‘‘(i) GRANT PERIOD; ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL AS-
SISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) GRANT PERIOD.—Grants made under this 
section shall be for a period of not less than 60 
months. 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.— 
After 36 months, the Secretary shall review the per-
formance of the Student Success Grant pilot stu-
dents at each institution, and if no significant im-
provements have been made by Student Success 
Grant pilot students in persistence and completion 
at an institution, then the Secretary shall provide 
additional technical assistance to help the institution 
improve outcomes. 
‘‘(j) REQUIRED NON-FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each institution partici-
pating in the pilot program under this section shall 
provide a non-Federal match of 25 percent of the 
grant. The non-Federal share under this section may 
be provided in cash or in kind. 
‘‘(2) EFFECT
ON
NEED
ANALYSIS.—For the 
purpose of calculating a student’s need in accord-
ance with part F of this title, services or benefits 
under this section shall not be considered an asset 
or income. 
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‘‘(k) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 
enter into contracts with private entities to provide such 
technical assistance to grantees under this section as the 
Secretary determines appropriate. 
‘‘(l) EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(1) OUTCOME EVALUATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall conduct an evaluation of program outcomes 
under the pilot program, and shall disseminate to 
the public the findings from the evaluation and in-
formation on best practices. The Secretary is en-
couraged to partner with other providers of funds, 
such as private foundations, to allow for use of an 
experimental or quasi-experimental evaluation in at 
least one of the pilot sites. 
‘‘(2) INSTITUTIONAL
PARTICIPATION.—As a 
condition of receiving grants under this section, par-
ticipating institutions shall work with the evaluator 
to track persistence and completion outcomes for 
students in the pilot program, specifically the pro-
portion of these students who take and complete de-
velopmental education courses, the proportion who 
take and complete college-level coursework, and the 
proportion who complete certificates and degrees. 
This data shall be broken down by race, ethnicity, 
and age and the evaluator shall assist institutions in 
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analyzing this data to compare Student Success 
Grant pilot participants to comparable nonpartici-
pants, using statistical techniques to control for dif-
ferences in the groups. 
‘‘(3) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Participating institu-
tions shall report on the data specified in paragraph 
(2) annually and the Secretary shall make this data 
publicly available. 
‘‘(m) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$35,000,000 for the period beginning with fiscal year 
2008 and ending with fiscal year 2012, of which not more 
than $5,000,000 may be used to carry out subsections (k) 
and (l).’’. 
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