this title; or 
(3) information and recommendations con-
cerning any Federal policies that have been identi-
fied as presenting barriers to the adoption and im-
plementation of innovative learning models. 
(c) EVALUATION.—From amounts reserved by the 
Director under section 104(b)(1), the Director shall— 
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(1) carry out an independent evaluation to 
measure the effectiveness of the program assisted 
under this title; and 
(2) make the results of such evaluation publicly 
available. 
(d) AVAILABILITY.—The reports and evaluation pro-
vided under subsections (b) and (c) shall be made readily 
available to the public. 
(e) PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.—The reports and eval-
uation provided under subsections (b) and (c) shall not 
reveal personally identifiable information about any indi-
vidual. 
SEC. 104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 
title in each of the fiscal years 2026 through 2035. 
(b) RESERVATIONS.—From the amounts appro-
priated under subsection (a) for such fiscal year, the Di-
rector may reserve— 
(1) not more than 1 percent to conduct the 
evaluation required under section 204(c); and 
(2) not more than 1 percent to— 
(A) provide technical assistance for eligible 
entities, which may include pre-application 
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workshops, web-based seminars, and evaluation 
support; and 
(B) disseminate best practices concerning 
the successful development and implementation 
of innovative learning models. 
(c) FUNDING ALLOTMENT.—From the amount made 
available under subsection (a) and not reserved under sub-
section (b) for a fiscal year, the Director shall— 
(1) reserve not less than 93 percent to award 
grants to eligible entities under section 103(a)(1); 
and 
(2) reserve not less than 5 percent to award 
grants to eligible entities under section 103(a)(2). 
TITLE 
II—INVESTING 
IN 
THE 
EARLY ADOPTION OF INNO-
VATIVE LEARNING MODELS 
SEC. 201. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this title is to provide grants to State 
educational agencies and to provide subgrants to local edu-
cational agencies to increase the adoption and expansion 
of innovative learning models in elementary and secondary 
schools. 
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SEC. 202. FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES. 
(a) RESERVATION
OF
FUNDS.—From the total 
amount appropriated under section 205 for a fiscal year, 
the Secretary shall reserve— 
(1) one-half of 1 percent for allotments for the 
outlying areas, to be distributed among those out-
lying areas on the basis of their relative need, as de-
termined by the Secretary, in accordance with the 
purpose of this title; and 
(2) one-half of 1 percent for the Secretary of 
the Interior for programs under this part in schools 
operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation. 
(b) STATE ALLOTMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—From funds made available 
under section 205 for a fiscal year and not reserved 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall allot to 
each State the sum of— 
(A) an amount that bears the same rela-
tionship to 20 percent of such funds for such 
fiscal year as the number of individuals aged 5 
through 17 in the State, as determined by the 
Secretary on the basis of the most recent satis-
factory data, bears to the number of such indi-
viduals in all such States, as so determined; 
and 
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(B) an amount that bears the same rela-
tionship to 80 percent of such funds for such 
fiscal year as the number of individuals aged 5 
through 17 from families with incomes below 
the poverty line in the State, as determined by 
the Secretary on the basis of the most recent 
satisfactory data, bears to the number of such 
individuals in all such States, as so determined. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—No State receiving an allot-
ment under paragraph (1) may receive less than 
one-half of 1 percent of the total amount appro-
priated under 205 after the reservations under para-
graphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) for a fiscal 
year. 
(3) RATABLE
REDUCTION.—If the funds de-
scribed in paragraph (1) are insufficient to pay the 
full amounts that all States are eligible to receive 
under paragraph (1) for any fiscal year, the Sec-
retary shall ratably reduce such amounts for such 
fiscal year. 
(4) REALLOTMENT.—If a State does not receive 
an allotment, the Secretary shall reallot the amount 
of the allotment for such State to the remaining 
States in accordance with this subsection. 
(c) STATE PLAN.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to receive an allot-
ment under this section for any fiscal year, a State 
shall submit a plan to the Secretary, at such time 
and in such manner as the Secretary may reason-
ably require. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each plan described under 
paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum, the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A description of how the State edu-
cational agency will use funds received under 
this title for State-level activities. 
(B) A description of how the activities car-
ried out with funds under this title are expected 
to improve student achievement. 
(C) A description of how the State edu-
cational agency will work with local educational 
agencies and the communities of such agencies 
to develop, adopt, and implement innovative 
learning models. 
(D) Assurances that the State educational 
agency will— 
(i) review existing resources and pro-
grams across the State and coordinate any 
new plans and resources under this title 
with such resources and programs; 
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(ii) monitor the implementation of ac-
tivities under this title and provide tech-
nical assistance to local educational agen-
cies in carrying out such activities; and 
(iii) provide for equitable access for all 
students to the activities supported under 
this title, including compliance with the re-
quirements of all applicable Federal civil 
rights laws. 
(d) STATE USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under 
paragraph (3), a State that receives an allotment 
under subsection (b) for a fiscal year shall reserve 
not less than 95 percent of such allotment to make 
subgrants to local educational agencies for such fis-
cal year, as described in section 203. 
(2) STATE
ADMINISTRATION.—A State edu-
cational agency may use not more than 1 percent of 
the amount allotted to such State under subsection 
(b) for the administrative costs of carrying out such 
State educational agency’s responsibilities under this 
title. 
(3) STATE ACTIVITIES.—The State educational 
agency for a State that receives an allotment under 
subsection (b) may use funds not reserved under 
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paragraphs (1) and (2) for activities and programs 
designed to meet the purposes of this title, which 
may include— 
(A) providing monitoring of, and training, 
technical assistance, and capacity building to, 
local educational agencies that receive sub-
grants under section 203; 
(B) identifying and eliminating State bar-
riers to the development, implementation, and 
adoption of innovative learning models by local 
educational agencies and schools; and 
(C) supporting local educational agencies 
in adopting and implementing innovative learn-
ing models in schools. 
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to authorize the Secretary or any 
other officer or employee of the Federal Government to— 
(1) mandate, direct, or control the development, 
adoption, or implementation of any learning model 
by any State, local educational agency, or school; or 
(2) influence or incentivize the receipt of any 
grant, contract, or cooperative agreement the receipt 
of any priority or preference under such grant, con-
tract, or cooperative agreement upon a State, local 
educational agency, or school’s adoption or imple-
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mentation of any specific learning model, instruc-
tional content, curricula, or any program of instruc-
tion. 
(f) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Grant funds 
provided under this section shall be used to supplement, 
not supplant, other Federal or State funds made available 
to carry out activities related to the activities described 
in this section. 
SEC. 203. SUBGRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES. 
(a) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL 
AGENCIES.— 
(1) ALLOCATION
FORMULA.—From funds re-
served by a State under section 202(d)(1) for a fis-
cal year, the State educational agency shall allot to 
each of the eligible local educational agencies in the 
State for a fiscal year the sum of— 
(A) an amount that bears the same rela-
tionship to 20 percent of such funds for such 
fiscal year as the number of individuals aged 5 
through 17 in the geographic area served by the 
local educational agency, as determined by the 
Secretary on the basis of the most recent satis-
factory data, bears to the number of such indi-
viduals in the geographic areas served by all eli-
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gible local educational agencies in the State, as 
so determined; and 
(B) an amount that bears the same rela-
tionship to 80 percent of such funds for such 
fiscal year as the number of individuals aged 5 
through 17 from families with incomes below 
the poverty line in the geographic area served 
by the local educational agency, as determined 
by the Secretary on the basis of the most recent 
satisfactory data, bears to the number of such 
individuals in the geographic areas served by all 
eligible local educational agencies in the State, 
as so determined. 
(2) MINIMUM LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY AL-
LOCATION.—No allocation to a local educational 
agency under this subsection may be made in an 
amount that is less than $10,000. 
(3) RATABLE REDUCTION.—If the amount re-
served by the State under section 202(d)(1) is insuf-
ficient to make allocations to local educational agen-
cies in an amount equal to the minimum allocation 
described in subsection (a)(3), such allocations shall 
be ratably reduced. 
(4) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—From 
the 
amount allotted under paragraph (1), a local edu-
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cational agency may reserve not more than 1 percent 
of such amount for the direct administrative costs of 
carrying out the local educational agency’s respon-
sibilities under this section. 
(b) LOCAL APPLICATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive an 
allotment under this subsection (a), a local edu-
cational agency shall submit an application to the 
State educational agency at such time, in such man-
ner, and containing such information as the State 
educational agency may reasonably require. 
(2) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each appli-
cation submitted under paragraph (1) shall in-
clude— 
(A) a description of the activities to be car-
ried out by the local educational agency under 
this section; 
(B) a description of how the local edu-
cational agency will prioritize funds to schools 
served by the agency that are implementing 
comprehensive support and improvement activi-
ties and targeted support and improvement ac-
tivities under section 1111(d) of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6311(d)); 
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(C) a description of how the local edu-
cational agency will use data and ongoing con-
sultation with experts and stakeholders to con-
tinually update and improve activities supported 
under this section; 
(D) a description of how the local edu-
cational agency will meaningfully collaborate 
with teachers, principals, other school leaders, 
paraprofessionals (including organizations rep-
resenting such individuals), and other relevant 
stakeholders in school communities; and 
(E) any other information that the State 
educational agency may require. 
(c) LOCAL USES OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency 
that receives an allotment under subsection (a) shall 
develop, implement, select, and evaluate innovative 
learning models in schools served by such agency, 
which may be carried out— 
(A) through a grant or contract with a for- 
profit or non-profit entity; or 
(B) in partnership with an institution of 
higher education or an Indian Tribe or Tribal 
organization (as such terms are defined under 
section 4 of the Indian Self 7 Determination 
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and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
450b)). 
(2) TYPES
OF
ACTIVITIES.—The innovative 
learning models developed and implemented under 
this section shall be in accordance with the purpose 
of this title and shall address the learning needs of 
all students, including children with disabilities, 
English learners, gifted and talented students, and 
students who are otherwise at-risk. 
(d) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Grant funds 
provided under this section shall be used to supplement, 
not supplant, other Federal or State funds available to 
carry out activities related to the activities described in 
this section. 
SEC. 204. REPORTING AND EVALUATION. 
(a) STATE AND LOCAL REPORTS.— 
(1) STATE
REPORT.—Each State educational 
agency receiving funds under this title shall annually 
submit to the Secretary a report that provides— 
(A) a description of how the State is using 
grant funds to meet the purpose of this title; 
and 
(B) any other information that the Sec-
retary determines are necessary and appro-
priate. 
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(2) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY REPORT.— 
Each local educational agency receiving funds under 
this part shall annually submit to the appropriate 
State educational agency such information as the 
State may require, which shall include how the local 
educational agency is using grant funds to meet the 
purposes of this title. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—The reports and informa-
tion provided under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be 
made readily available to the public. 
(4) PRIVACY
PROTECTION.—The reports and 
evaluation provided under subsections (b) and (c) 
shall not reveal personally identifiable information 
about any individual. 
(b) SECRETARY’S REPORT.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide to Congress an annual report on the implementation 
of the program carried out under this title, including— 
(1) information provided by States to the Sec-
retary in the applications submitted under section 
204(1); 
(2) the amount allotted to each State and out-
lying area; and 
(3) student academic and, as applicable, growth 
data from the schools participating in the programs 
supported under this title. 
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(c) EVALUATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) RESERVATION
OF
FUNDS.—Of the total 
amount made available for this title for a fiscal year, 
the Secretary may reserve for such fiscal year not 
more than 1 percent for the cost of the evaluation 
under paragraph (2) and for technical assistance in 
carrying out this title. 
(2) EVALUATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—From amounts reserved 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary, acting 
through the Director, shall carry out an inde-
pendent evaluation to measure the effectiveness 
of the program assisted under this title. 
(B) CONTENTS.—The evaluation under 
subparagraph (A) shall measure— 
(i) the effectiveness of each program 
assisted under this title in improving stu-
dent academic achievement and growth; 
(ii) the effectiveness of individual 
learning models in improving student aca-
demic achievement and growth; and 
(iii) any other information that the 
Director may require. 
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SEC. 205. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
For the purposes of carrying out this title, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out this title in each fiscal years 2027 
through 2036. 
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