(5) the youth crime rate in an area served by 
a local educational agency; and 
(6) such other criteria as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress a list of high-need communities that, pursuant 
to subsection (a), received information about the grant 
program under this Act. 
SEC. 8. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to abrogate 
or alter any valid and existing collective bargaining agree-
ment. 
SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act: 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The terms ‘‘State edu-
cational agency’’, ‘‘local educational agency’’, ‘‘high-
ly qualified’’, and ‘‘poverty line’’ have the meanings 
given such terms in section 9101 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801). 
(2) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘eligi-
ble partnership’’ means— 
(A) a full-service community school; or 
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(B) a partnership between a local edu-
cational agency and one of the following: 
(i) A public or non-profit social service 
provider, including a provider of health-re-
lated services or early childhood education 
services. 
(ii) A full-service community school. 
(3) EXTENDED SCHOOL DAY.—The term ‘‘ex-
tended school day’’ means a school day for children 
from birth to age 9 of not less than 9 hours, except 
in the case where an eligible partnership cannot ac-
commodate a 9-hour day. 
(4) EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR.—The term ‘‘ex-
tended school year’’ means a school year for children 
from birth to age 9 of not less than 220 calendar 
days, except in the case where an eligible partner-
ship cannot accommodate a 220-calendar-day school 
year. 
(5) FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOL.—The 
term ‘‘full-service community school’’ means a public 
school which coordinates educational, developmental, 
family, health, and other comprehensive services 
through community-based organizations and public 
and private partnerships, and provides access to 
such services to students enrolled in such school, 
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families of such students, and the community where 
such school is located. 
(6) HIGH-NEED COMMUNITY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘high-need 
community’’ means— 
(i) a political subdivision of a State, 
or a portion of a political subdivision of a 
State, in which at least 50 percent of the 
children are from low-income families; or 
(ii) a political subdivision of a State 
that is among the top 10 percent of polit-
ical subdivisions of a State having the 
greatest numbers of such children. 
(B) 
DETERMINATION.—In 
determining 
which communities qualify as a high-need com-
munity under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
shall use such data as the Secretary determines 
are most accurate and appropriate. 
(7) LOW-INCOME FAMILY.—The term ‘‘low-in-
come family’’ means a family with an income below 
the poverty line for the most recent fiscal year for 
which satisfactory data are available. 
(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
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(9) 
INNOVATIVE
EARLY
LEARNING
CUR-
RICULUM.—The term ‘‘innovative early learning cur-
riculum’’ means a comprehensive model of early 
childhood education, including the following prin-
ciples as articulated by Dr. Edward Zigler of the 
Yale Child Study Center, which incorporate— 
(A) educational interventions beginning as 
close to birth as possible; 
(B) a child-initiated learning process with 
time for independent inquiry and play; 
(C) access to wraparound social services, 
including support for nutrition, housing, and 
family literacy; 
(D) professional development for instruc-
tional staff, including elementary school teach-
ers, paraprofessionals, and pre-school teachers; 
(E) an extended school day and school 
year; 
(F) parent development, which includes 
providing parents with the knowledge and skills 
needed to be able to support a child’s growth 
and academic progress; 
(G) child-to-staff ratios of at least 1 early 
childhood or elementary educator for every 7 
children; and 
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(H) an enhanced transition from pre-kin-
dergarten to elementary school, so that the cog-
nitive and social gains of the pre-kindergarten 
program are sustained through the remainder 
of a child’s educational career. 
(10) WRAPAROUND
SOCIAL
SERVICES.—The 
term ‘‘wraparound social services’’ means com-
prehensive health and social services provided to a 
child and the child’s family to supplement the child’s 
educational needs. 
SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act $50,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2016 to 2022. 
(b) RESERVATIONS.—Of the amount appropriated 
under paragraph (1) for each fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall reserve— 
(1) not more than 3 percent for evaluations 
under section 4(h); 
(2) between 2 percent and 5 percent for the 
training program under section 5; and 
(3) not more than 3 percent to carry out the 
study in section 7. 
Æ 
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