Jumpstart on College Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2395 To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to support early college high schools and dual or concurrent enrollment programs. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JULY 31, 2019 Mr. MARKEY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to support early college high schools and dual or concurrent enrollment programs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jumpstart on College 4 Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 6 The purpose of this Act is to increase the percentage 7 of students who complete a recognized postsecondary cre- 8 dential within 100 percent of the normal time for the com- 9 pletion of such credential, including low-income students 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:48 Aug 06, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2395.IS S2395 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 2395 IS and students from other populations that are underrep- 1 resented in higher education. 2 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 3 In this Act: 4 (1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti- 5 ty’’ means an institution of higher education in part- 6 nership with one or more local educational agencies 7 (which may be an educational service agency). Such 8 partnership may also include other entities such as 9 nonprofit organizations or businesses. 10 (2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 11 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 12 meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher 13 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 14 (3) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘dual or concur- 15 rent enrollment program’’, ‘‘early college high 16 school’’, ‘‘educational service agency’’, ‘‘four-year ad- 17 justed cohort graduation rate’’, ‘‘local educational 18 agency’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, and ‘‘State’’ have the 19 meanings given the terms in section 8101 of the Ele- 20 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 21 U.S.C. 7801). 22 (4) LOW-INCOME STUDENT.—The term ‘‘low-in- 23 come student’’ means a student counted under sec- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:48 Aug 06, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2395.IS S2395 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •S 2395 IS tion 1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu- 1 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6333(c)). 2 (5) RECOGNIZED POSTSECONDARY CREDEN- 3 TIAL.—The term ‘‘recognized postsecondary creden- 4 tial’’ has the meaning given the term in section 3 of 5 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 6 U.S.C. 3102). 7 (6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 8 the Secretary of Education. 9 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; RESERVA- 10 TIONS. 11 (a) IN GENERAL.—To carry out this Act, there are 12 authorized to be appropriated $250,000,000 for fiscal year 13 2020 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. 14 (b) RESERVATIONS.—From the funds appropriated 15 under subsection (a) for each fiscal year, the Secretary 16 shall reserve— 17 (1) not less than 40 percent for grants to eligi- 18 ble entities under section 5; 19 (2) not less than 55 percent for grants to 20 States under section 6; and 21 (3) not less than 5 percent for national activi- 22 ties under section 8. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:48 Aug 06, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2395.IS S2395 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •S 2395 IS SEC. 5. GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 1 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award grants 2 to eligible entities, on a competitive basis, to assist such 3 entities in establishing or supporting an early college high 4 school or dual or concurrent enrollment program in ac- 5 cordance with this section. 6 (b) DURATION.—Each grant under this section shall 7 be awarded for a period of 6 years. 8 (c) GRANT AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall ensure 9 that the amount of each grant under this section is suffi- 10 cient to enable each grantee to carry out the activities de- 11 scribed in subsection (h), except that a grant under this 12 section may not exceed $2,000,000. 13 (d) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 14 (1) IN GENERAL.—For each year that an eligi- 15 ble entity receives a grant under this section, the en- 16 tity shall contribute matching funds, in the amounts 17 described in paragraph (2), for the activities sup- 18 ported by the grant. 19 (2) AMOUNTS DESCRIBED.—The amounts de- 20 scribed in this paragraph are— 21 (A) for each of the first and second years 22 of the grant period, 20 percent of the grant 23 amount; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:48 Aug 06, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2395.IS S2395 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 •S 2395 IS (B) for each of the third and fourth years 1 of the grant period, 30 percent of the grant 2 amount; 3 (C) for the fifth year of the grant period, 4 40 percent of the grant amount; and 5 (D) for the sixth year of the grant period, 6 50 percent of the grant amount. 7 (3) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT CONTRIB- 8 UTED.— 9 (A) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Sec- 10 retary shall allow an eligible entity to meet the 11 requirements of this subsection through in-kind 12 contributions. 13 (B) NON-FEDERAL SOURCES.—Not less 14 than half of each amount described in para- 15 graph (2) shall be provided by the eligible entity 16 from non-Federal sources. 17 (e) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—An eligible enti- 18 ty shall use a grant received under this section only to 19 supplement funds that would, in the absence of such a 20 grant, be made available from other Federal, State, or 21 local sources for activities supported by the grant, not to 22 supplant such funds. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:48 Aug 06, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2395.IS S2395 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 6 •S 2395 IS (f) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec- 1 tion, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities 2 that— 3 (1) propose to establish or support an early col- 4 lege high school or other dual or concurrent enroll- 5 ment program that will serve a student population 6 of which not less than 51 percent are low-income 7 students; 8 (2) include a local educational agency that 9 serves a high school that is— 10 (A) identified for comprehensive support 11 and improvement under section 12 1111(c)(4)(D)(i) of the Elementary and Sec- 13 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 14 6311(c)(4)(D)(i)); or 15 (B) implementing a targeted support and 16 improvement plan as described in section 17 1111(d)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary 18 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(d)(2)); 19 (3) are from States that provide assistance to 20 early college high schools or other dual enrollment 21 programs, such as assistance to defray the costs of 22 higher education (including costs of tuition, fees, 23 and textbooks); and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:48 Aug 06, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2395.IS S2395 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 7 •S 2395 IS (4) propose to establish or support an early col- 1 lege high school or dual or concurrent enrollment 2 program that meets quality standards established 3 by— 4 (A) a nationally recognized accrediting 5 agency or association that offers accreditation 6 specifically for such programs; or 7 (B) a State process specifically for the re- 8 view and approval of such programs. 9 (g) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary shall 10 ensure, to the extent practicable, that eligible entities re- 11 ceiving grants under this section— 12 (1) are from a representative cross section of— 13 (A) urban, suburban, and rural areas; and 14 (B) regions of the United States; and 15 (2) include both 2-year and 4-year institutions 16 of higher education. 17 (h) USES OF FUNDS.— 18 (1) MANDATORY ACTIVITIES.— 19 (A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity shall 20 use grant funds received under this section— 21 (i) to support the activities described 22 in its application under subsection (i); 23 (ii) to create and maintain a coherent 24 system of supports for students, teachers, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:48 Aug 06, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2395.IS S2395 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 8 •S 2395 IS principals, and faculty under the program, 1 including— 2 (I) college and career readiness, 3 academic, and social support services 4 for students; and 5 (II) professional development for 6 teachers, faculty, and principals from 7 the secondary schools and faculty 8 from the institution of higher edu- 9 cation, including— 10 (aa) joint professional devel- 11 opment activities; and 12 (bb) activities to assist such 13 teachers, faculty, and principals 14 in using effective parent and 15 community engagement strate- 16 gies and to help ensure the suc- 17 cess of— 18 (AA) students academi- 19 cally at risk of not enrolling 20 in or completing postsec- 21 ondary education; 22 (BB) first-generation 23 college students; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:48 Aug 06, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2395.IS S2395 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 9 •S 2395 IS (CC) students described 1 in section 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) 2 of the Elementary and Sec- 3 ondary Education Act of 4 1965 (20 U.S.C. 5 6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)); 6 (iii) to carry out liaison activities 7 among the partners that comprise the eli- 8 gible entity pursuant to an agreement or 9 memorandum of understanding docu- 10 menting commitments, resources, roles, 11 and responsibilities of the partners con- 12 sistent with the design of the program; 13 (iv) for outreach programs to ensure 14 that secondary school students and their 15 families, including students academically at 16 risk of not enrolling in or completing post- 17 secondary education, first-generation col- 18 lege students, and students described in 19 section 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) of the Elemen- 20 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 21 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)), are— 22 (I) aware of, and recruited into, 23 the early college high school or dual 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:48 Aug 06, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2395.IS S2395 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 10 •S 2395 IS or concurrent enrollment program; 1 and 2 (II) assisted with the process of 3 enrolling and succeeding in the early 4 college high school or program, which 5 may include providing academic sup- 6 port; 7 (v) to collect, share, and use data (in 8 compliance with section 444 of the General 9 Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 10 1232g)) for program improvement and 11 program evaluation; and 12 (vi) to review and strengthen its pro- 13 gram to maximize the potential that stu- 14 dents participating in the program will 15 eventually complete a recognized postsec- 16 ondary credential, including by opti- 17 mizing— 18 (I) the curriculum of the pro- 19 gram; 20 (II) the use of high-quality as- 21 sessments of student learning, such as 22 performance-based, project-based, or 23 portfolio assessments that measure 24 higher-order thinking skills; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:48 Aug 06, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2395.IS S2395 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 11 •S 2395 IS (III) the sequence of courses of- 1 fered by the program; and 2 (IV) the alignment of academic 3 calendars between the secondary 4 schools and the institution of higher 5 education participating in the pro- 6 gram. 7 (B) NEW PROGRAMS.—In the case of an 8 eligible entity that uses a grant under this sec- 9 tion to establish an early college high school or 10 dual or concurrent enrollment program, the en- 11 tity shall use such funds during the first year 12 of the grant period— 13 (i) to design the curriculum and se- 14 quence of courses in collaboration with, at 15 a minimum— 16 (I) faculty from the institution of 17 higher education; 18 (II) teachers and faculty from 19 the local educational agency; and 20 (III) in the case of a career and 21 technical education program, employ- 22 ers or workforce development entities 23 to ensure that the program is aligned 24 with labor market demand; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:48 Aug 06, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2395.IS S2395 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 12 •S 2395 IS (ii) to develop and implement an ar- 1 ticulation agreement between the institu- 2 tion of higher education and the local edu- 3 cational agency that governs how sec- 4 ondary and postsecondary credits will be 5 awarded under the program; and 6 (iii) to carry out the activities de- 7 scribed in subparagraph (A). 8 (2) ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES.—An eligible entity 9 may use grant funds received under this section to 10 support the activities described in its application 11 under subsection (i), including by— 12 (A) purchasing textbooks and equipment 13 that support the curriculum of the program; 14 (B) pursuant to the assurance provided by 15 the eligible entity under subsection (i)(3)(A), 16 paying tuition and fees for postsecondary 17 courses taken by students under the program; 18 (C) incorporating work-based learning op- 19 portunities into the program (which may in- 20 clude partnering with entities that provide such 21 opportunities), including— 22 (i) internships; 23 (ii) career-based capstone projects; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:48 Aug 06, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2395.IS S2395 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 13 •S 2395 IS (iii) pre-apprenticeships and appren- 1 ticeships provided by eligible providers of 2 apprenticeship programs described in sec- 3 tion 122(a)(2)(B) of the Workforce Inno- 4 vation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 5 3152(a)(2)(B)); and 6 (iv) work-based learning opportunities 7 provided under chapters 1 and 2 of sub- 8 part 2 of part A of title IV of the Higher 9 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a– 10 11 et seq.); 11 (D) providing students with transportation 12 to and from the program; 13 (E) paying costs for— 14 (i) high school teachers to obtain the 15 skills, credentials, or industry certifications 16 necessary to teach for the institution of 17 higher education participating in the pro- 18 gram; or 19 (ii) postsecondary faculty to become 20 certified to teach high school; or 21 (F) providing time during which secondary 22 school teachers and faculty and faculty from an 23 institution of higher education can collaborate, 24 which may include— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:48 Aug 06, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2395.IS S2395 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 14 •S 2395 IS (i) professi [Text truncated for display. 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