counselors, college admissions specialists, career develop-
ment specialists, guidance information specialists, or any 
other professional or paraprofessional. 
‘‘(f) ADDITIONAL GRANT PERIODS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A school that receives a 
grant under this subpart and demonstrates adequate 
improvement over the period of the grant is eligible 
to receive a second grant for a second period. If the 
school again demonstrates adequate improvement 
over that second period, the school is eligible to re-
ceive a third grant for a third period. The third 
grant shall provide amounts that decrease for each 
year of the third period and require the school to 
provide corresponding increases in non-Federal 
funds. 
‘‘(2) ADEQUATE IMPROVEMENT.—For purposes 
of paragraph (1), a school demonstrates adequate 
improvement over a grant period if the four-year ad-
justed cohort graduation rate increases (or is pro-
jected to increase) by 10 percent or more over that 
period. 
‘‘(g) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall carry out the 
demonstration project in at least 10 schools. The first five 
schools selected to participate shall each be from a dif-
ferent State. 
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‘‘SEC. 1443. DEFINITION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this subpart. the 
term ‘regular high school diploma’ means the standard 
high school diploma awarded to the preponderance of stu-
dents in the State that is fully aligned with State stand-
ards, or a higher diploma, and does not include GEDs, 
certificates of attendance, or any lesser diploma award. 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE.—For those students who have 
significant cognitive disabilities and are assessed using an 
alternate assessment aligned to alternate achievement 
standards, receipt of a regular high school diploma or 
State-defined alternate diploma aligned with completion of 
their entitlement under the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act shall be counted as graduates with a reg-
ular high school diploma for the purposes of this Act. No 
more than 1 percent of students can be counted as grad-
uates with a regular high school diploma under this sub-
paragraph. 
‘‘SEC. 1444. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subpart $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2024.’’. 
SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1002(d) of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
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U.S.C. 6302(d)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(other than 
subpart 4)’’ after ‘‘part D,’’. 
(b) TOC.—The table of contents in section 2 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
1432 the following: 
‘‘SUBPART 4—DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR ADDITIONAL SECONDARY 
SCHOOL COUNSELORS 
‘‘Sec. 1441. Findings. 
‘‘Sec. 1442. Demonstration project. 
‘‘Sec. 1443. Definition. 
‘‘Sec. 1444. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 
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