personnel, especially personnel representing diverse 
cultural populations; 
‘‘(7) the proposed strategies for recruiting and 
retaining specialized instructional support personnel, 
including professional development, mentoring, and 
hiring incentives; 
‘‘(8) the methods to be used to evaluate the 
outcomes and effectiveness of the program; and 
‘‘(9) how the State and local educational agen-
cies will ensure effective collaboration among special-
ized instructional support personnel, community 
groups, social service agencies, and other public and 
private entities in coordinated, collaborative efforts 
to reduce barriers to learning. 
‘‘SEC. 1904. EVALUATION AND REPORTING. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall evaluate the 
programs assisted under this part. 
‘‘(b) REPORTING.—Not later than 3 years after 
grants are awarded under this part to the State edu-
cational agencies, the Secretary shall make publicly avail-
able a report— 
‘‘(1) detailing the results of the Secretary’s 
evaluation of each program assisted pursuant to a 
grant under this part; 
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‘‘(2) demonstrating how each State educational 
agency receiving a grant under this part reduced 
barriers to learning for students; and 
‘‘(3) demonstrating how each State educational 
agency receiving a grant under this part improved 
the coordination and collaboration of specialized in-
structional support services at the local and indi-
vidual school level and with community groups, so-
cial services agencies, or other public or private serv-
ice agencies working to reduce barriers to learning. 
‘‘SEC. 1905. AUTHORIZATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to carry out this part such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2016 and each 
of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.’’. 
(b) REFERENCES TO PUBLIC SERVICES AND PER-
SONNEL.— 
(1) The Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘pupil services’’ each place 
it appears in sections 1114(b)(1)(B)(iii)(I)(aa), 
1416(4), and 4152(2) and inserting ‘‘special-
ized instructional support services’’, and 
(B) by striking ‘‘pupil services personnel’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘specialized 
instructional support personnel’’. 
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(2) Paragraph (36) of section 9101 of such Act 
(20 U.S.C. 7801) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(36) SPECIALIZED
INSTRUCTIONAL
SUPPORT 
PERSONNEL; SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT 
SERVICES.— 
‘‘(A) SPECIALIZED
INSTRUCTIONAL
SUP-
PORT PERSONNEL.—The term ‘specialized in-
structional support personnel’ means school 
counselors, school social workers, school psy-
chologists, school nurses, and other qualified 
professional personnel involved in providing as-
sessment, diagnosis, counseling, educational, 
therapeutic, and other necessary services (in-
cluding related services as that term is defined 
in section 602 of the Individuals with Disabil-
ities Education Act) as part of a comprehensive 
program to meet student needs. 
‘‘(B) SPECIALIZED
INSTRUCTIONAL
SUP-
PORT SERVICES.—The term ‘specialized instruc-
tional support services’ means the services pro-
vided by specialized instructional support per-
sonnel.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Sections 1901 through 1908 of part J of 
title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
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Act of 1965 (as redesignated by subsection (a)) are 
redesignated as sections 1921 through 1928, respec-
tively. 
(2) The table of contents for the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended 
by striking the items relating to part I of title I and 
inserting the following new items: 
‘‘PART I—REDUCED BARRIERS TO LEARNING 
‘‘Sec. 1901. Purposes. 
‘‘Sec. 1902. Grants to State educational agencies. 
‘‘Sec. 1903. State applications. 
‘‘Sec. 1904. Evaluation and reporting. 
‘‘Sec. 1905. Authorizations. 
‘‘PART J—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
‘‘Sec. 1921. Federal regulations. 
‘‘Sec. 1922. Agreements and records. 
‘‘Sec. 1923. State administration. 
‘‘Sec. 1924. Local educational agency spending audits. 
‘‘Sec. 1925. Prohibition against Federal mandates, direction, or control. 
‘‘Sec. 1926. Rule of construction on equalized spending. 
‘‘Sec. 1927. State report on dropout data. 
‘‘Sec. 1928. Regulations for sections 1111 and 1116.’’. 
(3) Section 1922 of such Act, as redesignated 
by paragraph (1), is amended by striking ‘‘1901’’ 
and inserting ‘‘1921’’. 
(4) Paragraph (11) of section 1111(c) of such 
Act is amended by striking ‘‘1903(b)’’ and inserting 
‘‘1923(b)’’. 
Æ 
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