that are made available under this subpart, the man-
ner in which outreach was conducted to inform par-
ents and child care providers of the availability of 
such materials, and the manner in which such mate-
rials were distributed in accordance with section 
2432. 
‘‘(c) EVALUATION OF OUTREACH ACTIVITIES.—In 
carrying out this subpart, an eligible entity shall require 
each eligible subgrantee that receives a subgrant or enters 
into a contract or cooperative agreement under this sub-
part to provide evaluation data that include descriptions 
of the impact of outreach activities carried out under this 
subpart, including— 
‘‘(1) the manner in which outreach was con-
ducted to inform parents, educators, and child care 
providers of the availability of the innovative multi-
platform educational programming and services pro-
duced under this subpart, including specific strate-
gies used to reach a wide audience; 
‘‘(2) the extent to which the outreach programs 
included multiple outreach efforts with the same or-
ganizations or groups and resulted in lasting rela-
tionships with those organizations or groups and the 
members of those organizations or groups; and 
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‘‘(3) the effectiveness of the outreach programs 
and services conducted and the number of children, 
families, educators, and child care providers that 
had access to and utilized the innovative multiplat-
form educational programming and services provided 
under this subpart to improve school readiness skills 
and school success. 
‘‘(d) EVALUATION OF IMPACT ON SCHOOL READI-
NESS AND SUCCESS.—The Secretary shall evaluate the 
impact of the outreach content and services provided 
under this subpart on improving school readiness skills 
and school success nationwide, particularly with respect 
to young children and youth in the most disadvantaged 
communities. 
‘‘SEC. 2436. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. 
‘‘An eligible subgrantee that receives a subgrant or 
enters into a contract or cooperative agreement under this 
subpart may use not more than 5 percent of the amount 
received under the subgrant, contract, or cooperative 
agreement, respectively, for the normal and customary ex-
penses of administering the grant, contract, or cooperative 
agreement, respectively. 
‘‘SEC. 2437. CONTINUATION OF AWARDS. 
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an eligi-
ble subgrantee that received a subgrant or enters into a 
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contract or cooperative agreement under this subpart (as 
this subpart existed on the day before the date of enact-
ment of the Ready-to-Learn Act) shall continue to receive 
funds in accordance with the terms of the subgrant, con-
tract, or cooperative agreement, respectively, until the 
date on which the subgrant, contract, or cooperative 
agreement, respectively, terminates under such terms. 
‘‘SEC. 2438. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this subpart $50,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2016 and such sums as may be necessary for each 
of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. 
‘‘(b) RESERVATION.—In any fiscal year in which the 
amount appropriated is greater than $30,000,000, the 
Secretary shall reserve 50 percent of such excess for inno-
vative multiplatform educational programming and serv-
ices for youth. 
‘‘SEC. 2439. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this subpart— 
‘‘(a) the term ‘eligible entity’ means a public tele-
communications entity that is able to demonstrate— 
‘‘(1) a capacity for the development and na-
tional distribution of educational and instructional 
television programming of high quality that is acces-
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sible by a large majority of disadvantaged preschool 
and elementary school children; 
‘‘(2) a capacity to contract with the producers 
of children’s television programming for the purpose 
of developing educational television programming of 
high quality; 
‘‘(3) a capacity to integrate children’s television 
programming with innovative multiplatform edu-
cational programming and services; 
‘‘(4) a capacity, consistent with the entity’s 
mission and nonprofit nature, to negotiate such con-
tracts in a manner that returns to the entity an ap-
propriate share of any ancillary income from sales of 
any program-related products; and 
‘‘(5) a capacity to localize programming and 
materials to meet specific State and local needs and 
to provide educational outreach at the local level; 
‘‘(b) the term ‘eligible subgrantee’ means— 
‘‘(1) a national nonprofit membership organiza-
tion that acquires and distributes programming to 
noncommercial educational television broadcasters 
through the national public television interconnection 
system that the organization manages and operates; 
‘‘(2) a local or statewide public television sta-
tion or system; or 
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‘‘(3) a nonprofit producer of high-quality chil-
dren’s educational television and other media pro-
gramming; 
‘‘(c) the term ‘innovative multiplatform educational 
programming and services’ means high-quality program-
ming that is— 
‘‘(1) packaged for distribution over broadband, 
digital, and over-the-airwaves television; 
‘‘(2) packaged with companion content for dis-
tribution over the Internet, mobile devices, classroom 
devices, and any other technologies appropriate for 
the content; 
‘‘(3) aligned across all platforms to a central 
curriculum and story; 
‘‘(4) accessible to students in all regions, in-
cluding rural areas via distance learning tech-
nologies; 
‘‘(5) designed to target the research-identified 
needs of young children or youth, or a subset there-
of; and 
‘‘(6) designed to reach students in the targeted 
age range age-appropriately and via the media that 
reaches them most effectively; 
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‘‘(d) the term ‘school success’ means improved aca-
demic achievement or engagement in subject areas ref-
erenced in section 2432(b)(1); 
‘‘(e) the term ‘young children’ means children ages 
2–8; and 
‘‘(f) the term ‘youth’ means children ages 9–13.’’. 
TITLE II—READY-TO-EARN 
GRANTS 
SEC. 201. READY-TO-EARN GRANTS. 
Chapter 4 of subtitle A of title II of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 9251 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 244. TELEVISION BROADCAST WORKFORCE TRAINING 
GRANT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 
award grants, on a competitive basis, to an entity that 
owns and operates a television public broadcast station, 
as defined in section 397(6) of the Communications Act 
of 1934, or a partnership of such entities, for the purpose 
of developing, disseminating, and providing online and on- 
air education and training services for adults, including 
adult education, adult literacy, high school equivalency 
test preparation, workforce training, and related outreach 
services that are priorities for the community. 
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‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive 
a grant under this section, an entity shall— 
‘‘(1) own or operate a local television public 
broadcast station, as defined in section 397(6) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, that is able to dem-
onstrate a capacity for the development and dis-
tribution of high-quality educational digital content 
and services in the areas of adult education, adult 
literacy, high school equivalency test preparation, 
workforce training, and related outreach services; 
‘‘(2) partner with an eligible agency as defined 
in section 203(4) or a State Board as described in 
section 111 or institutions of higher education in 
order to implement a high-quality program in ac-
cordance with this section; and 
‘‘(3) conduct a needs assessment of the pro-
posed community to be served through online and 
on-air education and training services. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, an eligible entity, or partnership of eli-
gible entities, shall submit an application to the Secretary. 
Each application shall— 
‘‘(1) describe the innovative, high-quality train-
ing, tools, products, and educational digital content 
and services that will be developed and used to im-
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prove the quality and delivery of adult education, 
adult literacy, high school equivalency test prepara-
tion, workforce training, and related outreach serv-
ices; 
‘‘(2) describe the partnership and the roles of 
the partners in implementing a high-quality program 
in accordance with this section; 
‘‘(3) describe how the eligible entity or entities 
will address the needs of adults who are non-English 
speakers; 
‘‘(4) describe how the comprehensive program 
described in this section will meet the needs of that 
community and include partnerships with commu-
nity-based organizations that serve adults in need of 
such services; 
‘‘(5) describe the research-based practices and 
advanced technologies that the program funded 
under this section will use to carry out the purposes 
of this section; 
‘‘(6) describe the rigorous evaluation the eligible 
entity or entities will use to support continuous im-
provement of the program and services, including 
the report described under subsection (g); and 
‘‘(7) contain such additional assurances as the 
Secretary may reasonably require. 
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‘‘(d) REQUIRED USES OF FUNDS.—Grant funds pro-
vided under this section shall be used for— 
‘‘(1) the development, training and use of inno-
vative, high-quality tools, products, and educational 
digital content and services for— 
‘‘(A) adult education, adult literacy, high 
school equivalency test preparation, workforce 
training, and related outreach services; 
‘‘(B) professional development; and 
‘‘(C) community and family outreach; 
‘‘(2) professional development and training of 
staff; 
‘‘(3) evaluation as described in subsection (g); 
‘‘(4) outreach activities to engage adult learners 
and community organizations; 
‘‘(5) English language education and services 
for non-English speakers; and 
‘‘(6) other activities as needed to meet the pur-
poses of this section. 
‘‘(e) DURATION.—A grant under this section shall be 
awarded for a period of 5 years. 
‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—An entity that re-
ceives a grant under this section may not use more than 
5 percent of the amount received under the grant for ad-
ministrative costs. 
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‘‘(g) REPORTS AND EVALUATION.—An entity receiv-
ing a grant under this section shall prepare and submit 
to the Secretary an annual report that contains such infor-
mation as the Secretary may require. At a minimum, such 
report shall describe the program activities undertaken 
with funds received under the grant, including— 
‘‘(1) the success in engaging families and the 
number of such families; 
‘‘(2) the impact of professional development 
and training for staff on the acquisition of training 
and job skills; 
‘‘(3) the effectiveness of the specific, innovative, 
high-quality training, tools, products, and edu-
cational digital content and services developed and 
used to improve the quality and delivery of adult 
education, adult literacy, high school equivalency 
test preparation, workforce training, and related out-
reach services; and 
‘‘(4) the impact of the program on adult lit-
eracy and English language skills, workforce skills, 
job placements, and high school equivalency test pas-
sage rates. 
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
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$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2016 and such sums as may 
be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. 
‘‘(i) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘institu-
tion of higher education’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1001).’’. 
SEC. 202. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 is amended— 
(1) in section 111(b)(1)(C)(vii), by inserting ‘‘, 
and public broadcasting entities’’ after ‘‘juvenile jus-
tice programs’’; 
(2) in section 117(b)(2)(B), by inserting ‘‘in-
cluding public broadcasting entities’’ after ‘‘enti-
ties’’; 
(3) in section 122(a)(2)(C), by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding a public broadcasting entity’’ after ‘‘training 
services’’; 
(4) in section 129(c)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding educational digital content and services’’ 
after ‘‘instruction’’; 
(5) in section 203(5)(H), by inserting ‘‘includ-
ing a public broadcasting entity’’ after ‘‘institution’’; 
and 
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(6) in section 231(e)(6), by inserting ‘‘and edu-
cational digital content and services’’ after ‘‘com-
puters’’. 
Æ 
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