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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Flexibility for Individual
Excellence in Education Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION TO AMENDMENTS MADE BY NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT OF
2001.

(a) Modifications to Highly Qualified Teacher Standard.--
(1) Middle or secondary teachers new to profession may use
college minor.--Subclause (II) of section 9101(23)(B)(ii) of
the Elementary and Secondary School Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7801(23)(B)(ii)) is amended by inserting ''or minor'' after
''academic major''.
(2) Extent time teaching is considered.--Subclause (V) of
section 9101(23)(C)(ii) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7801(23)(C)(ii))
is amended by striking ''not be based primarily on'' and
inserting ''not be based solely on''.
(b) Extension Until 2011-12 School Year for Rural Schools To Meet
All Highly Qualified Teacher Standards; Additional $50 Million
Authorized To Help Rural Schools Meet Standards.--
(1) Extension.--Subsection (a) of section 1119 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6319)
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
''(4) Rural school districts.--
''(A) In general.--Notwithstanding the deadline
described in paragraphs (2) and (3), a plan developed
by a State educational agency or a local educational
agency under this subsection shall ensure that all
teachers who are described in such paragraphs, but are
teaching in a rural school district, are highly
qualified not later than the end of the 2011-2012
school year.
''(B) Definition.--For purposes of this paragraph,
the term 'rural school district' means a local
educational agency that--
''(i) meets the eligibility criteria
described in section 6211(b), including by
obtaining a waiver under paragraph (2) of such
section; and
''(ii) employs a percentage of teachers who
are not highly qualified that is higher than
the corresponding percentage for the State
involved.''.
(2) Additional funding.--Section 6234 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7355c) is amended--
(A) by striking ''There are'' and inserting ''(a)
In General.--There are''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
''(b) Additional Funding.--For the purpose of making grants under
subpart 2 to be used for teacher recruitment, retention, and
professional development activities described in section 6222(a) in
rural school districts (as defined in section 1119(a)(4)), there are
authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such
sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 following fiscal years. Such
authorization shall be in addition to the authorization in subsection
(a).''.
(c) Highly Qualified Teacher Rules Limited to Teachers of Core
Subjects.--
(1) Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:

''SEC. 1005. HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHER CONCEPT LIMITED TO TEACHERS OF
CORE SUBJECTS.

''Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any reference in
this Act to highly qualified teachers shall be deemed to refer only to
teachers in core subjects.''.
(2) The table of contents of such Act is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 1004 the following
new item:

''Sec. 1005. Highly qualified teacher concept limited to teachers of
core subjects.''.
(d) Students With Disabilities Assessed at the Level of Instruction
in Compliance With Their Individualized Education Plan.--Clause (ix) of
section 1111(b)(3)(C) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(3)(C)) is amended by striking ''and'' at the
end of subclause (II), by adding ''and'' at the end of subclause (III),
and by adding at the end the following new subclause:
''(IV) at the discretion of the
State, the assessment of students with
disabilities (as defined in section
602(3) of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act) whose
instructional level in the core
academic subjects is below the grade
level in which the student is enrolled,
by using the State assessment
determined by the student's
individualized education program team
(as described in section 614(d)(1)(B)
of such Act) to most closely correspond
to the student's instructional
level;''.
(e) Use of Growth Models and Multiple Measures in Determining
Adequate Yearly Progress.--
(1) Growth models.--Clause (iii) of section 1111(b)(2)(C)
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)) is amended by striking ''for all
students'' and inserting ''for all students, as demonstrated by
measures of students' progress toward proficiency, including
longitudinal growth''.
(2) Multiple measures.--Subparagraph (A) of section
1111(b)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)) is amended by striking ''and'' at
the end of clause (ii), by striking the period at the end of
clause (iii) and inserting ''; and'', and by adding at the end
the following new clause:
''(iv) include multiple measures of student
academic achievement, such as the proportion of
State report card indicators met, a performance
index score, student drop-out rate, and a
measure based on individual student achievement
gains over time, disaggregated by each of the
groups of students described in subparagraph
(C)(v).''.
(f) Adequate Yearly Progress Determined by Group and Subject.--
(1) Identification of schools in need of improvement.--
(A) Subparagraph (A) of section 1116(b)(1) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 6316(b)(1)) is amended by striking ''that
fails'' and inserting ''if the same group of students
described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v) fails in the same
academic subject''.
(B) Subparagraph (C) of such section is amended by
striking ''almost every student in each group specified
in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v) enrolled in such school is
meeting or exceeding the State's proficient level of
academic achievement'' and inserting ''almost every
student in each group enrolled in such school for which
there is such a failure in an academic subject is
meeting or exceeding the State's proficient level of
academic achievement in such subject''.
(2) Failure to make adequate yearly progress during first
year after identification.--So much of the text of paragraph
(5) of section 1116(b) of such Act as precedes subparagraph (A)
is amended to read as follows: ''If, by the end of the first
full school year after identification under paragraph (1) of a
school served under this part, any group of students that met
the requirements for such identification in an academic subject
fails to make adequate yearly progress in such subject, as set
out in the State's plan under section 1111(b)(2), the local
educational agency serving such school--''.
(3) Failure to make adequate yearly progress during second
year after identification.--So much of the text of subparagraph
(C) of section 1116(b)(7) of such Act as precedes clause (i) is
amended to read as follows: ''If, by the end of the second full
school year after identification under paragraph (1) of a
school served under this part, any group of students that met
the requirements for such identification in an academic subject
fails to make adequate yearly progress in such subject, as set
out in the State's plan under section 1111(b)(2), the local
educational agency shall--''.
(4) Failure to make adequate yearly progress during first
year after corrective action.--So much of the text of
subparagraph (A) of section 1116(b)(8) of such Act as precedes
clause (i) is amended to read as follows: ''If, after 1 full
year of corrective action under paragraph (7), any group of
students (at the school subject to such corrective action) that
met the requirements for identification under paragraph (1) in
an academic subject continues to fail to make adequate yearly
progress in such subject, then the local educational agency
shall--''.
(g) Needs Improvement Label To Be Group and Subject Specific.--
Subparagraph (A) of section 1116(b)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316(b)(1)) is amended by adding at
the end the following new sentence: ''Such identification shall apply
only to each group and subject with respect to which there is such a
failure.''
(h) Parental Notification of Needs Improvement To Be Group and
Subject Specific.--Paragraph (6) of section 1116(b) of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316(b)) is amended by
striking ''of each student enrolled in an elementary school or a
secondary school identified for school improvement under paragraph
(1)'' and inserting ''of each student in each group of students that
met the requirements for identification in an academic subject under
paragraph (1)''.
(i) Transfer Option and Supplemental Services Limited to Students
From Failing Groups.--
(1) Clause (i) of section 1116(b)(1)(E) of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316(b)(1)(E))
is amended by inserting ''in each group described in section
1111(b)(2)(C)(v) that met the requirements for such
identification'' after ''all students''.
(2) Paragraphs (5)(A), (7)(C)(i), and (8)(A)(i) of section
1116(b) of such Act are each amended by inserting ''in such
group'' after ''all students''.
(j) Local Educational Agencies May Choose To Offer Supplemental
Educational Services, and Not Public School Choice, on Initial Failure
To Make Adequate Yearly Progress.--
(1) In general.--Subparagraph (E) of section 1116(b)(1) of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6316(b)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
''(E) Public school choice or supplemental
educational services.--In the case of a school
identified for school improvement under this paragraph,
the local educational agency shall, not later than the
first day of the school year following such
identification--
''(i) provide all students in each group
described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v) that met
the requirements for such identification (and
who are enrolled in the school) with the option
to transfer to another public school served by
the local educational agency, which may include
a public charter school, that has not been
identified for school improvement under this
paragraph, unless such an option is prohibited
by State law, or
''(ii) make supplemental educational
services available consistent with subsection
(e)(1) to students in such group in the
academic subject to which such identification
relates.
If more than 1 school served by such agency is
identified for school improvement under this paragraph
or more than 1 group of students meets the requirements
for such identification, such agency shall make the
same choice under clause (i) or (ii) for all such
schools and all such groups.''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Paragraph (5) of section 1116(b)
of such Act is amended to read as follows:
''(5) Failure to make adequate yearly progress after
identification.--If, by the end of the first full school year
after identification under paragraph (1) of a school served
under this part, any group of students that met the
requirements for such identification in an academic subject
fails to make adequate yearly progress in such subject, as set
out in the State's plan under section 1111(b)(2), the local
educational agency serving such school--
''(A) shall continue to provide the transfer option
under clause (i) of paragraph (1)(E) or to make the
supplemental educational services available under
clause (ii) of such paragraph, whichever was chosen by
such agency,
''(B) shall provide the transfer option under such
clause (i) or to make the supplemental educational
services available under such clause (ii), whichever
was not chosen by such agency under such paragraph; and
''(C) shall continue to provide technical
assistance.''.
[EX A]: Flexibility for Individual Excellence in Education Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to alter the requirement that teachers be highly qualified by: (1) applying it only to teachers of core subjects; (2) allowing new middle or secondary school teachers to teach subjects for which they earned a college minor; (3) allowing greater consideration to be given to the time experienced teachers have spent teaching a subject; and (4) extending the deadline for rural teachers to meet such requirements.

Provides additional funding for rural teacher recruitment, retention, and professional development activities.

Allows state determinations of students' adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward state academic performance standards to: (1) assess disabled students at the instructional level most closely corresponding to their individualized education plans; and (2) use growth models and multiple measures of student achievement.

Requires local educational agencies (LEAs) to identify schools as needing improvement, corrective action, or restructuring only if they fail to make AYP in the same subject for the same group of students over the requisite period of time. Provides school transfers and supplemental services to students in the failing group, rather than to all students in an affected school. Gives LEAs the option of providing such students with supplemental services rather than transfers for the year following a school's identification as needing improvement.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. ENCOURAGING THE PREPARATION OF TANF RECIPIENTS FOR HIGH-
SKILL, HIGH-DEMAND JOBS.

(a) In General.--Section 407(c)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 607(c)(2)(D)) is amended to read as follows:
''(D) Limitation on number of persons who may be
treated as engaged in work by reason of participation
in educational activities.--
''(i) In general.--Except as provided in
clause (ii), for purposes of paragraphs
(1)(B)(i) and (2)(B) of subsection (b), not
more than 30 percent of the number of
individuals in all families in a State who are
treated as engaged in work for a month may
consist of individuals who are--
''(I) determined to be engaged in
work for the month by reason of
participation in vocational educational
training (but only with respect to such
training that does not exceed 12 months
with respect to any individual); or
''(II) deemed to be engaged in work
for the month by reason of subparagraph
(C) of this paragraph.
''(ii) Exception for education in
preparation for sector-specific, high-skill
occupations to meet employer demand.--
''(I) In general.--Notwithstanding
clause (i) and subsection (d)(8), for
purposes of determining monthly
participation rates under paragraphs
(1)(B)(i) and (2)(B) of subsection (b)
with respect to an individual who is
enrolled, in preparation for a sector-
specific, high-skill occupation to meet
employer demand (as defined in
subclause (II)), in a postsecondary 2-
or 4-year degree program or in
vocational educational training--
''(aa) the State may count
the number of hours per week
that the individual attends
such program or training for
purposes of determining the
number of hours for which a
family is engaged in work for
the month without regard to the
30 percent limitation under
clause (i); and
''(bb) the individual shall
be permitted to complete the
requirements of the degree
program or vocational
educational training within the
normal time frame for full-time
students seeking the particular
degree or completing such
vocational educational
training.
''(II) Sector-specific, high-skill
occupation to meet employer demand
defined.--In subclause (I), the term
'sector-specific, high-demand, high-
skill occupation to meet employer
demand' means an occupation--
''(aa) that has been
identified by the State
workforce investment board
established under section 111
of the Workforce Investment Act
of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2821) as
within the needs of the State
with regard to current and
projected employment
opportunities in specific
industry sectors or that has
been defined by the State
agency administering the State
program funded under this part
as within the needs of the
State with regard to current
and projected employment
opportunities in specific
industry sectors and is
consistent with high demand
jobs identified in the State
plan in accordance with section
402(a)(1)(A)(vii);
''(bb) that requires
occupational training; and
''(cc) that provides a wage
of at least 75 percent of the
State median hourly wage, as
calculated by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics on the basis
of the most recent Occupational
Employment and Wage Survey.''.
(b) Conforming State Plan Amendment.--Section 402(a)(1)(B) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)(1)(B)) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
''(vii) The document shall describe any
strategies and programs the State plans to use
to address employment placement, retention, and
advancement for recipients of assistance under
the program, including placement into high-
demand jobs and whether such jobs are
identified using labor market information.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section take
effect on October 1, 2005.
[EX A]: Revises the mandatory work requirements of part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act with respect to the limitation on the number of persons in a state who may be treated as engaged in work by reason of participation in educational activities. Removes two-parent families from the formula for such limitation. Creates an exception to the limitation for education in preparation for sector-specific, high-skill occupations to meet employer demand.

Defines sector-specific, high-demand, high-skill occupation to meet employer demand as an occupation that: (1) has been identified by the state workforce investment board or by the state agency administering the state TANF program as within state needs with regard to current and projected employment opportunities in specific industry sectors; (2) requires occupational training; and (3) provides a wage of at least 75 percent of the state median hourly wage.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Justice Exists for All of Us Act of
2012''.

SEC. 2. STATE ''STAND YOUR GROUND'' LAWS AND NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
REGISTRATION.

(a) In General.--For each fiscal year after the expiration of the
period of implementation specified in subsection (b), a State shall--
(1) not have in effect throughout the State any law or
policy that allows a person to use deadly force when such
person is threatened that does not impose a duty to retreat
before using such force in any place where such person is
lawfully present (commonly known as ''stand your ground
laws''), except that a State may have in place a law or policy
that permits a victim of domestic violence to use deadly force
when such victim is threatened and does not impose a duty to on
the victim to retreat before using such force in any place
where such victim is lawfully present; and
(2) have in effect throughout the State laws and policies
that make it unlawful to establish, organize, operate, or
participate in a Neighborhood Watch program unless such program
is registered with--
(A) the local law enforcement agency that has
jurisdiction over the neighborhood in which the program
is located; and
(B) the Department of Justice, in accordance with
regulations promulgated by the Attorney General.
(b) Period for Implementation by States.--
(1) Deadline.--Each State shall implement this section
before 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Extensions.--The Attorney General may authorize up to
two 1-year extensions of the deadline in paragraph (1).
(c) Failure of State To Comply.--
(1) In general.--For any fiscal year after the end of the
period for implementation under subsection (b), a State that
fails, as determined by the Attorney General, to substantially
implement this section shall not receive 20 percent of the
funds that would otherwise be allocated for that fiscal year to
the State under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et
seq.).
(2) State constitutionality.--
(A) In general.--When evaluating whether a State
has substantially implemented this section, the
Attorney General shall consider whether the State is
unable to substantially implement this section because
of a demonstrated inability to implement certain
provisions that would place the State in violation of
its constitution, as determined by a ruling of the
State's highest court.
(B) Efforts.--If the circumstances arise under
subparagraph (A), then the Attorney General and the
State shall make good faith efforts to accomplish
substantial implementation of this section and to
reconcile any conflicts between this section and the
State's constitution. In considering whether compliance
with the requirements of this section would likely
violate the State's constitution or an interpretation
thereof by the State's highest court, the Attorney
General shall consult with the chief executive and
chief legal officer of the State concerning the State's
interpretation of the State's constitution and rulings
thereon by the State's highest court.
(C) Alternative procedures.--If the State is unable
to substantially implement this section because of a
limitation imposed by the State's constitution, the
Attorney General may determine that the State is in
compliance with this Act if the State has implemented,
or is in the process of implementing, reasonable
alternative procedures or accommodations that are
consistent with the purposes of this Act.
(D) Funding reduction.--If a State does not comply
with subparagraph (C), then the State shall be subject
to a funding reduction as specified in paragraph (1).
(3) Reallocation.--Amounts not allocated under subpart 1 of
part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.) to a State for failure to
substantially implement this section shall be reallocated under
such subpart to States that have not failed to substantially
implement this section or may be reallocated to a State from
which they were withheld to be used solely for the purpose of
implementing this section.
(d) Definition of State.--In this section the term ''State'' shall
have the meaning given such term in section 901(a) of Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3791(a) et seq.).
[EX A]:
Justice Exists for All of Us Act of 2012 - Prohibits a state, for each fiscal year beginning after three years after enactment of this Act, from having in effect a law or policy that: (1) allows a person to use deadly force when such person is threatened and that does not, except where the person is a victim of domestic violence, impose a duty to retreat before using such force in any place where that person is lawfully present (commonly known as a "stand your ground law"); or (2) allows the establishment, organization, or operation of, or participation in, a Neighborhood Watch program that is not registered with the local law enforcement agency and the Department of Justice (DOJ). Allows the Attorney General to authorize up to two one-year extensions of such deadline.

Provides that a state that fails to substantially implement this Act for any fiscal year shall not receive 20% of the funds that would otherwise be allocated to it under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program. Provides for alternative procedures for compliance by a state that is unable to substantially implement this Act because of a conflict with the state's constitution.