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‘‘(C) develop an evaluation protocol for 
such programs that includes qualitative and 
quantitative methodologies for measuring stu-
dent outcomes and program strengths in the 
areas of academic enrichment, socialization, 
independent living, and competitive or sup-
ported employment; 
‘‘(D) assist recipients of grants under sec-
tion 732 in efforts to award a meaningful cre-
dential to students with intellectual disabilities 
upon the completion of such programs, which 
credential shall take into consideration unique 
State factors; 
‘‘(E) develop recommendations for the nec-
essary components of such programs, such as— 
‘‘(i) academic, vocational, social, and 
independent living skills; 
‘‘(ii) evaluation of student progress; 
‘‘(iii) program administration and 
evaluation; 
‘‘(iv) student eligibility; and 
‘‘(v) issues regarding the equivalency 
of a student’s participation in such pro-
grams to semester, trimester, quarter, 
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credit, or clock hours at an institution of 
higher education, as the case may be; 
‘‘(F) analyze possible funding sources for 
such programs and provide recommendations to 
such programs regarding potential funding 
sources; 
‘‘(G) develop model memoranda of agree-
ment for use between or among institutions of 
higher education and State and local agencies 
providing funding for such programs; 
‘‘(H) develop mechanisms for regular com-
munication, outreach, and dissemination of in-
formation about comprehensive transition and 
postsecondary programs for students with intel-
lectual disabilities under section 732 between or 
among such programs and to families and pro-
spective students; 
‘‘(I) host a meeting of all recipients of 
grants under section 732 not less often than 
once every 3 years; and 
‘‘(J) convene a workgroup to develop and 
recommend model criteria, standards, and com-
ponents of such programs as described in sub-
paragraph (E) that are appropriate for the de-
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velopment of accreditation standards, which 
workgroup shall include— 
‘‘(i) an expert in higher education; 
‘‘(ii) an expert in special education; 
‘‘(iii) a representative of a disability 
organization that represents students with 
intellectual disabilities; 
‘‘(iv) a representative from the Na-
tional Advisory Committee on Institutional 
Quality and Integrity; and 
‘‘(v) a representative of a regional or 
national accreditation agency or associa-
tion. 
‘‘(6) REPORT.—Not less often than once every 
5 years, the coordinating center shall report to the 
Secretary, the authorizing committees, and the Na-
tional Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality 
and Integrity on the recommendations of the 
workgroup described in paragraph (5)(J).’’. 
(5) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
Section 735, as so redesignated by paragraph (3), is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2009’’ 
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and inserting ‘‘$11,800,000 for fiscal year 
2019’’; and 
(B) by striking subsection (b) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(b) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—For any fiscal year 
for which appropriations are made for this subpart, the 
Secretary— 
‘‘(1) shall reserve funds to enter into a coopera-
tive agreement to establish the coordinating center 
under section 734, in an amount that is equal to— 
‘‘(A) not less than $240,000 for any year 
in which the amount appropriated to carry out 
this subpart is $8,000,000 or less; or 
‘‘(B) equal to 3 percent of the amount ap-
propriated to carry out this subpart for any 
year in which such amount appropriated is 
greater than $8,000,000; and 
‘‘(2) may reserve funds to award the grant, 
contract, or cooperative agreement described in sec-
tion 737.’’. 
(c) NATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER.— 
(1) SUBPART HEADING.—The subpart heading 
for subpart 2 of part D of title VII (20 U.S.C. 
1140p et seq.), as so redesignated by subsection 
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(a)(1), is amended by striking ‘‘; Coordinating 
Center’’. 
(2) PURPOSE.—Section 776 (20 U.S.C. 1140p) 
is amended— 
(A) by redesignating such section as sec-
tion 736 of such Act; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘grants, contracts, or coop-
erative agreements under subpart 1, 2, or 3’’ 
and inserting ‘‘grants or a cooperative agree-
ment under subpart 1’’. 
(3) NATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Sec-
tion 777 (20 U.S.C. 1140q) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating such section as sec-
tion 737 of such Act; 
(B) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘; 
COORDINATING CENTER’’; 
(C) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘ap-
propriated under section 778’’ and inserting 
‘‘reserved under section 735(b)(2)’’; 
(D) by amending subsection (a)(3)(D) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(D) the subject supported by the grants 
or cooperative agreement authorized in subpart 
1.’’; 
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(E) in subsection (a)(4)(A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘subparts 2, 4, and 5’’ and inserting ‘‘subparts 
2 and 5’’; and 
(F) in subsection (a)(4)(B), by striking 
‘‘grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements 
authorized under subparts 1, 2, and 3’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘grants and co-
operative agreement authorized under subpart 
1’’. 
(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
Section 778 (20 U.S.C. 1140r) is repealed. 
SEC. 704. REPEAL OF COLLEGE ACCESS CHALLENGE 
GRANT PROGRAM. 
Part E of title VII (20 U.S.C. 1141) is repealed. 
TITLE VIII—OTHER REPEALS 
SEC. 801. REPEAL OF ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS. 
(a) HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.—Title VIII 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1161a 
et seq.) is repealed. 
(b) HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY ACT.—The 
Higher Education Opportunity Act (Public Law 110–315; 
122 Stat. 3078 et seq.) is amended by repealing sections 
802 and 803. 
(c) HIGHER EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1998.— 
The Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (Public Law 
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