‘‘(A) assisting others with the planning 
and start-up of one or more new public schools, 
including charter schools; 
‘‘(B) developing partnerships designed to 
improve student academic achievement; 
‘‘(C) developing curriculum materials, as-
sessments, and other materials that promote in-
creased student achievement and are based on 
successful practices within charter schools; 
‘‘(D) conducting evaluations and devel-
oping materials that document successful prac-
tices at charter schools and that are designed to 
improve student performance in other schools; 
and 
‘‘(E) training personnel of the adopting 
local educational agencies, charter schools, au-
thorized public chartering agencies, and charter 
support organizations in the innovative practice 
developed at the original site. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity desiring 
a grant under paragraph (1) shall submit an appli-
cation to the Secretary at such time, in such man-
ner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may reasonably require.’’. 
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(f) DEFINITIONS.—Section 5210 of that Act (20 
U.S.C. 7221i) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (L); 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 
through (K) as (D) through (L); 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 
the following: 
‘‘(C) has an independent governing board 
that enters into a performance-based agree-
ment— 
‘‘(i) that encompasses one or more 
campuses with an authorized public char-
tering agency in the State; 
‘‘(ii) that includes a description of 
how student performance will be measured 
in charter schools pursuant to State as-
sessments that are required of other 
schools and pursuant to any other assess-
ments or evaluations mutually agreeable to 
the authorized public chartering agency 
and the charter school and criteria for re-
newal or revocation;’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (I) (as so redesig-
nated) by inserting before the semicolon at the 
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end the following: ‘‘, and does not give admis-
sions preference to any student on the basis of 
prior academic achievement’’; 
(E) in subparagraph (K) (as so redesig-
nated) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(F) in subparagraph (L) (as so redesig-
nated) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe-
riod; 
(2) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE APPLICANT.—The term ‘eligible 
applicant’ means— 
‘‘(A) a developer that has applied to an au-
thorized public chartering authority to operate 
a charter school and provided adequate and 
timely notice and a copy of the application to 
that authority under section 5203(e)(3); or 
‘‘(B) a charter support organization.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘or other pub-
lic entity’’ and inserting ‘‘other public entity, private 
nonprofit entity, or a consortium of entities’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) CHARTER SUPPORT ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘charter support organization’ means a public 
or private nonprofit organization that provides as-
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