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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Immigrants to New Americans Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:
(1) In 1997, there were an estimated 25,800,000 foreign-
born individuals residing in the United States. That number is
the largest number of such foreign-born individuals in United
States history and represents a 6,000,000, or 30 percent,
increase over the 1990 census figure of 19,800,000 of such
foreign-born individuals. The Bureau of the Census estimates
that the recently arrived immigrant population (including the
refugee population) currently residing in the Nation will
account for 75 percent of the population growth in the United
States over the next 50 years.
(2) For millions of immigrants settling into the Nation's
hamlets, towns, and cities, the dream of ''life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness'' has become a reality. The wave of
immigrants, of various nationalities, who have chosen the
United States as their home, has positively influenced the
Nation's image and relationship with other nations. The diverse
cultural heritage of the Nation's immigrants has helped define
the Nation's culture, customs, economy, and communities. By
better understanding the people who have immigrated to the
Nation, individuals in the United States better understand what
it means to be an American.
(3) There is a critical shortage of teachers with the
skills needed to educate immigrant students and their families
in nonconcentrated, nontraditional, immigrant communities as
well as communities with large immigrant populations. The large
influx of immigrant families over the last decade presents a
national dilemma: The number of such families with school-age
children requiring assistance to successfully participate in
elementary schools, secondary schools, and communities in the
United States, is increasing without a corresponding increase
in the number of teachers with skills to accommodate their
needs.
(4) Immigrants arriving in communities across the Nation
generally settle into high-poverty areas, where funding for
programs to provide immigrant students and their families with
the services the students and families need to successfully
participate in elementary schools, secondary schools, and
communities in the United States is inadequate.
(5) The influx of immigrant families settling into many
United States communities is often the result of concerted
efforts by local employers who value immigrant labor. Those
employers realize that helping immigrants to become productive,
prosperous members of a community is beneficial for the local
businesses involved, the immigrants, and the community.
Further, local businesses benefit from the presence of the
immigrant families because the families present businesses with
a committed and effective workforce and help open up new market
opportunities. However, many of the communities into which the
immigrants have settled need assistance in order to give
immigrant students and their families the services the students
and families need to successfully participate in elementary
schools, secondary schools, and communities in the United
States.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

The purpose of this Act is to establish a grant program, within the
Department of Education, that provides funding to partnerships of local
educational agencies and community-based organizations for the
development of model programs to provide immigrant students and their
families with the services the students and families need to
successfully participate in elementary schools, secondary schools, and
communities in the United States.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

(1) Immigrant.--In this Act, the term ''immigrant'' has the
meaning given the term in section 101 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101).
(2) Other terms.--Other terms used in this Act have the
meanings given the terms in section 14101 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801).

SEC. 5. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Education may award not more than
10 grants in a fiscal year to eligible partnerships for the design and
implementation of model programs to--
(1) assist immigrant students achieve in elementary schools
and secondary schools in the United States by offering such
educational services as English as a second language classes,
literacy programs, programs for introduction to the education
system, and civics education; and
(2) assist parents of immigrant students by offering such
services as parent education and literacy development services
and by coordinating activities with other entities to provide
comprehensive community social services such as health care,
job training, child care, and transportation services.
(b) Eligible Partnerships.--To be eligible to receive a grant under
this Act, a partnership--
(1) shall include--
(A) at least 1 local educational agency; and
(B) at least 1 community-based organization; and
(2) may include another entity such as--
(A) an institution of higher education;
(B) a local or State government agency;
(C) a private sector entity; or
(D) another entity with expertise in working with
immigrants.
(c) Duration.--Each grant awarded under this Act shall be awarded
for a period of not more than 5 years. A partnership may use funds made
available through the grant for not more than 1 year for planning and
program design.

SEC. 6. APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS.

(a) In General.--Each eligible partnership desiring a grant under
this Act shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time and
in such manner as the Secretary may require.
(b) Required Documentation.--Each application submitted by a
partnership under this section for a proposed program shall include
documentation that--
(1) the partnership has the qualified personnel required to
develop, administer, and implement the proposed program; and
(2) the leadership of each participating school has been
involved in the development and planning of the program in the
school.
(c) Other Application Contents.--Each application submitted by a
partnership under this section for a proposed program shall include--
(1) a list of the organizations entering into the
partnership;
(2) a description of the need for the proposed program,
including data on the number of immigrant students, and the
number of such students with limited English proficiency in the
schools or school districts to be served through the program
and the characteristics of the students described in this
paragraph, including--
(A) the native languages of the students to be
served;
(B) the proficiency of the students in English and
the students' native languages;
(C) achievement data for the students in--
(i) reading or language arts (in English
and in the students' native languages, if
applicable); and
(ii) mathematics; and
(D) the previous schooling experiences of the
students;
(3) a description of the goals of the program;
(4) a description of how the funds made available through
the grant will be used to supplement the basic services
provided to the immigrant students to be served;
(5) a description of activities that will be pursued by the
partnership through the program, including a description of--
(A) how parents, students, and other members of the
community, including members of private organizations
and nonprofit organizations, will be involved in the
design and implementation of the program;
(B) how the activities will further the academic
achievement of immigrant students served through the
program;
(C) methods of teacher training and parent
education that will be used or developed through the
program, including the dissemination of information to
immigrant parents, that is easily understandable in the
language of the parents, about educational programs and
the rights of the parents to participate in educational
decisions involving their children; and
(D) methods of coordinating comprehensive community
social services to assist immigrant families;
(6) a description of how the partnership will evaluate the
progress of the partnership in achieving the goals of the
program;
(7) a description of how the local educational agency will
disseminate information on model programs, materials, and other
information developed under this Act that the local educational
agency determines to be appropriate for use by other local
educational agencies in establishing similar programs to
facilitate the educational achievement of immigrant students;
(8) an assurance that the partnership will annually provide
to the Secretary such information as may be required to
determine the effectiveness of the program; and
(9) any other information that the Secretary may require.

SEC. 7. SELECTION OF GRANTEES.

(a) Criteria.--The Secretary, through a peer review process, shall
select partnerships to receive grants under this Act on the basis of
the quality of the programs proposed in the applications submitted
under section 6, taking into consideration such factors as--
(1) the extent to which the program proposed in such an
application effectively addresses differences in language,
culture, and customs;
(2) the quality of the activities proposed by a
partnership;
(3) the extent of parental, student, and community
involvement;
(4) the extent to which the partnership will ensure the
coordination of comprehensive community social services with
the program;
(5) the quality of the plan for measuring and assessing
success; and
(6) the likelihood that the goals of the program will be
achieved.
(b) Geographic Distribution of Programs.--The Secretary shall
approve applications under this Act in a manner that ensures, to the
extent practicable, that programs assisted under this Act serve
different areas of the Nation, including urban, suburban, and rural
areas, with special attention to areas that are experiencing an influx
of immigrant groups (including refugee groups), and that have limited
prior experience in serving the immigrant community.

SEC. 8. EVALUATION AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT.

(a) Requirement.--Each partnership receiving a grant under this Act
shall--
(1) conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the program
assisted under this Act, including an evaluation of the impact
of the program on students, teachers, administrators, parents,
and others; and
(2) prepare and submit to the Secretary a report containing
the results of the evaluation.
(b) Evaluation Report Components.--Each evaluation report submitted
under this section for a program shall include--
(1) data on the partnership's progress in achieving the
goals of the program;
(2) data showing the extent to which all students served by
the program are meeting the State's student performance
standards, including--
(A) data comparing the students served under this
Act with other students, with regard to grade retention
and academic achievement in reading and language arts,
in English and in the native languages of the students
if the program develops native language proficiency,
and in mathematics; and
(B) a description of how the activities carried out
through the program are coordinated and integrated with
the overall school program of the school in which the
program described in this Act is carried out, and with
other Federal, State, or local programs serving limited
English proficient students;
(3) data showing the extent to which families served by the
program have been afforded access to comprehensive community
social services; and
(4) such other information as the Secretary may require.

SEC. 9. ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS.

A partnership that receives a grant under this Act may use not more
than 5 percent of the grant funds received under this Act for
administrative purposes.

SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such sums as may be necessary for
each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
A:
Immigrants to New Americans Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award up to ten grants per fiscal year to local education agency and community organization based partnerships to implement model educational programs to assist immigrant students and their parents.