(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 
(2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Of the 
amount’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) Of the amount reserved under subsection 
(a) for any fiscal year, the State educational agency 
may allocate funds to develop and implement coordi-
nated, early intervening services (including school- 
wide positive behavior supports) for all students, in-
cluding those who have not been identified as need-
ing special education but who need additional aca-
demic and behavioral support to succeed in a general 
education environment. Funds so allocated shall 
be— 
‘‘(A) aligned with funds authorized under 
section 613(f) of the Individuals with Disabil-
ities Education Act; and 
‘‘(B) used to supplement, and not sup-
plant, funds made available under such Act for 
such activities and services.’’. 
(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6301 et seq.) is amended— 
(A) in section 1116(b)(4)(B)— 
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(i) by redesignating clauses (iii) and 
(iv) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; 
and 
(ii) by inserting after clause (ii) the 
following: 
‘‘(iii) shall include assistance in imple-
mentation of school-wide positive behavior 
supports and other approaches with evi-
dence of effectiveness for improving the 
learning environment in the school and re-
ducing the need for suspensions, expul-
sions, corporal punishment, referrals to law 
enforcement, and other actions that re-
move students from instruction;’’; 
(B) in section 1117(a)(3), by inserting 
‘‘any technical assistance center on school-wide 
positive behavior supports funded under section 
665(b) of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act,’’ after ‘‘2002),’’; and 
(C) in section 1117(a)(5)(B)— 
(i) by redesignating clauses (iii) and 
(iv) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; 
and 
(ii) by inserting after clause (ii) the 
following: 
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‘‘(iii) review the number of discipline 
referrals in the school and the overall 
school climate and engagement of families, 
and use that information to assist the 
school to implement school-wide positive 
behavior supports or other early inter-
vening services, or both;’’. 
(b) LEA FLEXIBILITY TO IMPROVE SCHOOL CLI-
MATE.—Section 1114(b)(1)(B)(iii)(I) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6314(b)(1)(B)(iii)(I)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating items (bb) and (cc) as 
items (cc) and (dd), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after item (aa) the following: 
‘‘(bb) improving the learning 
environment in the school, includ-
ing the implementation of school- 
wide positive behavior supports, 
in order to improve academic 
outcomes for students and reduce 
the need for suspensions, expul-
sions, corporal punishment, refer-
rals to law enforcement, and 
other actions that remove stu-
dents from instruction;’’. 
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SEC. 5. TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL PREPARATION TO IM-
PROVE SCHOOL CLIMATE. 
Section 2122(c)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6622(c)(2)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘subject matter knowledge and 
teaching skills’’ and inserting ‘‘subject matter knowl-
edge, teaching skills, and an understanding of social 
or emotional, or both, learning in children and ap-
proaches that improve the school climate for learn-
ing (such as school-wide positive behavior sup-
ports)’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘to improve the teachers’ 
schools’ climate for learning’’ after ‘‘instructional 
leadership skills to help teachers’’. 
SEC. 6. SAFE AND DRUG FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMU-
NITIES. 
Section 4002 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7102) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 
(4) as paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively; and 
(2) by striking all that precedes paragraph (2) 
and inserting the following: ‘‘The purpose of this 
part is to support programs that improve the whole 
school climate in order to foster learning, including 
programs that prevent discipline problems, that re-
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duce the need for suspensions, expulsions, corporal 
punishment, referrals to law enforcement, and other 
actions that remove students from instruction, that 
prevent violence in and around schools, that prevent 
the illegal use of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs, that 
promote meaningful family engagement in education, 
and that are coordinated with related Federal, State, 
school, and community efforts and resources to fos-
ter a safe and drug-free learning environment that 
supports student academic achievement, through the 
provision of Federal assistance to— 
‘‘(1) States for grants to local educational agen-
cies and consortia of such agencies to establish, op-
erate, and improve local programs relating to im-
proving the school-wide climate (including implemen-
tation of school-wide positive behavior supports);’’. 
SEC. 7. EARLY INTERVENING SERVICES UNDER SCHOOL 
COUNSELORS PROGRAM. 
Section 5421(b)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7245(b)(2)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through 
(H) as subparagraphs (D) through (I), respectively; 
and 
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