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‘‘(1) Design and implement innovative ways to 
improve retention in and completion of developmental 
education courses, including enrolling students in co-
horts, accelerating course content, integrating remedi-
ation and college-level curricula and instruction, du-
ally enrolling students in developmental and college- 
level courses, tutoring, providing counseling and other 
supportive services, and giving small, material incen-
tives for attendance and performance. 
‘‘(2) In consultation with faculty in the appro-
priate departments, redesignating class schedules to 
meet the needs of working adults, such as by creating 
evening, weekend, modular, compressed, distance- 
learning formats, or other alternative schedules. 
‘‘(3) Improving the quality of teaching in reme-
dial courses through professional development, reclas-
sification of such teaching positions, or other means 
the eligible institution determines appropriate. 
‘‘(4) Any other activities the eligible institution 
and the Secretary determine will promote retention 
of, and completion by, students attending institutions 
of higher education. 
‘‘(5) Fully advise students on the range of op-
tions and programs available, which may include: di-
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ploma; certification; 2-year degree; associate’s degree; 
transfer degree to upper division; and career options. 
‘‘(g) GRANT PERIOD.—Grants made under this section 
shall be for a period of not less than 36 months and not 
more than 60 months. 
‘‘(h) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 
provide technical assistance to grantees under this section 
throughout the grant period. 
‘‘(i) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall conduct an 
evaluation of program impacts under the demonstration 
program, and shall disseminate to the public the findings 
from the evaluation and information on best practices. The 
Secretary is encouraged to partner with other providers of 
funds, such as private foundations, to allow for use of a 
random assignment evaluation in at least one of the dem-
onstration sites. 
‘‘(j) DEFINITION OF INSTITUTION.—In this section, the 
term ‘institution of higher education’ means an institution 
of higher education as defined in section 101(a). 
‘‘PART F—PROJECT GRAD 
‘‘SEC. 836. PROJECT GRAD. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this part are— 
‘‘(1) to provide support and assistance to pro-
grams implementing integrated education reform 
services in order to improve secondary school gradua-
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tion and college attendance and completion rates for 
disadvantaged students; and 
‘‘(2) to promote the establishment of new pro-
grams to implement such integrated education reform 
services. 
‘‘(b) GRANT AUTHORIZED.—From the amount appro-
priated to carry out this part under section 800, the Sec-
retary is authorized to award a grant to Project GRAD 
USA (referred to in this part as the ‘grantee’), a nonprofit 
educational organization that has as its primary purpose 
the improvement of secondary school graduation and college 
attendance and completion rates for disadvantaged stu-
dents, to implement and sustain the integrated education 
reform services described in subsection (d)(3) at existing 
Project GRAD program sites and to promote the expansion 
of such programs to new sites. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS
OF GRANT AGREEMENT.—The 
Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the grantee 
that requires that the grantee shall— 
‘‘(1) enter into subcontracts with nonprofit edu-
cational organizations that serve a substantial num-
ber or percentage of low-income students (referred to 
in this part as ‘subcontractors’), under which the sub-
contractors agree to implement the programs de-
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scribed in subsection (d) and provide matching funds 
for such programs; 
‘‘(2) directly carry out— 
‘‘(A) activities to implement and sustain 
the literacy, mathematics, classroom manage-
ment, social service, and college access programs 
further described in subsection (d)(3); 
‘‘(B) activities to build the organizational 
and management capacity of the subcontractors 
to effectively implement and sustain the pro-
grams; 
‘‘(C) activities for the purpose of improving 
and expanding the programs, including but not 
limited to activities to further articulate a pro-
gram for one or more grade levels and across 
grade levels, to tailor a program for a particular 
target audience, and provide tighter integration 
across programs; 
‘‘(D) activities for the purpose of imple-
menting new Project GRAD program sites; 
‘‘(E) activities for the purpose of promoting 
greater public awareness of integrated education 
reform services to improve secondary school 
graduation and college attendance rates for dis-
advantaged students; and 
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‘‘(F) other activities directly related to im-
proving secondary school graduation and college 
attendance and completion rates for disadvan-
taged students; and 
‘‘(3) use grant funds available under this part to 
pay— 
‘‘(A) the amount determined under sub-
section (f)(1); and 
‘‘(B) costs associated with carrying out the 
activities and providing the services, as provided 
in paragraph (2) of this subsection. 
‘‘(d) SUPPORTED PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) DESIGNATION.—The subcontractor pro-
grams referred to in subsection (c)(1) shall be known 
as Project GRAD programs. 
‘‘(2) FEEDER
PATTERNS.—Each subcontractor 
shall implement a Project GRAD program and shall, 
with the agreement of the grantee— 
‘‘(A) identify or establish not less than one 
‘feeder pattern’ of public schools, where ‘feeder 
pattern’ is defined as a high school and the ele-
mentary schools and middle schools that channel 
students into that high school; and 
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‘‘(B) provide the integrated educational re-
form services described in paragraph (3) at the 
identified feeder pattern or feeder patterns. 
‘‘(3) INTEGRATED
EDUCATION
REFORM
SERV-
ICES.—The services provided through a Project GRAD 
program may include— 
‘‘(A) research-based programs in reading, 
mathematics, and classroom management; 
‘‘(B) campus-based social services programs, 
including a systematic approach to increase 
family and community involvement in the 
schools served by the Project GRAD program; 
‘‘(C) a college access program that in-
cludes— 
‘‘(i) providing college scholarships for 
students who meet established criteria; 
‘‘(ii) proven approaches for increasing 
student and family college awareness; and 
‘‘(iii) assistance for such students in 
applying for higher education financial aid; 
and 
‘‘(D) such other services identified by the 
grantee as necessary to increase secondary school 
graduation and college attendance and comple-
tion rates. 
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‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Of the funds made available to 
carry out this part under section 800, not more than 8 per-
cent of such funds, or $4,000,000, whichever is less, shall 
be used by the grantee to pay for administration of the 
grant, with the remainder of funds to be used for the pur-
poses described in subsections (c)(1) and (2). 
‘‘(f) GRANTEE CONTRIBUTION
AND MATCHING RE-
QUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The grantee shall provide to 
each subcontractor an average of $200 for each pupil 
served by the subcontractor in the Project GRAD pro-
gram, adjusted to take into consideration— 
‘‘(A) the resources available in the area 
where the subcontractor will implement the 
Project GRAD program; and 
‘‘(B) the need for Project GRAD programs 
in such area to improve student outcomes. 
‘‘(2) MATCHING
REQUIREMENT.—Each subcon-
tractor shall provide funds for the Project GRAD pro-
gram in an amount that is equal to the amount re-
ceived by the subcontractor from the grantee. Such 
matching funds may be provided in cash or in kind, 
fairly evaluated. 
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‘‘(3) WAIVER
AUTHORITY.—The grantee may 
waive, in whole or in part, the requirement of para-
graph (2) for a subcontractor, if the subcontractor— 
‘‘(A) demonstrates that it would not other-
wise be able to participate in the program; and 
‘‘(B) enters into an agreement with the 
grantee with respect to the amount to which the 
waiver will apply. 
‘‘(4) DECREASE IN GRANTEE SHARE.—Based on 
the funds or resources available to a subcontractor, 
the grantee may elect to provide the subcontractor 
with an amount that is less than the amount deter-
mined under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(g) EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(1) EVALUATION
BY
THE
SECRETARY.—The 
Secretary shall select an independent entity to evalu-
ate, every 3 years, the performance of students who 
participate in a Project GRAD program under this 
part. The evaluation shall— 
‘‘(A) be conducted using a rigorous research 
design for determining the effectiveness of the 
Project GRAD programs funded under this part; 
and 
‘‘(B) compare reading and mathematics 
achievement and, where applicable, the sec-
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ondary school graduation, college attendance, 
and college completion rates of students who par-
ticipate in a Project GRAD program funded 
under this part with those indicators for students 
of similar backgrounds who do not participate in 
such program. 
‘‘(2) EVALUATION
BY
GRANTEE
AND
SUB-
CONTRACTORS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The grantee shall re-
quire each subcontractor to prepare an in-depth 
report of the results and the use of funds of each 
Project GRAD program funded under this part 
that includes— 
‘‘(i) data on the reading and mathe-
matics achievement of students involved in 
the Project GRAD program; 
‘‘(ii) statistics on secondary school 
graduation, college attendance, and college 
completion rates; and 
‘‘(iii) such financial reporting as re-
quired by the Secretary to review the effec-
tiveness and efficiency of the program. 
‘‘(B) FORM OF REPORT.—The report shall 
be in a form and include such content as shall 
be determined by the grantee, in consultation 
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with the Secretary or the entity selected by the 
Secretary to evaluate the Project GRAD pro-
grams in accordance with paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY OF EVALUATIONS.—Copies of 
any evaluation or report prepared under this sub-
section shall be made available to— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) the chairperson and ranking member 
of the authorizing committees. 
‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this part the term ‘low-income 
student’ means a student who is determined by a local edu-
cational agency to be from a low-income family using the 
measures described in section 1113(a)(5) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6313(a)(5)). 
‘‘PART G—IMPROVING COLLEGE ENROLLMENT BY 
SECONDARY SCHOOLS 
‘‘SEC. 841. IMPROVING COLLEGE ENROLLMENT BY SEC-
ONDARY SCHOOLS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amount appropriated to 
carry out this part under section 800, the Secretary shall 
contract with one nonprofit organization described in sub-
section (b) to enable the nonprofit organization— 
‘‘(1) to make publicly available the year-to-year 
higher education enrollment rate trends of secondary 
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school students, disaggregated by secondary school, in 
compliance with the Family Education Rights and 
Privacy Act of 1974; 
‘‘(2) to identify not less than 50 urban local edu-
cational agencies and 5 States with significant rural 
populations, each serving a significant population of 
low-income students, and to carry out a comprehen-
sive needs assessment in the agencies and States of the 
factors known to contribute to improved higher edu-
cation enrollment rates, which factors shall include— 
‘‘(A) an evaluation of the local educational 
agency’s and State’s leadership strategies; 
‘‘(B) the secondary school curriculum and 
class offerings of the local educational agency 
and State; 
‘‘(C) the professional development used by 
the local educational agency and the State to as-
sist teachers, higher education counselors, and 
administrators in supporting the transition of 
secondary students into higher education; 
‘‘(D) secondary school student attendance 
and other factors demonstrated to be associated 
with enrollment into higher education; 
‘‘(E) the data systems used by the local edu-
cational agency and the State to measure college 
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enrollment rates and the incentives in place to 
motivate the efforts of faculty and students to 
improve student and school-wide outcomes; and 
‘‘(F) strategies to mobilize student leaders to 
build a college-bound culture; and 
‘‘(3) to provide comprehensive services to im-
prove the school-wide higher education enrollment 
rates of each of not less than 10 local educational 
agencies and States, with the federally funded portion 
of each project declining by not less than 20 percent 
each year beginning in the second year of the com-
prehensive services, that— 
‘‘(A) participated in the needs assessment 
described in paragraph (2); and 
‘‘(B) demonstrated a willingness and com-
mitment to improving the higher education en-
rollment rates of the local educational agency or 
State, respectively. 
‘‘(b) GRANT RECIPIENT CRITERIA.—The recipient of 
the grant awarded under subsection (a) shall be a nonprofit 
organization with demonstrated expertise— 
‘‘(1) in increasing school-wide higher education 
enrollment rates in low-income communities nation-
wide by providing curriculum, training, and tech-
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nical assistance to secondary school staff and student 
peer influencers; and 
‘‘(2) in a college transition data management 
system. 
‘‘PART H—DIPLOMA MILL PREVENTION 
‘‘SEC. 851. PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this part is to protect 
institutions of higher education, businesses and other em-
ployers, professional licensing boards, patients and clients 
of degree holders, taxpayers, and other individuals from any 
person claiming to possess a legitimate academic degree 
that in fact was issued by a fraudulent or nonexistent 
school, by a non-educational entity posing as a school, or 
by any entity in violation of Federal or State law. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this part: 
‘‘(1) 
DEGREE-GRANTING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘degree-granting institution’ means any entity 
that offers or confers an academic, professional, or oc-
cupational degree, diploma, or certificate, if such de-
gree, diploma, or certificate may be used to represent 
to the general public that the individual possessing 
such degree, diploma, or certificate has completed a 
program of education or training beyond secondary 
education. 
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‘‘(2) DIPLOMA MILL.—The term ‘diploma mill’ 
means any entity that— 
‘‘(A) lacks valid accreditation by an agency 
recognized by a Federal agency or a State gov-
ernment or other organization or association 
that recognizes accrediting agencies as a valid 
accrediting agency of institutions of higher edu-
cation; and 
‘‘(B) offers degrees, diplomas, or certifi-
cations, for a fee, that may be used to represent 
to the general public that the individual pos-
sessing such a degree, diploma, or certification 
has completed a program of education or train-
ing beyond secondary education, but little or no 
education or course work is required to obtain 
such a degree, diploma, or certification. 
‘‘(3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘institution of higher education’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 102. 
‘‘SEC. 852. RECOGNIZED ACCREDITING AGENCIES AND IN-
STITUTIONS. 
‘‘(a) LISTS MAINTAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF 
EDUCATION.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this part, the Secretary of Education shall 
make available (in a regularly updated, electronic format) 
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to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the heads of 
other appropriate Federal agencies, a list of— 
‘‘(1) accrediting agencies and associations, recog-
nized by the Secretary of Education under section 
496, or, at the discretion of the Secretary, other orga-
nizations involved in accreditation; 
‘‘(2) eligible institutions, as defined under sec-
tion 435(a); and 
‘‘(3) to the extent practicable, foreign degree- 
granting institutions that— 
‘‘(A) have degree-granting authority, as 
granted by the appropriate agency or ministry 
of jurisdiction in the home country of such insti-
tution; 
‘‘(B) issue degrees that are accepted for pro-
fessional licensure, public employment, and ad-
mission into graduate programs of degree-grant-
ing institutions in the home country (as deter-
mined by the Secretary of State); 
‘‘(C) are determined by the Secretary of 
Education to be academically equivalent to an 
eligible institution, as defined in section 435(a); 
and 
‘‘(D) are located in a home country that is 
capable of performing an effective academic eval-
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uation of the degree-granting institutions to 
which it issues degree-granting authority, as de-
termined by the Secretary of State, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Education, 
for the purposes of assisting the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity and the heads of such Federal agencies to determine, 
for immigration and Federal employment and hiring pur-
poses, the legitimacy of degree-granting institutions and de-
grees issued by such institutions. 
‘‘(b) REVISIONS TO LISTS.—The Secretary of Edu-
cation shall modify and maintain the lists described in sub-
section (a) as necessary to ensure that the lists and the in-
formation contained in the lists are accurate and up-to- 
date, based on the most recent information available to the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(c) NOTICE OF RECOGNITION.—To be eligible to re-
ceive funds under title IV, each eligible institution described 
in subsection (a)(2) shall, not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this part, prominently display on 
the institution’s Internet website a notice indicating that 
the institution is recognized by the Secretary of Education 
as a legitimate institution for immigration and Federal 
employment and hiring purposes. If the Secretary of Edu-
cation determines that an institution no longer qualifies as 
a legitimate degree-granting institutions described in sub-
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section (a)(2), and removes the institution from the list 
maintained under such subsection, the institution shall, not 
later than 15 days after the removal of the institution from 
such list, delete the notice required by this subsection from 
the institution’s Internet website. 
‘‘SEC. 853. ACCREDITING AGENCIES. 
‘‘No accrediting agency or association may be consid-
ered to be a reliable authority as to the quality of education 
or training offered by a degree-granting institution for any 
purpose related to immigration, Federal employment and 
hiring practices, or for any other Federal purposes, unless 
the agency or association is on the list of accrediting agen-
cies and associations recognized by the Secretary of Edu-
cation and provided to the Secretary of Homeland Security 
under section 852. The Secretary may consult with other 
organizations, such as the Council for Higher Education 
Accreditation, for such purposes. 
‘‘SEC. 854. TASK FORCE. 
‘‘(a) TASK FORCE ESTABLISHED.—The Secretary of 
Education shall establish within the Department of Edu-
cation the Diploma Mill Task Force (referred to in this part 
as the ‘Task Force’). 
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
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granting institutions, or law enforcement related 
to credential fraud, selected as follows: 
‘‘(i) One individual selected by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(ii) One individual selected by the 
minority leader of the House of Representa-
tives. 
‘‘(iii) One individual selected by the 
majority leader of the Senate. 
‘‘(iv) One individual selected by the 
minority leader of the Senate. 
‘‘(2) CRITERIA FOR MEMBERSHIP.—All members 
of the Task Force shall be persons who are especially 
qualified to serve on the Task Force by virtue of their 
education, training, or experience, particularly in the 
fields of higher education, accreditation of institutions 
of higher education, foreign higher education stand-
ards, State regulation of institutions of higher edu-
cation, immigration, Federal employment require-
ments and hiring practices, or fraud prevention, de-
tection, or enforcement. 
‘‘(3) TERMS.—Each member shall be appointed 
for the life of the Task Force. 
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‘‘(III) without imposing academic 
or other requirements for admittance 
into the institutions or programs offer-
ing such degrees, diplomas, or certifi-
cates; 
‘‘(ii) has fiscal and administrative 
structures and capacity appropriate to the 
specified scale of educational operations; 
‘‘(iii) has resources to support claims 
as a degree-granting institution, including 
curricula, qualified faculty, facilities, equip-
ment, and supplies, student support serv-
ices, objectives of the degrees or credentials 
offered, admissions practices, academic cal-
endars and catalogs, and a grading system; 
and 
‘‘(iv) has degree-granting authority 
issued by the States in which degrees, or in-
struction leading to degrees, are offered, and 
is recognized by such States as an approved 
institution of higher education; 
‘‘(B) the feasibility of defining the term 
‘fraudulent degree-granting institution’ (com-
monly referred to as ‘diploma mills’), and if fea-
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sible, shall define such term to propose for use in 
Federal laws and regulations; 
‘‘(C) issues related to— 
‘‘(i) the detection of new and existing 
fraudulent degree-granting institutions; 
‘‘(ii) recognition and prevention of the 
practices used by such fraudulent degree- 
granting institutions to avoid detection; 
‘‘(iii) the enforcement of laws and reg-
ulations prohibiting such fraudulent degree- 
granting institutions and practices and the 
use of fraudulent degrees; and 
‘‘(iv) the prosecution of such fraudulent 
degree-granting institutions and practices 
and the use of fraudulent degrees; 
‘‘(D) difficulties in identifying fraudulent 
degree-granting institutions located in foreign 
countries, or that claim recognition or degree- 
granting authority from foreign countries; 
‘‘(E) means to alert and educate the public 
about fraudulent degree-granting institutions 
and the use of fraudulent degrees; 
‘‘(F) laws, regulations, and other means 
used by States to address fraudulent degree- 
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granting institutions and the use of fraudulent 
degrees; 
‘‘(G) the potential need for coordination 
and cooperation among various Federal agencies 
to investigate and prosecute suspected fraudulent 
degree-granting institutions, and the detailed 
recommendations of the Task Force regarding 
such coordination and cooperation; 
‘‘(H) the study and the report to the Task 
Force required under this section; and 
‘‘(I) the purposes for which various agencies 
of the United States need to identify fraudulent 
degree-granting institutions, and identify, pro-
hibit, and prevent the use of degrees issued by 
such fraudulent institutions, and the ability of 
such agencies to implement any guidelines con-
sidered by the Task Force. 
‘‘(2) DEVELOPMENT
OF
FEDERAL
PLAN.—The 
Task Force shall develop a strategic diploma integrity 
protection plan (referred to in this section as the 
‘Plan’) to address the sale and use of fraudulent de-
grees for Federal purposes. The Plan shall include the 
following: 
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‘‘(A) Recommendations to Congress regard-
ing the implementation by Federal agencies of 
the guidelines developed under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) Recommendations to the Federal 
Trade Commission regarding the application of 
the guidelines developed under paragraph (1) to 
any rulemaking under section 856 and to the en-
forcement of the rules promulgated under such 
section. 
‘‘(3) SUBMISSION OF REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this part, the Task Force shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) the guidelines developed under para-
graph (1); 
‘‘(B) the Plan developed under paragraph 
(2); and 
‘‘(C) a legislative proposal for consideration 
by Congress. 
‘‘SEC. 855. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING USE BY 
STATES OF THE FEDERAL PLAN AS GUIDE-
LINES. 
‘‘It is the sense of the Congress that— 
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‘‘(1) each State should implement a strategic di-
ploma integrity plan similar to any strategic di-
ploma integrity plan developed under section 854, to 
the extent practicable and as soon as practicable after 
the date of the adoption of such a plan under such 
section; and 
‘‘(2) States may adopt more stringent standards 
than those standards contained in the Federal stra-
tegic diploma integrity plan and used by agencies of 
the United States to identify fraudulent degree-grant-
ing institutions operating within such State, except 
that State law does not preempt Federal law as ap-
plied to the employment and hiring practices of Fed-
eral employees working in such State. 
‘‘SEC. 856. UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE ACTS AND PRACTICES 
REGARDING DIPLOMAS AND PROFESSIONAL 
CERTIFICATIONS. 
‘‘Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this part, the Secretary shall request in writing that the 
Federal Trade Commission shall develop a plan to address 
diploma mills based on section 18 of Federal Trade Com-
mission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a). 
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‘‘PART I—STUDENT SAFETY AND CAMPUS 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 
‘‘SEC. 861. STUDENT SAFETY AND CAMPUS EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—From the amount appro-
priated to carry out this part under section 800, the 
Secretary is authorized to award grants, on a com-
petitive basis, to institutions of higher education or 
consortia of institutions of higher education to enable 
institutions of higher education or consortia to pay 
the Federal share of the cost of carrying out the au-
thorized activities described in subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY GEN-
ERAL
AND
THE
SECRETARY
OF
HOMELAND
SECU-
RITY.—Where appropriate, the Secretary shall award 
grants under this section in consultation with the At-
torney General of the United States and the Secretary 
of Homeland Security. 
‘‘(3) DURATION.—The Secretary shall award 
each grant under this section for a period of 2 years. 
‘‘(4) LIMITATION
ON
INSTITUTIONS
AND
CON-
SORTIA.—An institution of higher education or con-
sortium shall be eligible for only 1 grant under this 
section. 
‘‘(b) FEDERAL SHARE; NON-FEDERAL SHARE.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the ac-
tivities described in subsection (c) shall be 50 percent. 
‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The institution of 
higher education or consortium shall provide the non- 
Federal share, which may be provided from other 
Federal, State, and local resources dedicated to emer-
gency preparedness and response. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Each institution of 
higher education or consortium receiving a grant under this 
section may use the grant funds to carry out 1 or more 
of the following: 
‘‘(1) Developing and implementing a state-of-the- 
art emergency communications system for each cam-
pus of an institution of higher education or consor-
tium, in order to contact students via cellular, text 
message, or other state-of-the-art communications 
methods when a significant emergency or dangerous 
situation occurs. An institution or consortium using 
grant funds to carry out this paragraph shall also, in 
coordination with the appropriate State and local 
emergency management authorities— 
‘‘(A) develop procedures that students, em-
ployees, and others on a campus of an institu-
tion of higher education or consortium will be 
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directed to follow in the event of a significant 
emergency or dangerous situation; and 
‘‘(B) develop procedures the institution of 
higher education or consortium shall follow to 
inform, within a reasonable and timely manner, 
students, employees, and others on a campus in 
the event of a significant emergency or dangerous 
situation, which procedures shall include the 
emergency communications system described in 
this paragraph. 
‘‘(2) Supporting measures to improve safety at 
the institution of higher education or consortium, 
such as— 
‘‘(A) security assessments; 
‘‘(B) security training of personnel and stu-
dents at the institution of higher education or 
consortium; 
‘‘(C) where appropriate, coordination of 
campus preparedness and response efforts with 
local law enforcement, local emergency manage-
ment authorities, and other agencies, to improve 
coordinated responses in emergencies among such 
entities; and 
‘‘(D) establishing a hotline that allows a 
student or staff member at an institution or con-
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sortium to report another student or staff mem-
ber at the institution or consortium who the re-
porting student or staff member believes may be 
a danger to the reported student or staff member 
or to others. 
‘‘(3) Coordinating with appropriate local entities 
the provision of mental health services for students 
and staff of the institution of higher education or con-
sortium, including mental health crisis response and 
intervention services for students and staff affected by 
a campus or community emergency. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—Each institution of higher edu-
cation or consortium desiring a grant under this section 
shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information as the 
Secretary may require. 
‘‘(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall co-
ordinate technical assistance provided by State and local 
emergency management agencies, the Department of Home-
land Security, and other agencies as appropriate, to insti-
tutions of higher education or consortia that request assist-
ance in developing and implementing the activities assisted 
under this section. 
‘‘(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed— 
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‘‘(1) to provide a private right of action to any 
person to enforce any provision of this section; 
‘‘(2) to create a cause of action against any in-
stitution of higher education or any employee of the 
institution for any civil liability; or 
‘‘(3) to affect the Family Educational Rights 
and Privacy Act of 1974 or the regulations issued 
under section 264 of the Health Insurance Portability 
and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1320d–2 
note). 
‘‘SEC. 862. MODEL EMERGENCY RESPONSE POLICIES, PRO-
CEDURES, AND PRACTICES. 
‘‘The Secretary of Education, in consultation with the 
Attorney General of the United States and the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, shall— 
‘‘(1) advise institutions of higher education on 
model emergency response policies, procedures, and 
practices; and 
‘‘(2) disseminate information concerning those 
policies, procedures, and practices. 
‘‘SEC. 863. PREPARATION FOR FUTURE DISASTERS PLAN BY 
THE SECRETARY. 
‘‘(a) PLANNING.—The Secretary shall develop and 
maintain a disaster relief plan, in consultation with the 
appropriate agencies, to ensure a procedure is in place to 
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address the needs of institutions of higher education in the 
event of a disaster with respect to which the President has 
declared a major disaster or emergency. The plan shall take 
into consideration the immediate safety and well-being of 
students, faculty, and staff. Additionally, such plan shall 
outline steps that can be taken to ensure institutions of 
higher education have a timely recovery. 
‘‘(b) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall 
submit to the authorizing committees the plan required by 
subsection (a) and any revisions of such plan. 
‘‘SEC. 864. EDUCATION DISASTER AND EMERGENCY RELIEF 
LOAN PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary is au-
thorized to establish an Education Disaster and Emergency 
Relief Loan Program for institutions of higher education 
for direct or indirect losses incurred as a result of a feder-
ally declared major disaster or emergency. 
‘‘(b) USE OF ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may, sub-
ject to the availability of appropriations, provide any as-
sistance under the Education Disaster and Emergency Re-
lief Loan program to institutions of higher education pur-
suant to this section only after the declaration of a major 
disaster or emergency by the President. Loan funds pro-
vided under this section may be used for— 
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‘‘(1) direct and indirect construction, replace-
ment, and renovation costs associated with or result-
ing from or preparing for a major disaster or emer-
gency; 
‘‘(2) faculty salaries and incentives for retaining 
faculty; or 
‘‘(3) reimbursement for lost tuition and other 
revenues. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—To be considered 
for a loan under this section, an institution of higher edu-
cation shall— 
‘‘(1) submit a financial statement and other ap-
propriate data, documentation, or evidence requested 
by the Secretary that indicates that the institution 
incurred losses resulting from the impact of a major 
disaster or emergency and the monetary amount of 
such losses; and 
‘‘(2) demonstrate that the institution attempted 
to minimize the cost of any losses by pursuing collat-
eral source compensation from the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency and insurance coverage prior to 
seeking a loan under this section, except that an insti-
tution of higher education shall not be required to re-
ceive collateral source compensation from the Federal 
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Emergency Management Agency and insurance prior 
to being eligible for a loan under this section. 
‘‘(d) AUDIT.—The Secretary may audit a financial 
statement submitted under subsection (c) and an institution 
of higher education shall provide any information that the 
Secretary determines necessary to conduct such an audit. 
‘‘(e) REDUCTION IN LOAN AMOUNTS.—To determine 
the amount of a loan to make available to an institution 
of higher education under this section, the Secretary shall 
calculate the monetary amount of losses incurred by such 
institution as a result of a federally declared major disaster 
or emergency, and shall reduce such amount by the amount 
of collateral source compensation the institution has al-
ready received from insurance, the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, and the Small Business Administra-
tion. 
‘‘(f) ESTABLISHMENT OF LOAN PROGRAM.—In order 
to disburse loans under this section, the Secretary shall pre-
scribe regulations that— 
‘‘(1) establish the loan program, taking into con-
sideration the structure of existing capital financing 
loan programs under this Act; and 
‘‘(2) that set forth— 
‘‘(A) terms for the loan program under this 
section; 
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‘‘(B) procedures for an application for a 
loan under this section; and 
‘‘(C) minimum requirements for the loan 
program and for receiving a loan under this sec-
tion, including the following: 
‘‘(i) Online forms to be used in submit-
ting request for a loan under this section. 
‘‘(ii) Information to be included in 
such forms. 
‘‘(iii) Procedures to assist in filing and 
pursing a loan under this section. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) INSTITUTION AFFECTED BY A GULF HURRI-
CANE DISASTER.—The term ‘institution affected by a 
Gulf hurricane disaster’ means an institution of high-
er education that— 
‘‘(A) is located in an area affected by a 
Gulf hurricane disaster; and 
‘‘(B) is able to demonstrate that the institu-
tion— 
‘‘(i) incurred physical damage result-
ing from the impact of a Gulf hurricane 
disaster; 
‘‘(ii) was not able to fully reopen in 
existing facilities or to fully reopen to the 
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pre-hurricane levels for 30 days or more on 
or after August 29, 2005. 
‘‘(2) AREA AFFECTED BY A GULF HURRICANE 
DISASTER; GULF HURRICANE DISASTER.—The terms 
‘area affected by a Gulf hurricane disaster’ and ‘Gulf 
hurricane disaster’ have the meanings given such 
terms in section 209 of the Higher Education Hurri-
cane Relief Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–148, 119 
Stat. 2809). 
‘‘(3) EMERGENCY.—The term ‘emergency’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 102(1) of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act. 
‘‘(4) INSTITUTIONS
OF
HIGHER
EDUCATION.— 
The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 101. 
‘‘(5) MAJOR DISASTER.—The term ‘major dis-
aster’ has the meaning given the term in section 
102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act. 
‘‘(h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
on the date of the enactment of the College Opportunity and 
Affordability Act of 2007, and assistance provided to insti-
tutions of higher education pursuant to this section shall 
be available only with respect to federally declared major 
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disasters or emergencies that occur after the date of the en-
actment of the College Opportunity and Affordability Act 
of 2007, except in the case of an institution affected by a 
Gulf hurricane disaster. 
‘‘SEC. 865. GUIDANCE ON MENTAL HEALTH DISCLOSURES 
FOR STUDENT SAFETY. 
‘‘Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of the College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007, 
the Secretary shall provide guidance that clarifies the role 
of institutions of higher education with respect to the disclo-
sure of education records, including to a parent or legal 
guardian of a dependent student, in the event that such stu-
dent demonstrates that the student poses a significant risk 
of harm to himself or herself or to others, including a sig-
nificant risk of suicide, homicide, or assault. Such guidance 
shall further clarify that an institution of higher education 
that, in good faith, discloses education records or other in-
formation in accordance with the requirements of this Act 
and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 
1974 shall not be liable to any person for that disclosure. 
‘‘PART J—RURAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS FOR 
RURAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES 
‘‘SEC. 871. PURPOSE. 
‘‘The purposes of this part are— 
‘‘(1) to increase— 
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‘‘(A) enrollment and graduation rates from 
2-year and 4-year colleges, and articulation from 
2-year degree programs into 4-year degree pro-
grams, of graduates of rural high schools; and 
‘‘(B) degree completion for nontraditional 
students from rural areas; and 
‘‘(2) to promote economic growth and develop-
ment in rural America through partnership grants to 
consortia of rural colleges and universities and other 
entities, such as local education agencies, employers, 
education service agencies, and nonprofit organiza-
tions. 
‘‘SEC. 872. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘For the purposes of this part: 
‘‘(1) RURAL
INSTITUTION
OF
HIGHER
EDU-
CATION.—The term ‘rural institution of higher edu-
cation’ means an institution of higher education that 
primarily serves rural areas. 
‘‘(2) RURAL AREA.—The term ‘rural area’ means 
an area in which there is located a rural local edu-
cational agency. 
‘‘(3) RURAL
LOCAL
EDUCATION
AGENCY.—The 
term ‘rural local education agency’ means a local 
educational agency (as such term is defined in section 
9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
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Act of 1965) all of the schools of which meet a metro- 
centric locale code of 41, 42, or 43 as determined by 
the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 
in conjunction with the Bureau of the Census, using 
the NCES system for classifying local educational 
agencies. 
‘‘(4) NONTRADITIONAL
STUDENT.—The term 
‘nontraditional student’ means an individual who— 
‘‘(A) delays enrollment in an institution of 
higher education by 3 or more years after com-
pleting high school; 
‘‘(B) attends an institution of higher edu-
cation part-time or less than part-time; or 
‘‘(C) attends an institution of higher edu-
cation and— 
‘‘(i) works full-time; 
‘‘(ii) is an independent student; 
‘‘(iii) has one or more dependents other 
than a spouse; 
‘‘(iv) is a single parent; or 
‘‘(v) does not have a high school di-
ploma. 
‘‘(5) REGIONAL EMPLOYER.—The term ‘regional 
employer’ means employers qualifying as businesses 
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or other entities employing individuals within a rural 
area. 
‘‘SEC. 873. ENSURING COLLEGE ACCESS FOR RURAL HIGH 
SCHOOL GRADUATES. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From the amounts ap-
propriated to carry out this part under section 800, the Sec-
retary of Education is authorized to make grants in accord-
ance with this section to partnerships formed between one 
or more rural institution of higher education and any of 
the following entities: 
‘‘(1) One or more rural local educational agen-
cies. 
‘‘(2) One or more rural education service agen-
cies. 
‘‘(3) One or more regional employers. 
‘‘(4) One or more nonprofit organizations with 
expertise in rural education. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIPS; APPLICATIONS.—To be 
eligible for a grant under this section, a partnership that 
meets the requirements of subsection (a) shall submit to the 
Secretary an application in such form and containing such 
information as the Secretary shall prescribe. In deter-
mining which applications to approve for a grant under 
this section, the Secretary shall consider— 
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‘‘(1) the percentage of graduates, attendees, or 
former attendees of high schools from rural local edu-
cational agencies enrolled or otherwise affiliated with 
the entity; 
‘‘(2) in the case of employers, the percentage of 
employees that are graduates of high schools in rural 
local educational agencies. 
‘‘(c) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—Funds made avail-
able by a grant under this section to a partnership that 
meets the requirements of subsection (b) shall be used— 
‘‘(1) to improve enrollment rates for graduates 
and former attendees of rural high schools at rural 
institutions of higher education, including— 
‘‘(A) programs to provide information about 
college costs and financial aid options, assistance 
with college enrollment applications, and assist-
ance with financial aid applications; 
‘‘(B) programs or initiatives that provide 
such graduates or former attendees of rural high 
schools access and exposure to campuses, classes, 
programs, and facilities of rural institutions of 
higher education, including covering the cost of 
transportation to and from institutions of higher 
education; 
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‘‘(C) the formation of groups or other ini-
tiatives that create support groups of such stu-
dents expressing interest in attending rural in-
stitutions of higher education; 
‘‘(D) extracurricular activities, such as in-
ternships, community service, and other activi-
ties for such individuals in advance of attending 
institutions of higher education; and 
‘‘(E) other initiatives that assist such indi-
viduals in applying and developing interest in 
attending rural institutions of higher education; 
and 
‘‘(2) to encourage participation of nontraditional 
students in degree programs at rural institutions of 
higher education, including— 
‘‘(A) programs to provide information about 
college costs and financial aid options, assistance 
with college enrollment applications, and assist-
ance with financial aid applications for institu-
tions of higher education; 
‘‘(B) outreach to nontraditional students 
through community initiatives; and 
‘‘(C) formation of support groups for non-
traditional students enrolling in 2-year degree 
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programs and articulating from 2-year degree 
programs to 4-year degree programs. 
‘‘SEC. 874. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIPS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From the amounts ap-
propriated to carry out this part under section 800, the Sec-
retary of Education is authorized to make grants in accord-
ance with this section to partnerships formed between one 
or more rural institutions of higher education and one or 
more regional employers. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIPS; APPLICATIONS.—To be 
eligible for a grant under this section, a partnership that 
meets the requirements of subsection (a) shall submit to the 
Secretary an application in such form and containing such 
information as the Secretary shall prescribe. In deter-
mining which applications to approve for a grant under 
this section, the Secretary shall consider— 
‘‘(1) the potential of the employer to employ 
graduates of rural institutions of higher education 
after graduation; 
‘‘(2) the potential of the employer engaged in the 
partnership to spur economic development in the re-
gion; and 
‘‘(3) the relevance of the employer to the regional 
economy. 
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‘‘(c) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—Funds made avail-
able by a grant under this section to a partnership that 
meets the requirements of subsection (a) shall be used— 
‘‘(1) to provide additional career training to 
attendees of rural institutions of higher education in 
fields relevant to the regional economy; and 
‘‘(2) to encourage regional businesses to employ 
graduates of rural institutions of higher education. 
‘‘SEC. 875. QUALITY OF LIFE IN RURAL AREAS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From the amounts ap-
propriated to carry out this part under section 800, the Sec-
retary of Education is authorized to make grants in accord-
ance with this section to rural institutions of higher edu-
cation. 
‘‘(b) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—Funds made avail-
able by a grant under this section to a partnership that 
meets the requirements of subsection (a) shall be used to 
create or strengthen academic programs to prepare grad-
uates to enter into high-need occupations in the regional 
and local economies. 
‘‘SEC. 876. ALLOCATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) GRANT CONSIDERATIONS.—In making grant allo-
cations under this part to qualifying institutions and part-
nerships, the Secretary shall consider— 
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‘‘(1) the percentage of graduates of rural high 
schools attending rural institutions of higher edu-
cation in proximity to the entity receiving the grant; 
‘‘(2) employment needs of regional employers in 
proximity to entities receiving the grant; and 
‘‘(3) the health of the regional economy of the re-
gion surrounding the entity receiving the grant. 
‘‘(b) MAXIMUM
AND MINIMUM GRANTS.—No grant 
awarded by the Secretary under this part shall be less than 
$200,000 or more than $500,000. 
‘‘(c) GRANT DURATION.—A grant awarded under this 
part shall be awarded for one 3-year period. 
‘‘PART K—IMPROVING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, 
ENGINEERING, 
AND 
MATHEMATICS 
EDU-
CATION WITH A FOCUS ON ALASKA NATIVE 
AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN STUDENTS 
‘‘SEC. 880. IMPROVING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEER-
ING, AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION WITH A 
FOCUS ON ALASKA NATIVE AND NATIVE HA-
WAIIAN STUDENTS. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is— 
‘‘(1) to develop or expand programs for the devel-
opment of professionals in the fields of science, tech-
nology, engineering, and mathematics; and 
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‘‘(2) to focus resources on meeting the edu-
cational and cultural needs of Alaska Natives and 
Native Hawaiians. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ALASKA NATIVE.—The term ‘Alaska Native’ 
has the meaning given the term ‘Native’ in section 
3(b) of the Alaska Natives Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1602(b)). 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘eligi-
ble partnership’ means a partnership that includes— 
‘‘(A) 1 or more colleges or schools of engi-
neering; 
‘‘(B) 1 or more colleges of science or mathe-
matics; 
‘‘(C) 1 or more institutions of higher edu-
cation that offer 2-year degrees; and 
‘‘(D) 1 or more private entities that— 
‘‘(i) conduct career awareness activities 
showcasing local technology professionals; 
‘‘(ii) encourage students to pursue edu-
cation in science, technology, engineering, 
and mathematics from elementary school 
through college, and careers in those fields, 
with the assistance of local technology pro-
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‘‘(iii) develop internships, apprentice-
ships, and mentoring programs in partner-
ship with relevant industries; and 
‘‘(iv) assist with placement of interns 
and apprentices. 
‘‘(3) NATIVE HAWAIIAN.—The term ‘Native Ha-
waiian’ has the meaning given the term in section 
7207 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965. 
‘‘(c) GRANT AUTHORIZED.—From the amounts appro-
priated to carry out this part under section 800, the Sec-
retary is authorized to award a grant to an eligible partner-
ship to enable the eligible partnership to expand programs 
for the development of science, technology, engineering, or 
mathematics professionals, from elementary school through 
college, including existing programs for Alaska Native and 
Native Hawaiian students. 
‘‘(d) USES OF FUNDS.—Grant funds under this section 
shall be used for 1 or more of the following: 
‘‘(1) Development or implementation of cultural, 
social, or educational transition programs to assist 
students to transition into college life and academics 
in order to increase such students’ retention rates in 
the fields of science, technology, engineering, or math-
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ematics, with a focus on Alaska Native or Native Ha-
waiian students. 
‘‘(2) Development or implementation of academic 
support or supplemental educational programs to in-
crease the graduation rates of students in the fields of 
science, technology, engineering, or mathematics, with 
a focus on Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian stu-
dents. 
‘‘(3) Development or implementation of intern-
ship programs, carried out in coordination with edu-
cational institutions and private entities, to prepare 
students for careers in the fields of science, technology, 
engineering, or mathematics, with a focus on pro-
grams that serve Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian 
students. 
‘‘(4) Such other activities as are consistent with 
the purposes of this section. 
‘‘(e) APPLICATION.—Each eligible partnership that de-
sires 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 require. 
‘‘(f) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall give priority to an eligible partner-
ship that provides 1 or more programs in which 30 percent 
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or more of the program participants are Alaska Native or 
Native Hawaiian. 
‘‘(g) PERIOD OF GRANT.—A grant under this section 
shall be awarded for a period of 5 years. 
‘‘(h) EVALUATION AND REPORT.—Each eligible part-
nership that receives a grant under this section shall con-
duct an evaluation to determine the effectiveness of the pro-
grams funded under the grant and shall provide a report 
regarding the evaluation to the Secretary not later than 6 
months after the end of the grant period. 
‘‘PART L—NATIONAL DATABASE ON FINANCIAL 
ASSISTANCE FOR STUDY OF SCIENCE, TECH-
NOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS 
‘‘SEC. 881. NATIONAL DATABASE ON FINANCIAL ASSIST-
ANCE FOR STUDY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, 
ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF DATA-
BASE.— 
‘‘(1) DATABASE.—The Secretary of Education 
shall establish and maintain, on the public website of 
the Department of Education, a database consisting 
of information on scholarships, fellowships, and other 
programs of financial assistance available from pub-
lic and private sources for the study of science, tech-
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nology, engineering, or mathematics at the postsec-
ondary and post baccalaureate levels. 
‘‘(2) PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION.—The in-
formation maintained on the database established 
under this section shall be displayed on the website in 
the following manner: 
‘‘(A) Separate information shall be provided 
for each of the fields of study referred to in para-
graph (1) and for postsecondary and post bacca-
laureate programs of financial assistance. 
‘‘(B) The database shall provide specific in-
formation on any programs of financial assist-
ance which are targeted to individuals of a par-
ticular gender, ethnicity, or other demographic 
group. 
‘‘(C) If the sponsor of any program of fi-
nancial assistance included on the database 
maintains a public website, the database shall 
provide hyperlinks to the website. 
‘‘(D) In addition to providing the hyperlink 
to the website of a sponsor of a program of fi-
nancial assistance as required under subpara-
graph (C), the database shall provide general in-
formation that an interested person may use to 
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contact the sponsor, including the sponsor’s elec-
tronic mail address. 
‘‘(E) The database shall have a search capa-
bility which permits an individual to search for 
information on the basis of each category of the 
information provided and on the basis of com-
binations of categories of the information pro-
vided, including whether the scholarship is need- 
or merit-based and by relevant academic majors. 
‘‘(F) The database shall include a rec-
ommendation that students and families should 
carefully review all of the application require-
ments prior to applying for aid, and a dis-
claimer that the scholarships presented in the 
database are not provided or endorsed by the De-
partment of Education or the Federal Govern-
ment. 
‘‘(b) DISSEMINATION
OF INFORMATION
ON DATA-
BASE.—The Secretary shall take such actions as may be 
necessary on an ongoing basis, including sending notices 
to secondary schools and institutions of higher education, 
to disseminate information on the database established and 
maintained under this part and to encourage its use by 
interested parties. 
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‘‘(c) USE OF VENDOR TO OBTAIN INFORMATION.—In 
carrying out this part, the Secretary of Education shall 
enter into a contract with a private entity under which the 
entity shall furnish and regularly update all of the informa-
tion required to be maintained on the database established 
under this section. 
‘‘(d) ENCOURAGING
THE PROVISION
OF INFORMA-
TION.—In carrying out this part, the Secretary of Edu-
cation and the contracted entity shall consult with public 
and private sources of scholarships and make easily avail-
able a process for such entities to provide regular and up-
dated information. 
‘‘PART M—TRAINING FOR REALTIME WRITERS 
‘‘SEC. 882. PROGRAM TO PROMOTE TRAINING AND JOB 
PLACEMENT OF REALTIME WRITERS. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF GRANT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro-
priated to carry out this part under section 800, the 
Secretary of Commerce shall make competitive grants 
to eligible entities under subsection (b) to promote 
training and placement of individuals, including in-
dividuals who have completed a court reporting train-
ing program, as realtime writers in order to meet the 
requirements for closed captioning of video program-
ming set forth in section 713 of the Communications 
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Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 613) and the rules prescribed 
thereunder. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—For purposes of this 
part, an eligible entity is a court reporting program 
that— 
‘‘(A) can document and demonstrate to the 
Secretary of Commerce that it meets minimum 
standards of educational and financial account-
ability, with a curriculum capable of training 
realtime writers qualified to provide captioning 
services; 
‘‘(B) is accredited by an accrediting agency 
recognized by the Department of Education; and 
‘‘(C) is participating in student aid pro-
grams under title IV. 
‘‘(3) PRIORITY
IN
GRANTS.—In determining 
whether to make grants under this section, the Sec-
retary of Commerce shall give a priority to eligible 
entities that, as determined by the Secretary— 
‘‘(A) possess the most substantial capability 
to increase their capacity to train realtime writ-
ers; 
‘‘(B) demonstrate the most promising col-
laboration with local educational institutions, 
businesses, labor organizations, or other commu-
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nity groups having the potential to train or pro-
vide job placement assistance to realtime writers; 
or 
‘‘(C) propose the most promising and inno-
vative approaches for initiating or expanding 
training or job placement assistance efforts with 
respect to realtime writers. 
‘‘(4) DURATION OF GRANT.—A grant under this 
section shall be for a period of 2 years. 
‘‘(5) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF GRANT.—The amount 
of a grant provided under subsection (a) to an entity 
eligible may not exceed $1,500,000 for the 2-year pe-
riod of the grant under paragraph (4). 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—To receive a grant under 
subsection (a), an eligible entity shall submit an ap-
plication to the Secretary of Commerce at such time 
and in such manner as the secretary may require. 
The application shall contain the information set 
forth under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION.—Information in the applica-
tion of an eligible entity under subsection (a) for a 
grant under subsection (a) shall include the following: 
‘‘(A) A description of the training and as-
sistance to be funded using the grant amount, 
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including how such training and assistance will 
increase the number of realtime writers. 
‘‘(B) A description of performance measures 
to be utilized to evaluate the progress of individ-
uals receiving such training and assistance in 
matters relating to enrollment, completion of 
training, and job placement and retention. 
‘‘(C) A description of the manner in which 
the eligible entity will ensure that recipients of 
scholarships, if any, funded by the grant will be 
employed and retained as realtime writers. 
‘‘(D) A description of the manner in which 
the eligible entity intends to continue providing 
the training and assistance to be funded by the 
grant after the end of the grant period, including 
any partnerships or arrangements established for 
that purpose. 
‘‘(E) A description of how the eligible entity 
will work with local workforce investment boards 
to ensure that training and assistance to be 
funded with the grant will further local work-
force goals, including the creation of educational 
opportunities for individuals who are from eco-
nomically disadvantaged backgrounds or are dis-
placed workers. 
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‘‘(F) Additional information, if any, of the 
eligibility of the eligible entity for priority in the 
making of grants under subsection (a)(3). 
‘‘(G) Such other information as the Sec-
retary may require. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity receiving a 
grant under subsection (a) shall use the grant amount 
for purposes relating to the recruitment, training and 
assistance, and job placement of individuals, includ-
ing individuals who have completed a court reporting 
training program, as realtime writers, including— 
‘‘(A) recruitment; 
‘‘(B) subject to paragraph (2), the provision 
of scholarships; 
‘‘(C) distance learning; 
‘‘(D) further developing and implementing 
both English and Spanish curriculum to more 
effectively train realtime writing skills, and edu-
cation in the knowledge necessary for the deliv-
ery of high-quality closed captioning services; 
‘‘(E) mentoring students to ensure successful 
completion of the realtime training and provide 
assistance in job placement; 
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‘‘(F) encouraging individuals with disabil-
ities to pursue a career in realtime writing; and 
‘‘(G) the employment and payment of per-
sonnel for all such purposes. 
‘‘(2) SCHOLARSHIPS.— 
‘‘(A) AMOUNT.—The amount of a scholar-
ship under paragraph (1)(B) shall be based on 
the amount of need of the recipient of the schol-
arship for financial assistance, as determined in 
accordance with part F of title IV. 
‘‘(B) AGREEMENT.—Each recipient of a 
scholarship under paragraph (1)(B) shall enter 
into an agreement with the school in which the 
recipient is enrolled to provide realtime writing 
services for the purposes described in subsection 
(a)(1) for a period of time appropriate (as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Commerce or the Sec-
retary’s designee) for the amount of the scholar-
ship received. 
‘‘(C) COURSEWORK
AND
EMPLOYMENT.— 
The Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary’s 
designee 
shall 
establish 
requirements 
for 
coursework and employment for recipients of 
scholarships under paragraph (1)(B), including 
requirements 
for 
repayment 
of 
scholarship 
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amounts in the event of failure to meet such re-
quirements for coursework and employment. Re-
quirements 
for 
repayment 
of 
scholarship 
amounts shall take into account the effect of eco-
nomic conditions on the capacity of scholarship 
recipients to find work as realtime writers. 
‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The recipient of 
a grant under this section may not use more than 5 
percent of the grant amount to pay administrative 
costs associated with activities funded by the grant. 
The Secretary of Commerce shall use not more than 
5 percent of the amount available for grants under 
this part in any fiscal year for administrative costs 
of the program. 
‘‘(4) 
SUPPLEMENT
NOT
SUPPLANT.—Grants 
amounts under this part shall supplement and not 
supplant other Federal or non-Federal funds of the 
grant recipient for purposes of promoting the training 
and placement of individuals as realtime writers. 
‘‘(d) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Each eligible entity re-
ceiving a grant under subsection (a) shall submit to 
the Secretary of Commerce, at the end of each year 
of the grant period, a report on the activities of such 
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entity with respect to the use of grant amounts dur-
ing such year. 
‘‘(2) REPORT INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each report of an enti-
ty for a year under paragraph (1) shall include 
a description of the use of grant amounts by the 
entity during such year, including an assessment 
by the entity of the effectiveness of activities car-
ried out using such funds in increasing the num-
ber of realtime writers. The assessment shall uti-
lize the performance measures submitted by the 
entity in the application for the grant under 
subsection (b)(2). 
‘‘(B) FINAL REPORT.—The final report of 
an entity on a grant under paragraph (1) shall 
include a description of the best practices identi-
fied by the entity as a result of the grant for in-
creasing the number of individuals who are 
trained, employed, and retained in employment 
as realtime writers. 
‘‘(3) ANNUAL REVIEW.—The Inspector General of 
the Department of Commerce shall conduct an annual 
review of the management, efficiency, and effectiveness 
of the grants made under this part. 
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‘‘PART N—CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE FOR 
VETERAN STUDENT SUCCESS 
‘‘SEC. 883. MODEL PROGRAMS FOR CENTERS OF EXCEL-
LENCE FOR VETERAN STUDENT SUCCESS. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to en-
courage model programs to support veteran student success 
in postsecondary education by coordinating services to ad-
dress the academic, financial, physical, and social needs of 
veteran students. 
‘‘(b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of 
appropriations under section 800, the Secretary shall 
award grants to institutions of higher education to 
develop model programs to support veteran student 
success in postsecondary education. 
‘‘(2) GRANT PERIOD.—A grant awarded under 
this section shall be awarded for a period of 3 years. 
‘‘(c) USE OF GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—An institution of 
higher education receiving a grant under this section 
shall use such grant to carry out a model program 
that includes— 
‘‘(A) establishing of a Center of Excellence 
for Veteran Student Success on the campus of the 
institution to provide a single point of contact to 
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coordinate comprehensive support services for 
veteran students; 
‘‘(B) establishing a veteran students support 
team, including representatives from the offices 
of the institution responsible for admissions, reg-
istration, financial aid, veterans benefits, aca-
demic advising, student health, personal or men-
tal health counseling, career advising, disabilities 
services, and any other office of the institution 
that provides support to veteran students on 
campus; 
‘‘(C) providing a full-time or part-time co-
ordinator whose primary responsibility is to co-
ordinate the model program carried out under 
this section; 
‘‘(D) monitoring the rates of veteran student 
enrollment, persistence, and completion; and 
‘‘(E) developing a plan to sustain the Cen-
ter of Excellence for Veteran Student Success 
after the grant period. 
‘‘(2) OTHER AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—An in-
stitution of higher education receiving a grant under 
this section may use such grant to carry out any of 
the following activities with respect to veteran stu-
dents: 
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‘‘(A) Outreach and recruitment of such stu-
dents. 
‘‘(B) Supportive instructional services for 
such students, which may include— 
‘‘(i) personal, academic, and career 
counseling, as an on-going part of the pro-
gram; 
‘‘(ii) tutoring and academic skill-build-
ing instruction assistance, as needed; and 
‘‘(iii) assistance with special admis-
sions and transfer of credit from previous 
postsecondary education or experience. 
‘‘(C) Assistance in obtaining student finan-
cial aid. 
‘‘(D) Housing support for students living in 
institutional facilities and commuting students. 
‘‘(E) Cultural events, academic programs, 
orientation programs, and other activities de-
signed to ease the transition to campus life for 
such students. 
‘‘(F) Support for veteran student organiza-
tions and veteran student support groups on 
campus. 
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‘‘(G) Coordination of academic advising 
and admissions counseling with military bases 
and national guard units in the area. 
‘‘(H) Other support services the institution 
determines to be necessary to ensure the success 
of such students in achieving their educational 
and career goals. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION; SELECTION.— 
‘‘(1) APPLICATION.—To be considered for a grant 
under this section, an institution of higher education 
shall submit to the Secretary an application at such 
time, in such manner, and accompanied by such in-
formation as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(2) SELECTION
CONSIDERATIONS.—In award-
ing grants under this section, the Secretary shall con-
sider— 
‘‘(A) the number of veteran students en-
rolled at an institution of higher education; and 
‘‘(B) the need for model programs to address 
the needs of veteran students at a wide range of 
institutions of higher education, including the 
need to provide— 
‘‘(i) an equitable distribution of such 
grants to institutions of higher education of 
various types and sizes; 
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‘‘(ii) an equitable geographic distribu-
tion of such grants; and 
‘‘(iii) an equitable distribution of such 
grants among rural and urban areas. 
‘‘(e) EVALUATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN.—The 
Secretary shall develop an evaluation and accountability 
plan for model programs funded under this section to objec-
tively measure the impact of such programs, including a 
measure of whether postsecondary education enrollment, 
persistence, and completion for veterans increases as a re-
sult of such programs. 
‘‘PART O—UNIVERSITY SUSTAINABILITY 
PROGRAMS 
‘‘Subpart 1—Sustainability Planning Grants 
‘‘SEC. 884. GRANTS AUTHORIZED. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro-
priated to carry out this part under section 800, the 
Secretary shall make grants to eligible entities to es-
tablish sustainability programs to design and imple-
ment sustainability practices, including in the areas 
of energy management, green building, waste manage-
ment, purchasing, transportation, and toxics manage-
ment, and other aspects of sustainability that inte-
grate campus operations with multidisciplinary aca-
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demic programs and are applicable to the private and 
government sectors. 
‘‘(2) PERIOD OF GRANT.—The provision of pay-
ments under a grant under paragraph (1) may ex-
tend over a period of not more than 4 fiscal years. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—For 
purposes of this part, the term ‘eligible entity’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) an institution of higher education that 
grants 2 or 4-year undergraduate degrees, or 
masters and doctoral degrees, or both; or 
‘‘(B) a non-profit consortia, association, al-
liance, or collaboration operating in partnership 
with one or more institutions of higher education 
that received funds for the implementation of 
work associated with sustainability programs 
under this part. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—To receive a grant under 
subsection (a)(1), an eligible entity shall submit an 
application to the Secretary at such time, in such 
form, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may reasonably require. 
‘‘(2) ASSURANCES.—Such application shall in-
clude assurances that the eligible entity— 
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‘‘(A) has developed or shall develop a plan, 
including an evaluation component, for the pro-
gram component established pursuant to sub-
section (c); 
‘‘(B) shall use Federal funds received from 
a grant under subsection (a) to supplement, not 
supplant, non-Federal funds that would other-
wise be available for projects funded under such 
section; 
‘‘(C) shall provide, with respect to any fis-
cal year in which such entity receives funds from 
a grant under subsection (a)(1), non-Federal 
funds or an in-kind contribution in an amount 
equal to 20 percent of funds from such grant, for 
the purpose of carrying out the program compo-
nent established in subsection (c); and 
‘‘(D) shall collaborate with business, govern-
ment, and the nonprofit sectors in the develop-
ment and implementation of its sustainability 
plan. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) INDIVIDUAL
INSTITUTIONS.—Grants made 
under subsection (a) may be used by an eligible entity 
that is an individual institution of higher education 
for the following purposes: 
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‘‘(A) To develop and implement administra-
tive and operations practices at institutions of 
higher education that test, model, and analyze 
principles of sustainability. 
‘‘(B) To establish multidisciplinary edu-
cation, research, and outreach programs at insti-
tutions of higher education that address the envi-
ronmental, social, and economic dimensions of 
sustainability. 
‘‘(C) To support research and teaching ini-
tiatives that focus on multidisciplinary and inte-
grated environmental, economic, and social ele-
ments. 
‘‘(D) To establish initiatives in the areas of 
energy management, green building, waste man-
agement, purchasing, toxics management, trans-
portation, and other aspects of sustainability. 
‘‘(E) To support student, faculty, and staff 
work at institutions of higher education to im-
plement, research, and evaluate sustainable prac-
tices. 
‘‘(F) To establish sustainability literacy as 
a requirement for undergraduate and graduate 
degree programs. 
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‘‘(G) To integrate sustainability curriculum 
in all programs of instruction, particularly in 
business, 
architecture, 
technology, 
manufac-
turing, engineering, and science programs. 
‘‘(2) PARTNERSHIPS.—Grants made under sub-
section (a) may be used by an eligible entity that is 
a non-profit consortia, association, alliance, or col-
laboration operating as a partnership with one or 
more institutions of higher education for the following 
purposes: 
‘‘(A) To conduct faculty, staff and adminis-
trator training on the subjects of sustainability 
and institutional change. 
‘‘(B) To compile, evaluate, and disseminate 
best practices, case studies, guidelines and stand-
ards. 
‘‘(C) To conduct efforts to engage external 
stakeholders such as business, alumni, and ac-
crediting agencies in the process of building sup-
port for research, education, and technology de-
velopment for sustainability. 
‘‘(D) To conduct professional development 
programs for faculty in all disciplines to enable 
faculty to incorporate sustainability content in 
their courses. 
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‘‘(E) To enable an appropriate non-profit 
consortia, association, alliance, or collaboration 
operating in partnership with an institution of 
higher education to create the analytical tools 
necessary for institutions of higher education to 
assess and measure their individual progress to-
ward fully sustainable campus operations and 
fully integrating sustainability into the cur-
riculum. 
‘‘(F) To develop educational benchmarks for 
institutions of higher education to determine the 
necessary rigor and effectiveness of academic sus-
tainability programs. 
‘‘(d) REPORTS.—An eligible entity that receives a 
grant under subsection (a) shall submit to the Secretary, 
for each fiscal year in which the entity receives amounts 
from such grant, a report that describes the work conducted 
pursuant to subsection (c), research findings and publica-
tions, administrative savings experienced, and an evalua-
tion of the program. 
‘‘(e) ALLOCATION REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary may 
not make grants under subsection (a) to any eligible entity 
in a total amount that is less than $250,000 or more than 
$2,000,000. 
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‘‘Subpart 2—Summit on Sustainability 
‘‘SEC. 885. SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABILITY. 
‘‘Not later than September 30, 2008, the Secretary of 
Education shall convene a summit of higher education ex-
perts working in the area of sustainable operations and pro-
grams, representatives from agencies of the Federal Govern-
ment, and business and industry leaders to focus on efforts 
of national distinction that— 
‘‘(1) encourage faculty, staff, and students at in-
stitutions of higher education to establish administra-
tive and academic sustainability programs on cam-
pus; 
‘‘(2) enhance research by faculty and students at 
institutions of higher education in sustainability 
practices and innovations that assist and improve 
sustainability; 
‘‘(3) encourage institutions of higher education 
to work with community partners from the business, 
government, and nonprofit sectors to design and im-
plement sustainability programs for application in 
the community and workplace; 
‘‘(4) identify opportunities for partnerships in-
volving institutions of higher education and the Fed-
eral Government to expand sustainable operations 
and academic programs focused on environmental 
and economic sustainability; and 
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‘‘(5) charge the summit participants or steering 
committee to submit a set of recommendations for ad-
dressing sustainability through institutions of higher 
education. 
‘‘PART P—MODELING AND SIMULATION 
PROGRAMS 
‘‘SEC. 886. MODELING AND SIMULATION. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE; DEFINITION.— 
‘‘(1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to 
promote the study of modeling and simulation at in-
stitutions of higher education, through the collabora-
tion with new and existing programs, and specifically 
to promote the use of technology in such study 
through the creation of accurate models that can sim-
ulate processes or recreate real life, by— 
‘‘(A) establishing a task force at the Depart-
ment of Education to raise awareness of and de-
fine the study of modeling and simulation; 
‘‘(B) providing grants to institutions of 
higher education to develop new modeling and 
simulation degree programs; and 
‘‘(C) providing grants for institutions of 
higher education to enhance existing modeling 
and simulation degree programs. 
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‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term 
‘modeling and simulation’ means a field of study re-
lated to the application of computer science and 
mathematics to develop a level of understanding of the 
interaction of the parts of a system and of a system 
as a whole. 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF TASK FORCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, the Secretary shall establish a 
taskforce within the Department of Education to 
study modeling and simulation and to support the de-
velopment of the modeling and simulation field. The 
activities of such taskforce shall include— 
‘‘(A) helping to define the study of modeling 
and simulation (including the content of mod-
eling and simulation classes and programs); 
‘‘(B) identifying best practices for such 
study; 
‘‘(C) identifying core knowledge and skills 
that individuals who participate in modeling 
and simulation programs should acquire; and 
‘‘(D) providing recommendations to the Sec-
retary with respect to— 
‘‘(i) the information described in sub-
paragraphs (A) through (C); and 
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‘‘(ii) a system by which grants under 
this section will be distributed. 
‘‘(2) TASKFORCE
MEMBERSHIP.—The member-
ship of the taskforce under this subsection shall be 
composed of representatives from— 
‘‘(A) institutions of higher education with 
established modeling and simulation degree pro-
grams; 
‘‘(B) the National Science Foundation; 
‘‘(C) Federal Government agencies that use 
modeling and simulation extensively, including 
the Department of Defense, the National Insti-
tute of Health, the Department of Homeland Se-
curity, the Department of Health and Human 
Services, the Department of Energy, and the De-
partment of Transportation; 
‘‘(D) private industries with a primary 
focus on modeling and simulation; and 
‘‘(E) national modeling and simulation or-
ganizations. 
‘‘(c) ENHANCING MODELING AND SIMULATION AT IN-
STITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
‘‘(1) ENHANCEMENT GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is au-
thorized to award grants, on a competitive basis, 
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to eligible institutions to enhance modeling and 
simulation degree programs at such eligible in-
stitutions. 
‘‘(B) 
DURATION
OF
GRANT.—A 
grant 
awarded under this subsection shall be awarded 
for a 3-year period, and such grant period may 
be extended for not more than 2 years if the Sec-
retary determines that an eligible institution has 
demonstrated success in enhancing the modeling 
and simulation degree program at such eligible 
institution. 
‘‘(C) MINIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—Subject to 
the availability of appropriations, a grant 
awarded to an eligible institution under this 
subsection shall not be less than $750,000. 
‘‘(D) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—Each eligible 
institution receiving a grant under this sub-
section shall provide, from non-Federal sources, 
in cash or in kind, an amount equal to 25 per-
cent of the amount of the grant to carry out the 
activities supported by the grant. The Secretary 
may waive the non-Federal share requirement 
under this subparagraph for an eligible institu-
tion if the Secretary determines a waiver to be 
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appropriate based on the financial ability of the 
institution. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS.—For the purposes 
of this subsection, an eligible institution is an institu-
tion of higher education that— 
‘‘(A) has an established modeling and sim-
ulation degree program, including a major, 
minor, or career-track program; or 
‘‘(B) has an established modeling and sim-
ulation certificate or concentration program. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—To be considered for a grant 
under this subsection, an eligible institution shall sub-
mit to the Secretary an application at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as the 
Secretary may require. Such application shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) a letter from the president or provost 
of the eligible institution that demonstrates the 
institution’s commitment to the enhancement of 
the modeling and simulation program at the in-
stitution of higher education; 
‘‘(B) an identification of designated faculty 
responsible for the enhancement of the institu-
tion’s modeling and simulation program; and 
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‘‘(C) a detailed plan for how the grant 
funds will be used to enhance the modeling and 
simulation program of the institution. 
‘‘(4) USES OF FUNDS.—A grant awarded under 
this subsection shall be used by an eligible institution 
to carry out the plan developed in accordance with 
paragraph (3)(C) to enhance modeling and simula-
tion programs at the institution, which may in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) in the case of an institution that is eli-
gible under paragraph (2)(B), activities to assist 
in the establishment of a major, minor, or ca-
reer-track modeling and simulation program at 
the eligible institution; 
‘‘(B) expanding the multi-disciplinary na-
ture of the institution’s modeling and simulation 
programs; 
‘‘(C) recruiting students into the field of 
modeling and simulation through the provision 
of fellowships or assistantships; 
‘‘(D) creating new courses to compliment 
existing courses and reflect emerging develop-
ments in the modeling and simulation field; 
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‘‘(E) conducting research to support new 
methodologies and techniques in modeling and 
simulation; and 
‘‘(F) purchasing equipment necessary for 
modeling and simulation programs. 
‘‘(d) ESTABLISHING MODELING AND SIMULATION PRO-
GRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is au-
thorized to award grants to institutions of higher 
education to establish a modeling and simulation 
program, including a major, minor, career-track, 
certificate, or concentration program. 
‘‘(B) 
DURATION
OF
GRANT.—A 
grant 
awarded under this subsection shall be awarded 
for a 3-year period, and such grant period may 
be extended for not more than 2 years if the Sec-
retary determines that an eligible institution has 
demonstrated success in establishing a modeling 
and simulation degree program at such eligible 
institution. 
‘‘(C) MINIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—Subject to 
the availability of appropriations, a grant 
awarded to an eligible institution under this 
subsection shall not be less than $750,000. 
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‘‘(D) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—Each eligible 
institution receiving a grant under this sub-
section shall provide, from non-Federal sources, 
in cash or in kind, an amount equal to 25 per-
cent of the amount of the grant to carry out the 
activities supported by the grant. The Secretary 
may waive the non-Federal share requirement 
under this subparagraph for an eligible institu-
tion if the Secretary determines a waiver to be 
appropriate based on the financial ability of the 
institution. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—To apply for a grant under 
this subsection, an eligible institution shall submit to 
the Secretary an application at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require. Such application shall include— 
‘‘(A) a letter from the president or provost 
of the eligible institution that demonstrates the 
institution’s commitment to the establishment of 
a modeling and simulation program at the insti-
tution of higher education; 
‘‘(B) a detailed plan for how the grant 
funds will be used to establish a modeling and 
simulation program at the institution; and 
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‘‘(C) a description of how the modeling and 
simulation program established under this sub-
section will complement existing programs and 
fit in to the institution’s current program and 
course offerings. 
‘‘(3) USES OF FUNDS.—A grant awarded under 
this subsection may be used by an eligible institution 
to— 
‘‘(A) establish, or work toward the establish-
ment of, a modeling and simulation program, 
including a major, minor, career-track, certifi-
cate, or concentration program at the eligible in-
stitution; 
‘‘(B) provide adequate staffing to ensure the 
successful establishment of the modeling and sim-
ulation program, which may include the assign-
ment of full-time dedicated or supportive faculty; 
and 
‘‘(C) purchasing equipment necessary for a 
modeling and simulation program. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$40,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 and such sums as may be 
necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years. Of the 
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amounts authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal 
year— 
‘‘(1) $1,000,000 is authorized to carry out the 
activities of the task force established pursuant to sub-
section (b); and 
‘‘(2) of the amount remaining after the alloca-
tion for paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) 50 percent is authorized to carry out 
the grant program under subsection (c); and 
‘‘(B) 50 percent is authorized to carry out 
the grant program under subsection (d). 
‘‘PART Q—BUSINESS WORKFORCE 
PARTNERSHIPS 
‘‘SEC. 887. GRANTS TO CREATE BUSINESS WORKFORCE 
PARTNERSHIPS. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE AND AUTHORIZATION.— 
‘‘(1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to 
provide grants to institutions of higher education 
partnering with employers to strengthen ties between 
college degree credit offerings and business and indus-
try workforce needs, and expand opportunities for 
worksite learning. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM.—The Sec-
retary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to 
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eligible partnerships for the purposes of creating busi-
ness and industry workforce partnerships. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITION OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY WORK-
FORCE PARTNERSHIP.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, 
the term ‘business and industry workforce partner-
ship’ means a partnership between an institution of 
higher education and— 
‘‘(A) an employer or group of employers, or 
a local board (as such term is defined in section 
101 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998), or 
both; and 
‘‘(B) labor organizations, where applicable, 
that represent workers locally in the businesses 
or industries that are the focus of the partner-
ship, including as a result of such organization’s 
representation of employees at a worksite at 
which the partnership proposes to conduct activi-
ties under this section. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—In the case of a State that 
does not operate local boards, paragraph (1)(A) shall 
be applied by substituting ‘State board’ for ‘local 
board’. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—A business and industry work-
force partnership seeking a grant under this section shall 
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submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require. 
‘‘(d) PRIORITY FOR APPLICATIONS FOCUSED ON SERV-
ING NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS.—The Secretary shall 
give priority to applications focused on serving nontradi-
tional students who are independent, as defined in section 
480(d), do not already have a bachelor’s degree, and who 
have one or more of the following characteristics: 
‘‘(1) Are the first generation in their family to 
attend college. 
‘‘(2) Have delayed enrollment in college. 
‘‘(3) Have dependents. 
‘‘(e) PEER REVIEW.—The Secretary shall convene a 
peer review process, which shall include individuals knowl-
edgeable about workforce education for working adults, to 
review applications for grants under this section, and make 
recommendations to the Secretary on the selection of grant 
recipients. 
‘‘(f) MANDATORY ACTIVITIES.—A partnership that re-
ceives a grant under this section shall use the grant funds 
to carry out all of the following activities: 
‘‘(1) Identify high demand occupations in the re-
gional labor market which offer or can lead to high 
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wages, in coordination with the State employment se-
curity agency funded under the Wagner-Peyser Act. 
‘‘(2) Develop linked career and educational path-
ways for those occupations and related ones, includ-
ing, where appropriate, pathways involving registered 
apprenticeships. 
‘‘(3) Consult with employers offering jobs in oc-
cupations identified under paragraph (1) to deter-
mine workforce development needs. 
‘‘(4) Consult with labor organizations rep-
resenting workers locally in the occupations identified 
in paragraph (1), where applicable. 
‘‘(5) Identify existing college degree credit offer-
ings or create new degree credit offerings that prepare 
students to meet business and industry workforce 
needs, including offerings connected to registered ap-
prenticeship programs. 
‘‘(g) PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES.—A partnership that 
receives a grant under this section may use the grant funds 
to carry out one or more of the following activities: 
‘‘(1) In consultation with faculty in the appro-
priate departments, adapt college offerings identified 
and created under subsection (f)(5) to the schedules 
and needs of working students, such as by creating 
evening, weekend, modular, compressed, or distance 
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learning formats, enrolling students in learning com-
munities, or other relevant innovations. 
‘‘(2) Create bridge programs that prepare stu-
dents with lower skills or limited English proficiency 
to enter the college offerings identified or created 
under subsection (f)(5). 
‘‘(3) Expand worksite learning opportunities. 
‘‘(4) Other activities that the institution and the 
Secretary deem appropriate to carry out the purposes 
of this program. 
‘‘(h) GRANT PERIOD.—Grants made under this section 
shall be for a period of at least 36 months and not more 
than 60 months. 
‘‘(i) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 
provide technical assistance to grantees under this section 
throughout the grant period. 
‘‘(j) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall conduct an 
evaluation of the effectiveness of the program under this sec-
tion and disseminate the findings of such evaluation, as 
well as information on promising practices developed under 
this section. 
‘‘(k) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not less than 36 months 
after the first grant is awarded under this section, the Sec-
retary, jointly with the Secretary of Labor, shall report to 
Congress on: 
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‘‘(1) Changes to the Higher Education Act and 
related Acts, such as the Perkins Vocational and 
Technical Education Act and the Workforce Invest-
ment Act (both Title I and Title II), that would help 
create and sustain business and industry workforce 
partnerships at colleges. 
‘‘(2) Other changes to the Higher Education Act 
and related Acts, such as the Perkins Vocational and 
Technical Education Act and the Workforce Invest-
ment Act, that would more generally strengthen the 
links between business and industry workforce needs, 
workforce development programs, and other college de-
gree credit offerings.’’. 
SEC. 802. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS; REPORT. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that— 
(1) in order to provide the borrowers of Federal 
student loans with the option of converting their loans 
to income contingent repayment by providing direct 
loans for the discharge of such loans (in this section 
referred to as ‘‘direct IDEA loans’’), the Secretary of 
Education and the Secretary of the Treasury will 
work together to develop a process by which the bor-
rower will make payments on such loan using the in-
come tax withholding system and will make appro-
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priate adjustments to his or her withholding or esti-
mated tax payments for such purposes; 
(2) the Secretaries should determine— 
(A) whether such a repayment option would 
be beneficial to borrowers and taxpayers; and 
(B) how such program would be imple-
mented by the Departments of Education and 
Treasury; and 
(3) this process would— 
(A) streamline the repayment process and 
provide greater flexibility for borrowers electing 
to use the direct IDEA loan; 
(B) significantly reduce the number of loan 
defaults by borrowers; and 
(C) significantly reduce the redundancy in 
reporting information pertaining to income con-
tingent repayment to the Department of Edu-
cation, institutions, and applicants. 
(b) REPORT.—The Secretaries of Education and the 
Treasury shall, within one year after the date of enactment 
of this Act— 
(1) provide the Congress with information on the 
progress in devising the direct IDEA loan with in-
come contingent repayment using the income tax 
withholding system; 
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(2) inform the Congress of any necessary statu-
tory changes for the purpose of establishing a direct 
IDEA loan with income contingent repayment using 
the income tax withholding system; and 
(3) 
consider 
international 
programs 
dem-
onstrating implementation of income contingent re-
payment collected through revenue services, such as 
programs in England, Australia, and New Zealand. 
SEC. 803. INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF DISTANCE EDU-
CATION PROGRAMS. 
(a) INDEPENDENT EVALUATION.—The Secretary of 
Education shall enter into an agreement with the National 
Academy of Sciences to conduct a scientifically correct and 
statistically valid evaluation of the quality of distance edu-
cation programs, as compared to campus-based education 
programs, at institutions of higher education. Such evalua-
tion shall include— 
(1) identification of the elements by which the 
quality of distance education, as compared to cam-
pus-based education, can be assessed, including ele-
ments such as subject matter, interactivity, and stu-
dent outcomes; 
(2) identification of distance and campus-based 
education program success, with respect to student 
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achievement, in relation to the mission of the institu-
tion of higher education; and 
(3) identification of the types of students (in-
cluding classification of types of students based on 
student age) who most benefit from distance education 
programs, the types of students who most benefit from 
campus-based education programs, and the types of 
students who do not benefit from distance education 
programs, by assessing elements including access to 
higher education, job placement rates, undergraduate 
graduation rates, and graduate and professional de-
gree attainment rates. 
(b) SCOPE.—The National Academy of Sciences shall 
select for participation in the evaluation under subsection 
(a) a diverse group of institutions of higher education with 
respect to size, mission, and geographic distribution. 
(c) INTERIM AND FINAL REPORTS.—The agreement 
under subsection (a) shall require that the National Acad-
emy of Sciences submit to the authorizing committees (as 
such term is defined in section 103 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003)— 
(1) an interim report regarding the evaluation 
under subsection (a) not later than December 31, 
2008; and 
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(2) a final report regarding such evaluation not 
later than December 31, 2010. 
SEC. 804. ENCOURAGING COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO 
‘‘GO GREEN’’. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Committee on Education and 
Labor of the House of Representatives makes the following 
findings: 
(1) A commitment to and academic programs for 
environmental and economic sustainability are essen-
tial for our Nation’s future prosperity. 
(2) The more than 4,200 higher education insti-
tutions in the United States have the capacity to in-
novatively leverage spending and change consumption 
patterns by incorporating concepts of sustainability 
into their academic programs and by modeling sus-
tainable economic and environmental practices for 
their communities. 
(3) Many colleges and universities have inter-
disciplinary programs or centers focusing on equip-
ping students with the academic content knowledge 
needed to understand concepts of sustainability and 
‘‘going green’’. 
(4) Many colleges and universities have pro-
grams related to the research of sustainability and 
sustainable systems. 
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(5) Academic programs related to sustainability 
vary in rigor because no national education content 
standards for academic sustainability programs cur-
rently exist. 
(6) Colleges and universities may partner with 
businesses to encourage students and faculty to trans-
late academic learning and research into practical so-
lutions that promote sustainability. 
(7) Colleges and universities that make an effort 
to reduce energy consumption and promote environ-
mental sustainability not only reduce their own emis-
sions, but also motivate the leaders of the next genera-
tion to action and create technical skills and resources 
to develop innovative solutions. 
(8) Many colleges and universities have under-
taken detailed, campus-wide assessments of their 
progress toward ‘‘going green’’ and sustainability or 
have measured their progress in specific sectors, such 
as operations, or specific parameters, such as recy-
cling, energy, and water consumption. 
(9) No system that evaluates and compares col-
lege and university campuses in terms of overall sus-
tainability-related academic programs and practices 
currently exists. 
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(b) SENSE OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND 
LABOR.—It is the sense of the Committee on Education and 
Labor that in order to encourage increased public aware-
ness of the need to ‘‘go green’’ by using sustainable economic 
and environmental practices and rigorous sustainability 
academic programs on college and university campuses, the 
following should be encouraged: 
(1) The development of educational standards by 
institutions of higher education to determine the nec-
essary rigor and effectiveness of academic sustain-
ability programs. 
(2) Public awareness of the need for ‘‘going 
green’’ by using sustainable economic and environ-
mental practices. 
(3) Non-governmental efforts to improve eco-
nomic and environmental sustainability efforts on 
college and university campuses, including holding 
national summits to share best practices. 
(4) Collaborative partnerships between Federal 
agencies, businesses, universities and communities to 
broaden sustainability practices. 
SEC. 805. STUDY OF COSTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, 
AND SAFETY STANDARDS. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Education shall com-
mission the National Research Council to conduct a na-
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tional study to determine the viability of developing and 
implementing standards in environmental, health, and safe-
ty areas to provide for differential regulation of industrial 
laboratories and facilities, on the one hand, and research 
and teaching laboratories on the other. The National Re-
search Council shall make specific recommendations for 
statutory and regulatory changes that are needed to develop 
such a differential approach. 
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary of Education shall sub-
mit the list of those regulations that impose the greatest 
compliance costs on institutions of higher education and 
make recommendations for statutory changes to ease the 
compliance burden to the authorizing committees (as such 
term is defined in section 103 of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003). 
SEC. 806. STUDY OF MINORITY MALE ACADEMIC ACHIEVE-
MENT. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Education 
shall— 
(1) commission and ensure the conduct of a na-
tional study of underrepresented minority males, par-
ticularly African American and Hispanic American 
males, completing high school, and entering and grad-
uating from colleges and universities in accordance 
with the following: 
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(A) the data comprising the study shall 
focus primarily on African American and His-
panic American males and will utilize existing 
data sources; 
(B) the study shall focus on high school 
completion and preparation for college, success 
on the SAT and ACT, and minority male access 
to college, including the financing of college, and 
college persistence and graduation; and 
(C) the implementation of the study shall be 
in four stages based on the recommendations of 
the Commissioner of Education Statistics; and 
(2) make specific recommendations to the Con-
gress and State superintendents of education on new 
approaches to increase— 
(A) the number of minority males success-
fully preparing themselves for college study; 
(B) the number of minority males grad-
uating from high school and entering college; and 
(C) the number of minority males grad-
uating from college and entering careers in 
which they are underrepresented. 
(b) SUBMISSION OF THE REPORT.—Not later than 4 
years after the date of enactment of this section, the Sec-
retary shall submit a report on the study required by sub-
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section (a)(1), together with the recommendations required 
by subsection (a)(2), to the authorizing committees (as such 
term is defined in section 103 of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003)). 
SEC. 807. STUDY ON BIAS IN STANDARDIZED TESTS. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General shall conduct a 
study to identify any race, ethnicity, and gender biases 
present in the design of standardized tests that are used 
for admission to institutions of higher education. 
(b) DATA AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.—Any data col-
lected and used for the study under subsection (a) shall be 
made publicly available, except that such data shall not be 
made available in any manner that reveals personally iden-
tifiable information relating to any individual. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall issue 
an interim report to the authorizing committees (as defined 
in section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1003)) related to the progress of the study under sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 808. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON STUDENT LOANS. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Congressional Budget Of-
fice shall conduct a study on the feasibility of allowing bor-
rowers in repayment of student loans made under the High-
er Education Act of 1965 the option of selecting or renegoti-
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ating a fixed or variable interest rate on their loans and 
the repayment period of such loans. The study shall evalu-
ate various scenarios and options and take into consider-
ation the costs to the government, lenders and borrowers of 
allowing such an option as well as the impact on service 
quality. 
(b) REPORT.—The Congressional Budget Office shall 
submit a report on the study required by this section to 
the authorizing committees (as defined in section 103 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003)) not later 
than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 809. ENDOWMENT REPORT. 
(a) ANALYSIS OF ENDOWMENTS.—The Secretary of 
Education shall conduct a study on the amounts, uses, and 
public purposes of the endowments of institutions of higher 
education. 
The 
study 
shall 
include 
information 
(disaggregated by types of institution) describing— 
(1) the average and range of— 
(A) the outstanding balance of such endow-
ments; 
(B) the growth of such endowments over the 
last 10 years; and 
(C) the percentage of spending on an an-
nual basis and, to the extent practicable, the uses 
of such endowments by the institutions; and 
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(2) the extent to which the funds in such endow-
ments are restricted, and the restrictions placed upon 
such funds. 
(b) SUBMISSION
OF REPORT.—The Secretary shall 
submit the report required by subsection (a) to the author-
izing committees (as such term is defined in section 103 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003)) not 
later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 810. STUDY OF CORRECTIONAL POSTSECONDARY EDU-
CATION. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Education 
shall— 
(1) conduct a longitudinal study to assess the ef-
fects of correctional postsecondary education that— 
(A) employs rigorous empirical methods 
that control for self-selection bias; 
(B) measures a range of outcomes, includ-
ing those related to employment and earnings, 
recidivism, engaged citizenship, impact on fami-
lies of the incarcerated, and impact on the cul-
ture of the correctional institution; 
(C) examines different delivery systems of 
postsecondary education, such as on-site and dis-
tance learning; and 
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(D) includes a projected cost-benefit anal-
ysis of the Federal investment in terms of reduc-
tion of future offending, reduction of future pris-
on costs (construction and operational), in-
creased tax payments by formerly incarcerated 
individuals, a reduction of welfare and other so-
cial service costs for successful formerly incarcer-
ated individuals, and increased costs from the 
employment of formerly incarcerated individ-
uals; and 
(2) make specific recommendations to the Con-
gress and the relevant State agencies responsible for 
correctional education, such as the State superintend-
ents of education and State secretaries of corrections, 
on best approaches to increase correctional education 
and its effectiveness. 
(b) SUBMISSION OF REPORTS.—Not later than 3 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
submit an interim report on the progress of the study re-
quired by subsection (a)(1) to the authorizing committees 
(as defined in section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003)). Not later than 7 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
a final report, together with the recommendations required 
by subsection (a)(3), to the authorizing committees. 
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SEC. 811. NATIONAL UNDERGRADUATE FELLOWS PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary is au-
thorized to provide grants, on a competitive basis, to insti-
tutions of higher education (as defined in section 102) to 
support a National Undergraduate Fellows program. 
(b) PURPOSE OF GRANTS.—Grants under this section 
shall be provided to enable administrators (including stu-
dent affairs administrators)— 
(1) to improve postsecondary degree completion 
rates of current underrepresented students through 
mentoring, a leadership institute, an internship, and 
funding to attend regional and national higher edu-
cation administration conferences; 
(2) to increase the retention and success rates of 
not only current students, but future generations of 
underrepresented college students, by encouraging 
them to pursue a career in higher education or stu-
dent affairs; and 
(3) to increase the quality and number of under-
represented higher education and student affairs ad-
ministrators able to provide much needed student 
support services to students. 
(c) USES OF FUNDS.—Grantees under this section 
may use the funds to provide— 
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(1) staffing support for the program, which may 
include a higher education administrator as a men-
tor; 
(2) summer internship opportunities focusing on 
higher education administration, at an institution 
other than their own; 
(3) a summer leadership institute participation 
opportunity for self reflection, leadership skill build-
ing, graduate school preparation, and career develop-
ment; and 
(4) as needed, support to attend regional and na-
tional higher education conferences for additional 
leadership and professional development. 
(d) ON-GOING SUPPORT
FOR
THE FELLOWS PRO-
GRAM.—From the funds appropriated in section 800 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965, the Secretary shall award 
a grant, on a competitive basis, to a national organization 
to enable such organization to support the establishment 
and ongoing work of the program under this section. 
SEC. 812. NATIONAL CENTER FOR LEARNING SCIENCE AND 
TECHNOLOGY TRUST FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a non-
profit corporation to be known as the National Center for 
Learning Science and Technology (referred to in this Act 
as the ‘‘Center’’) which shall not be an agency or establish-
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ment of the United States Government. The Center shall 
be subject to the provisions of this section, and, to the extent 
consistent with this section, to the District of Columbia 
Nonprofit Corporation Act (D.C. Code, section 29–501 et 
seq.). 
(b) FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 
Treasury a separate fund to be known as the National 
Center for Learning Science and Technology Trust 
Fund (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Trust Fund’’). 
The Trust Fund shall contain such amounts as are 
credited to the Trust Fund under paragraph (2) and 
other funds obtained under paragraph (3). 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Trust 
Fund such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal 
years 2008 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years. 
(3) ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—The Trust Fund is au-
thorized— 
(A) to accept funds from any Federal agen-
cy or entity; 
(B) to accept, hold, administer, invest, and 
spend any gift, devise, or bequest of real or per-
sonal property made to the Center; and 
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(C) to enter into contracts with individuals, 
public or private organizations, professional so-
cieties, and government agencies for the purpose 
of carrying out the functions of the Center. 
(c) BOARD
OF DIRECTORS; FUNCTIONS, AND DU-
TIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A board of directors of the 
Center (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Board’’) shall 
be established to oversee the administration of the 
Center. Such Board shall consist of 9 members to be 
appointed by the Secretary of Education, who— 
(A) reflect representation from the public 
and private sectors; and 
(B) shall provide, as nearly as practicable, 
a broad representation of various regions of the 
United States, various professions and occupa-
tions, and various kinds of talent and experience 
appropriate to the functions and responsibilities 
of the Center. 
(2) ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION.—The board 
shall incorporate and operate the center in accordance 
with the laws governing tax exempt organizations in 
the District of Columbia. 
(d) TRUST FUND USES.— 
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(1) USES OF FUNDS.—To achieve the objectives 
of this Act, the Director of the Center, after consulta-
tion with the Board, may use Trust funds— 
(A) to support basic and applied research 
development and demonstrations of innovative 
learning and assessment systems as well as the 
components and tools needed to create them; 
(B) to support the testing and evaluation of 
these systems; and 
(C) to encourage the widespread adoption 
and use of effective approaches to learning. 
(2) CONTRACTS AND GRANTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In order to carry out the 
activities described in paragraph (1), the Direc-
tor of the Center, with the agreement of a major-
ity of the members of the Board, may award con-
tracts and grants to colleges and universities, 
museums, libraries, public broadcasting entities 
and similar nonprofit organizations and public 
institutions (with or without private partners). 
(B) PUBLIC DOMAIN.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The research and de-
velopment properties and materials associ-
ated with a project in which a majority of 
the funding used to carry out the project is 
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from a grant or contract under this Act 
shall be freely and nonexclusively available 
to the general public in a timely manner. 
(ii) EXEMPTION.—The Director of the 
Center may exempt specific projects from 
the requirement of clause (i) if the Director 
of the Center and a majority of the members 
of the Board determine that the general 
public will benefit significantly due to the 
project not being freely and nonexclusively 
available to the general public in a timely 
manner. 
(C) PEER
REVIEW.—To the extent prac-
ticable, proposals for grants or contracts shall be 
evaluated on the basis of comparative merit by 
panels of experts who represent diverse interests 
and perspectives, and who are appointed by the 
Director of the Center from recommendations 
from the fields served and from the Board of Di-
rectors. 
(e) ACCOUNTABILITY AND REPORTING.— 
(1) REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 30 
of each year, the Director of the Center shall pre-
pare a report for the preceding fiscal year that 
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contains the information described in subpara-
graph (B). 
(B) CONTENTS.—A report under subpara-
graph (A) shall include— 
(i) a comprehensive and detailed report 
of the Center’s operations, activities, finan-
cial condition, and accomplishments, and 
such recommendations as the Director of the 
Center determines appropriate; 
(ii) a comprehensive and detailed in-
ventory of funds distributed from the Trust 
Fund during the fiscal year for which the 
report is being prepared; and 
(iii) an independent audit of the Trust 
Fund’s finances and operations, and of the 
implementation of the goals established by 
the Board. 
(C) STATEMENT OF THE BOARD.—Each re-
port under subparagraph (A) shall include a 
statement from the Board containing— 
(i) a clear description of the plans and 
priorities of the Board for the subsequent 5- 
year period for expenditures from the Trust 
Fund; and 
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(ii) an estimate of the funds that will 
be available for such expenditures from the 
Trust Fund. 
(D) SUBMISSION TO THE PRESIDENT AND 
CONGRESS.—A report under this subsection shall 
be submitted to the President and the author-
izing committees (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1003)). 
(2) TESTIMONY.—The Director and principal of-
ficers of the Center shall testify before the appropriate 
committees of Congress, upon request of such commit-
tees, with respect to— 
(A) a report prepared under paragraph 
(1)(A); and 
(B) any other matter that such committees 
may determine appropriate. 
(f) USE OF FUNDS SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS.— 
The authority to award grants, enter into contracts, or oth-
erwise to expend funds under this section is subject to the 
availability of amounts deposited into the Trust Fund 
under subsection (b)(3)(A) or (B), or amounts otherwise ap-
propriated for such purposes by an Act of Congress. 
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SEC. 813. GAO STUDY OF EDUCATION RELATED INDEBTED-
NESS OF MEDICAL SCHOOL GRADUATES. 
(a) STUDY
REQUIRED.—The Comptroller General 
shall conduct a study to evaluate the higher education re-
lated indebtedness of medical school graduates in the United 
States at the time of graduation. 
(b) DEADLINE.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall sub-
mit a report on the study required by subsection (a) to the 
authorizing Committees (as such term is defined in section 
103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965), and shall make 
the report widely available to the public. Additional reports 
may be periodically prepared and released as necessary. 
TITLE IX—AMENDMENTS TO 
OTHER LAWS 
PART A—EDUCATION OF THE DEAF ACT OF 1986 
SEC. 901. LAURENT CLERC NATIONAL DEAF EDUCATION 
CENTER. 
Section 104 of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 
(20 U.S.C. 4304) is amended— 
(1) by striking the section heading and inserting 
‘‘LAURENT CLERC NATIONAL DEAF EDUCATION 
CENTER’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘the 
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center (re-
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ferred to in this section as the ‘Clerc Center’) to carry 
out’’ after ‘‘maintain and operate’’; and 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A) of paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘elementary 
and secondary education programs’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Clerc Center’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘elemen-
tary and secondary education programs’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Clerc Center’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4)(C)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘(6)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(8)’’; and 
(ii) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘(m)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(o)’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) The University, for purposes of the elementary 
and secondary education programs carried out at the Clerc 
Center, shall— 
‘‘(A)(i)(I) select challenging academic content 
standards, challenging student academic achievement 
standards, and academic assessments of a State, 
adopted and implemented, as appropriate, pursuant 
to paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 1111(b) of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
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(20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(1) and (3)) and approved by the 
Secretary; or 
‘‘(II) develop such standards and assessments 
subject to the approval of the Secretary; and 
‘‘(ii) implement such standards and assessments 
for such programs by not later than the beginning of 
the 2009–2010 academic year; 
‘‘(B) annually determine whether such programs 
at the Clerc Center are making adequate yearly 
progress, as determined according to the definition of 
adequate yearly progress defined (pursuant to section 
1111(b)(2)(C) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C))) 
by— 
‘‘(i) the State that has adopted and imple-
mented the standards and assessments selected 
under subparagraph (A)(i)(I); or 
‘‘(ii) the University, if the University devel-
ops standards and assessments in accordance 
with subparagraph (A)(i)(II); and 
‘‘(C) publicly report the results of the academic 
assessments implemented under subparagraph (A), ex-
cept where such reporting would not yield statistically 
reliable information or would reveal personally iden-
tifiable information about an individual student, and 
whether the programs at the Clerc Center are making 
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adequate yearly progress, as determined under sub-
paragraph (B).’’. 
SEC. 902. AGREEMENT WITH GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY. 
Section 105(b)(4) of the Education of the Deaf Act of 
1986 (20 U.S.C. 4305(b)(4)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘the Act of March 3, 1931 (40 
U.S.C. 276a–276a–5) commonly referred to as the 
Davis-Bacon Act’’ and inserting ‘‘subchapter IV of 
chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code, commonly 
referred to as the Davis-Bacon Act’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘section 2 of the Act of June 13, 
1934 (40 U.S.C. 276c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3145 
of title 40, United States Code’’. 
SEC. 903. AGREEMENT FOR THE NATIONAL TECHNICAL IN-
STITUTE FOR THE DEAF. 
Section 112 of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 
(20 U.S.C. 4332) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the first sentence— 
(I) by striking ‘‘an institution of 
higher education’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Rochester 
Institute 
of 
Technology, 
Rochester, New York’’; and 
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(II) by striking ‘‘of a’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘of the’’; and 
(ii) by striking the second sentence; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) If, pursuant to the agreement established under 
paragraph (1), either the Secretary or the Rochester Insti-
tute of Technology terminates the agreement, the Secretary 
shall consider proposals from other institutions of higher 
education and enter into an agreement with one of those 
institutions for the establishment and operation of a Na-
tional Technical Institute for the Deaf.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Com-
mittee on Labor and Human Resources of the 
Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (5)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the Act of March 3, 
1931 (40 U.S.C. 276a—276a–5) commonly 
referred to as the Davis-Bacon Act’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 
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40, United States Code, commonly referred 
to as the Davis-Bacon Act’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘section 2 of the Act of 
June 13, 1934 (40 U.S.C. 276c)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 3145 of title 40, United 
States Code’’. 
SEC. 904. AUDIT. 
Section 203 of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 
(20 U.S.C. 4353) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sections’’ 
and all that follows through the period and in-
serting ‘‘sections 102(b), 105(b)(4), 112(b)(5), 
203(c), 207(b)(2), subsections (c) through (f) of 
section 207, and subsections (b) and (c) of sec-
tion 209.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘and the 
Committee on Education and Labor of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate’’ 
after ‘‘Secretary’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘Com-
mittee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate’’. 
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the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
of the Senate’’. 
SEC. 910. INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS. 
Section 209 of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 
(20 U.S.C. 4359a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) 
by 
striking 
‘‘preparatory, 
under-
graduate,’’ and inserting ‘‘undergraduate’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Effective with’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), effective with’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) DISTANCE
LEARNING.—International stu-
dents who participate in distance learning courses 
that are at NTID or the University and who are re-
siding outside of the United States shall— 
‘‘(A) not be counted as international stu-
dents for purposes of the cap on international 
students under paragraph (1), except that in any 
school year no United States citizen who applies 
to participate in distance learning courses that 
are at the University or NTID shall be denied 
participation in such courses because of the par-
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ticipation of an international student in such 
courses; and 
‘‘(B) not be charged a tuition surcharge, as 
described in subsection (b).’’; and 
(2) by striking subsections (b), (c), and (d), and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) TUITION SURCHARGE.—Except as provided in 
subsections (a)(2)(B) and (c), the tuition for postsecondary 
international students enrolled in the University (including 
undergraduate and graduate students) or NTID shall in-
clude, for academic year 2008–2009 and any succeeding 
academic year, a surcharge of— 
‘‘(1) 100 percent for a postsecondary inter-
national student from a non-developing country; and 
‘‘(2) 50 percent for a postsecondary international 
student from a developing country. 
‘‘(c) REDUCTION OF SURCHARGE.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Beginning with the aca-
demic year 2008–2009, the University or NTID may 
reduce the surcharge— 
‘‘(A) under subsection (b)(1) from 100 per-
cent to not less than 50 percent if— 
‘‘(i) a student described under sub-
section (b)(1) demonstrates need; and 
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‘‘(ii) such student has made a good- 
faith effort to secure aid through such stu-
dent’s government or other sources; and 
‘‘(B) under subsection (b)(2) from 50 per-
cent to not less than 25 percent if— 
‘‘(i) a student described under sub-
section (b)(2) demonstrates need; and 
‘‘(ii) such student has made a good 
faith effort to secure aid through such stu-
dent’s government or other sources. 
‘‘(2) DEVELOPMENT
OF
SLIDING
SCALE.—The 
University and NTID shall develop a sliding scale 
model that— 
‘‘(A) will be used to determine the amount 
of a tuition surcharge reduction pursuant to 
paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(B) shall be approved by the Secretary. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘devel-
oping country’ means a country with a per-capita income 
of not more than $4,825, measured in 1999 United States 
dollars, as adjusted by the Secretary to reflect inflation 
since 1999.’’. 
SEC. 911. RESEARCH PRIORITIES. 
Section 210(b) of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 
(20 U.S.C. 4359b(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘Committee 
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on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representa-
tives, and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources 
of the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee on Education and 
Labor of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate’’. 
SEC. 912. NATIONAL STUDY ON THE EDUCATION OF THE 
DEAF. 
(a) CONDUCT OF STUDY.—Subsection (a)(1) of section 
211 of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 
4360) is amended by inserting after ‘‘The Secretary shall’’ 
the following: ‘‘establish a commission on the education of 
the deaf (in this section referred to as the ‘commission’) to’’. 
(b) PUBLIC INPUT AND CONSULTATION.—Subsection 
(b) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘commission’’. 
(c) REPORT.—Subsection (c) of such section is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘Secretary’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘1998’’ and inserting ‘‘commission shall report to the 
Secretary and Congress not later than 18 months 
after the date of the enactment of the College Oppor-
tunity and Affordability Act of 2007’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (1)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘recommendations,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘recommendations relating to educated- 
related factors that contribute to successful post-
secondary education experiences and employment 
for individuals who are deaf,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ and inserting 
‘‘commission’’. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub-
section (d) of such section is amended by striking 
‘‘$1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1999 and 2000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such sums as may be necessary for each of 
the fiscal years 2008 and 2009’’. 
SEC. 913. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 212 of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 
(20 U.S.C. 4360a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1998 through 
2003’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2008 through 
2013’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 
1998 through 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2008 
through 2013’’. 
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PART B—INDIAN EDUCATION 
Subpart 1—Tribal Colleges and Universities 
SEC. 921. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE TRIBALLY CON-
TROLLED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY ASSIST-
ANCE ACT OF 1978. 
(a) CLARIFICATION OF THE DEFINITION OF NATIONAL 
INDIAN ORGANIZATION.—Section 2(a)(6) of the Tribally 
Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978 (25 
U.S.C. 1801(a)(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘in the field of 
Indian education’’ and inserting ‘‘in the fields of tribally 
controlled colleges and universities and Indian higher edu-
cation’’. 
(b) INDIAN STUDENT COUNT.—Section 2(a) of the 
Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 
1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801(a)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as 
paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(7) ‘Indian student’ means a student who is— 
‘‘(A) a member of an Indian tribe; or 
‘‘(B) a biological child of a member of an 
Indian tribe, living or deceased;’’. 
(c) CONTINUING EDUCATION.—Section 2(b) of the 
Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 
1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801(b)) is amended— 
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(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘paragraph (7) of subsection (a)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (a)(8)’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(5) DETERMINATION
OF
CREDITS.—Eligible 
credits earned in a continuing education program— 
‘‘(A) shall be determined as 1 credit for 
every 10 contact hours in the case of an institu-
tion on a quarter system, or 15 contact hours in 
the case of an institution on a semester system, 
of participation in an organized continuing edu-
cation experience under responsible sponsorship, 
capable direction, and qualified instruction, as 
described in the criteria established by the Inter-
national Association for Continuing Education 
and Training; and 
‘‘(B) shall be limited to 10 percent of the 
Indian student count of a tribally controlled col-
lege or university.’’; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (6). 
(d) ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENT.—Section 103 of 
the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act 
of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1804) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3), the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4)(A) is accredited by a nationally recognized 
accrediting agency or association determined by the 
Secretary of Education to be a reliable authority with 
regard to the quality of training offered; or 
‘‘(B) according to such an agency or association, 
is making reasonable progress toward accreditation.’’. 
(e) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
CONTRACTS.—Section 
105 of the Tribally Controlled College or University Assist-
ance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1805) is amended— 
(1) by striking the section designation and head-
ing and all that follows through ‘‘The Secretary shall’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 105. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CONTRACTS. 
‘‘(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall’’; 
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘In the 
awarding of contracts for technical assistance, pref-
erence shall be given’’ and inserting the following: 
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‘‘(2) DESIGNATED
ORGANIZATION.—The Sec-
retary shall require that a contract for technical as-
sistance under paragraph (1) shall be awarded’’; and 
(3) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘No author-
ity’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) EFFECT OF SECTION.—No authority’’. 
(f) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—Section 108(a) of the Trib-
ally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978 
(25 U.S.C. 1808(a)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indent-
ing the subparagraphs appropriately; 
(2) by striking ‘‘(a) Except as provided in sec-
tion 111,’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2) and section 111,’’; 
(3) in paragraph (1) (as redesignated by para-
graphs (1) and (2))— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A) (as redesignated by paragraph (1))— 
(i) by striking ‘‘him’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Secretary’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘product of’’ and in-
serting ‘‘product obtained by multiplying’’; 
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(B) in subparagraph (A) (as redesignated 
by paragraph (1)), by striking ‘‘section 2(a)(7)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 2(a)(8)’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (B) (as redesignated 
by paragraph (1)), by striking ‘‘$6,000,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$8,000, as adjusted annually for infla-
tion.’’; and 
(4) by striking ‘‘except that no grant shall exceed 
the total cost of the education program provided by 
such college or university.’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The amount of a grant under 
paragraph (1) shall not exceed an amount equal to 
the total cost of the education program provided by 
the applicable tribally controlled college or univer-
sity.’’. 
(g) GENERAL PROVISIONS REAUTHORIZATION.—Sec-
tion 110(a) of the Tribally Controlled College or University 
Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1810(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), by strik-
ing ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2008’’; 
(2) in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), by striking 
‘‘4 succeeding’’ and inserting ‘‘5 succeeding’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$40,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such sums as may be necessary’’; 
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(4) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such sums as may be necessary’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘succeeding 4’’ 
and inserting ‘‘5 succeeding’’. 
(h) ENDOWMENT PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION.—Sec-
tion 306(a) of the Tribally Controlled College or University 
Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1836(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2008’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘4 succeeding’’ and inserting ‘‘5 
succeeding’’. 
(i) TRIBAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REAUTHORIZA-
TION.—Section 403 of the Tribal Economic Development 
and Technology Related Education Assistance Act of 1990 
(25 U.S.C. 1852) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$2,000,000 for fiscal year 1999’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such sums as may be necessary for fis-
cal year 2008’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘4 succeeding’’ and inserting ‘‘5 
succeeding’’. 
(j) TRIBALLY CONTROLLED POSTSECONDARY CAREER 
AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Tribally Controlled Col-
lege or University Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 
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1801 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘TITLE 
V—TRIBALLY 
CON-
TROLLED 
POSTSECONDARY 
CAREER AND TECHNICAL IN-
STITUTIONS 
‘‘SEC. 501. DEFINITION OF TRIBALLY CONTROLLED POST-
SECONDARY CAREER AND TECHNICAL INSTI-
TUTION. 
‘‘In this title, the term ‘tribally controlled postsec-
ondary career and technical institution’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career 
and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 
‘‘SEC. 502. TRIBALLY CONTROLLED POSTSECONDARY CA-
REER AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS PRO-
GRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-
propriations, for fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year there-
after, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) subject to subsection (b), select 2 tribally 
controlled postsecondary career and technical institu-
tions to receive assistance under this title; and 
‘‘(2) provide funding to the selected tribally con-
trolled postsecondary career and technical institutions 
to pay the costs (including institutional support 
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costs) of operating postsecondary career and technical 
education programs for Indian students at the trib-
ally controlled postsecondary career and technical in-
stitutions. 
‘‘(b) SELECTION OF CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—For each fiscal year dur-
ing which the Secretary determines that a tribally 
controlled postsecondary career and technical institu-
tion described in paragraph (2) meets the definition 
referred to in section 501, the Secretary shall select 
that tribally controlled postsecondary career and tech-
nical institution under subsection (a)(1) to receive 
funding under this section. 
‘‘(2) INSTITUTIONS.—The 2 tribally controlled 
postsecondary career and technical institutions re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) are— 
‘‘(A) the United Tribes Technical College; 
and 
‘‘(B) the Navajo Technical College. 
‘‘(c) METHOD OF PAYMENT.—For each applicable fis-
cal year, the Secretary shall provide funding under this sec-
tion to each tribally controlled postsecondary career and 
technical institution selected for the fiscal year under sub-
section (a)(1) in a lump sum payment for the fiscal year. 
‘‘(d) DISTRIBUTION.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2009 and 
each fiscal year thereafter, of amounts made available 
pursuant to section 504, the Secretary shall distribute 
to each tribally controlled postsecondary career and 
technical institution selected for the fiscal year under 
subsection (a)(1) an amount equal to the greater of— 
‘‘(A) the total amount appropriated for the 
tribally controlled postsecondary career and tech-
nical institution for fiscal year 2006; or 
‘‘(B) the total amount appropriated for the 
tribally controlled postsecondary career and tech-
nical institution for fiscal year 2008. 
‘‘(2) EXCESS AMOUNTS.—If, for any fiscal year, 
the amount made available pursuant to section 504 
exceeds the sum of the amounts required to be distrib-
uted under paragraph (1) to the tribally controlled 
postsecondary career and technical institutions se-
lected for the fiscal year under subsection (a)(1), the 
Secretary shall distribute to each tribally controlled 
postsecondary career and technical institution selected 
for that fiscal year a portion of the excess amount, to 
be determined by— 
‘‘(A) dividing the excess amount by the ag-
gregate Indian student count (as defined in sec-
tion 117(h) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 
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Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 
2327(h))) of such institutions for the prior aca-
demic year; and 
‘‘(B) multiplying the quotient described in 
subparagraph (A) by the Indian student count of 
each such institution for the prior academic 
year. 
‘‘SEC. 503. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraphs (4) and (7) of sub-
section (a), and subsection (b), of section 2, sections 105, 
108, 111, 112 and 113, and titles II, III, and IV shall not 
apply to this title. 
‘‘(b) INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION 
ASSISTANCE.—Funds made available pursuant to this title 
shall be subject to the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.). 
‘‘(c) ELECTION TO RECEIVE.—A tribally controlled 
postsecondary career and technical institution selected for 
a fiscal year under section 502(b) may elect to receive funds 
pursuant to section 502 in accordance with an agreement 
between the tribally controlled postsecondary career and 
technical institution and the Secretary under the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
U.S.C. 450 et seq.) if the agreement is in existence on the 
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date of enactment of the College Opportunity and Afford-
ability Act of 2007. 
‘‘(d) OTHER ASSISTANCE.—Eligibility for, or receipt 
of, assistance under this title shall not preclude the eligi-
bility of a tribally controlled postsecondary career and tech-
nical institutions to receive Federal financial assistance 
under— 
‘‘(1) any program under the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.); 
‘‘(2) any program under the Carl D. Perkins Ca-
reer and Technical Education Act of 2006; or 
‘‘(3) any other applicable program under which 
a benefit is provided for— 
‘‘(A) institutions of higher education; 
‘‘(B) community colleges; or 
‘‘(C) postsecondary educational institutions. 
‘‘SEC. 504. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as are necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year 
thereafter to carry out this title.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 117 of 
the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education 
Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2327) is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (a) and inserting 
the following: 
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‘‘(a) GRANT PROGRAM.—Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, the Secretary shall make grants under this 
section, to provide basic support for the education and 
training of Indian students, to tribally controlled postsec-
ondary career and technical institutions that are not receiv-
ing Federal assistance as of the date on which the grant 
is provided under— 
‘‘(1) title I of the Tribally Controlled College or 
University Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1802 et 
seq.); or 
‘‘(2) the Navajo Community College Act (25 
U.S.C. 640a et seq.).’’; and 
(B) by striking subsection (d) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, a tribally controlled postsecondary ca-
reer and technical institution that is not receiving Federal 
assistance under title I of the Tribally Controlled College 
or University Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 1802 et seq.) or 
the Navajo Community College Act (25 U.S.C. 640a et seq.) 
shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information as the 
Secretary may require.’’. 
(k) SHORT TITLE.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The first section of the Trib-
ally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 
1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801 note; Public Law 95–471) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
‘‘This Act may be cited as the ‘Tribally Controlled Col-
leges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978’.’’. 
(2) REFERENCES.—Any reference in law (in-
cluding regulations) to the Tribally Controlled College 
or University Assistance Act of 1978 shall be consid-
ered to be a reference to the ‘‘Tribally Controlled Col-
leges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978’’. 
Subpart 2—Navajo Higher Education 
SEC. 931. REAUTHORIZATION OF NAVAJO COMMUNITY COL-
LEGE ACT. 
(a) PURPOSE.—Section 2 of the Navajo Community 
College Act (25 U.S.C. 640a) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Navajo Tribe of Indians’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Navajo Nation’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘the Navajo Community College’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Dine´ College’’. 
(b) GRANTS.—Section 3 of the Navajo Community Col-
lege Act (25 U.S.C. 640b) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘the’’ before ‘‘Interior’’; 
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(B) by striking ‘‘Navajo Tribe of Indians’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Navajo Nation’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘the Navajo Community 
College’’ and inserting ‘‘Dine´ College’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Navajo Tribe’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Navajo Nation’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Navajo Indians’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Navajo people’’. 
(c) STUDY OF FACILITIES NEEDS.—Section 4 of the 
Navajo Community College Act (25 U.S.C. 640c) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the first sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the Navajo Community 
College’’ and inserting ‘‘Dine´ College’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘August 1, 1979’’ and 
inserting ‘‘October 31, 2010’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘Navajo Tribe’’ and inserting ‘‘Navajo Nation’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the date of en-
actment of the Tribally Controlled Community College 
Assistance Act of 1978’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 
2007’’; and 
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