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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 4423
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to enhance teacher and school
leader quality partnership grants.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
Mr. ROUDA (for himself, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. TRONE,
and Mr. SCHNEIDER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to enhance
teacher and school leader quality partnership grants.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Teacher and School
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Leader Quality Partnership Grants Act’’.
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
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Section 200 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
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U.S.C. 1021) is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘SEC. 200. DEFINITIONS.
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‘‘Except as otherwise provided, in this title:
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‘‘(1) ARTS AND SCIENCES.—The term ‘arts and
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sciences’ means—
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‘‘(A) when referring to an organizational
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unit of an institution of higher education, any
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academic unit that offers one or more academic
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majors in disciplines or content areas cor-
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responding to the academic subject matter
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areas in which teachers provide instruction; and
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‘‘(B) when referring to a specific academic
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subject area, the disciplines or content areas in
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which academic majors are offered by the arts
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and sciences organizational unit.
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‘‘(2) BLENDED LEARNING.—The term ‘blended
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learning’ has the meaning given the term in section
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4102 of the Elementary and Secondary Education
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Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7112).
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‘‘(3) CHILDREN
FROM
LOW-INCOME
FAMI-
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LIES.—The term ‘children from low-income families’
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means children described in section 1124(c)(1)(A) of
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the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
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1965 (20 U.S.C. 6333(c)(1)(A)).
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‘‘(4)
COMPREHENSIVE
LITERACY
INSTRUC-
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TION.—The term ‘comprehensive literacy instruc-
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tion’ has the meaning given the term in section
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2221(b)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
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cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6641(b)(1)).
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‘‘(5) DIGITAL
LEARNING.—The term ‘digital
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learning’ has the meaning given the term in section
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4102 of the Elementary and Secondary Education
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Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7112).
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‘‘(6) DIVERSE
TEACHER
CANDIDATES.—The
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term ‘diverse teacher candidates’ means teacher can-
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didates from—
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‘‘(A) underrepresented groups; or
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‘‘(B) teachers who are linguistically and
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culturally prepared to educate high-need stu-
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dents.
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‘‘(7)
EARLY
CHILDHOOD
EDUCATOR.—The
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term ‘early childhood educator’ means an individual
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with primary responsibility for the education of chil-
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dren in an early childhood education program.
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‘‘(8) EDUCATIONAL
SERVICE
AGENCY.—The
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term ‘educational service agency’ has the meaning
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given the term in section 8101 of the Elementary
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and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
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7801).
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‘‘(9) EDUCATOR.—The term ‘educator’ means a
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teacher, principal or other school leader, specialized
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instructional support personnel, or other staff mem-
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ber who provides or directly supports instruction,
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such as a school librarian, counselor, or paraprofes-
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sional.
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‘‘(10) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘eli-
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gible partnership’ means an entity that—
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‘‘(A) shall include—
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‘‘(i) a high-need local educational
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agency;
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‘‘(ii)(I) a high-need school or a con-
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sortium of high-need schools served by the
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high-need local educational agency; or
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‘‘(II) as applicable, a high-need early
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childhood education program;
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‘‘(iii) a partner institution;
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‘‘(iv) a school, department, or pro-
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gram of education within such partner in-
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stitution, which may include an existing
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teacher professional development program
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with proven outcomes within a four-year
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institution of higher education that pro-
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vides intensive and sustained collaboration
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between faculty and local educational agen-
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cies consistent with the requirements of
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this title; and
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‘‘(v) a school or department of arts
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and sciences within such partner institu-
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tion; and
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‘‘(B) may include any of the following:
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‘‘(i) The Governor of the State.
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‘‘(ii) The State educational agency.
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‘‘(iii) The State board of education.
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‘‘(iv) The State agency for higher edu-
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cation.
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‘‘(v) A business.
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‘‘(vi) A public or private nonprofit
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educational organization.
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‘‘(vii) An educational service agency.
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‘‘(viii) A teacher, principal, or school
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leader organization.
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‘‘(ix) A high-performing local edu-
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cational agency, or a consortium of such
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local educational agencies, that can serve
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as a resource to the partnership.
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‘‘(x) A charter school (as defined in
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section 4310 of the Elementary and Sec-
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ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
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7221i)).
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‘‘(xi) A school or department within
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the partner institution that focuses on psy-
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chology and human development.
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‘‘(xii) A school or department within
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the partner institution with comparable ex-
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pertise in the disciplines of teaching, learn-
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ing, and child and adolescent development.
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‘‘(xiii) An entity operating a program
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that provides alternative routes to State
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certification of teachers or principals.
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‘‘(11) ENGLISH LEARNER.—The term ‘English
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learner’ has the meaning given the term in section
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8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education
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Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
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‘‘(12) EVIDENCE-BASED.—The term ‘evidence-
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based’ has the meaning given the term in subclauses
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(I) and (II) of section 8101(21)(A)(i) of the Elemen-
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tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
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U.S.C. 7801(21)(A)).
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‘‘(13) EVIDENCE OF STUDENT LEARNING.—The
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term ‘evidence of student learning’ means multiple
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measures of student learning that include the fol-
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lowing:
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‘‘(A) Valid and reliable student assessment
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data, which may include data—
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‘‘(i) based on—
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‘‘(I) student learning gains on
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statewide academic assessments under
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section 1111(b)(2) of the Elementary
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and Secondary Education Act of
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1965; or
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‘‘(II) student academic achieve-
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ment assessments used at the na-
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tional, State, or local levels, where
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available and appropriate for the cur-
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riculum and students taught;
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‘‘(ii) from classroom-based summative
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assessments; and
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‘‘(iii) from high-quality validated per-
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formance-based
assessments
that
are
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aligned with challenging State academic
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standards
adopted
under
section
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1111(b)(1) of the Elementary and Sec-
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ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
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6311(b)(1)).
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‘‘(B) Not less than one of the following ad-
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ditional measures:
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‘‘(i) Student work, including measures
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of performance criteria and evidence of
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student growth.
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‘‘(ii) Teacher-generated information
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about student goals and growth.
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‘‘(iii) Parental feedback about student
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goals and growth.
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‘‘(iv) Student feedback about learning
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and teaching supports.
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‘‘(v) Assessments of affective engage-
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ment and self-efficacy.
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‘‘(vi) Other appropriate measures, as
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determined by the State.
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‘‘(14) FOSTER CARE.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘foster care’
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means 24-hour substitute care for a child
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placed away from the child’s parents or guard-
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ians and for whom the State agency has place-
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ment and care responsibility. The term includes
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care through a placement in a foster family
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home, a foster home of a relative, a group
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home, an emergency shelter, a residential facil-
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ity, a child care institution, or a pre-adoptive
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home.
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‘‘(B) RULE.—A child shall be considered
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to be in foster care under subparagraph (A)
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without regard to whether—
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‘‘(i) the foster care facility is licensed
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and payments are made by the State or
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local agency for the care of the child;
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‘‘(ii) adoption subsidy payments are
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being made prior to the finalization of an
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adoption; or
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‘‘(iii) Federal matching funds for any
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payments described in clause (i) or (ii) are
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being made.
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‘‘(15) HIGH-NEED
EARLY
CHILDHOOD
EDU-
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CATION PROGRAM.—The term ‘high-need early child-
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hood education program’ means an early childhood
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education program serving children from low-income
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families that is located within the geographic area
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served by a high-need local educational agency.
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‘‘(16) HIGH-NEED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN-
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CY.—The term ‘high-need local educational agency’
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means a local educational agency—
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‘‘(A)(i) that serves not fewer than 10,000
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low-income children;
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‘‘(ii) for which not less than 20 percent of
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the children served by the agency are low-in-
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come children;
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‘‘(iii) that meets the eligibility require-
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ments for funding under the Small, Rural
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School Achievement Program under section
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5211(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
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cation Act of 1965 or the Rural and Low-In-
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come School Program under section 6221(b) of
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such Act; or
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‘‘(iv) that has a percentage of low-income
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children that is in the highest quartile among
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such agencies in the State; and
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‘‘(B)(i) for which one or more schools
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served by the agency is identified by the State
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for comprehensive supports and interventions
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under section 1111(c)(4)(D)(i) of the Elemen-
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tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; or
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‘‘(ii) for which one or more schools served
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by the agency has a high teacher turnover rate
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or is experiencing a teacher shortage in a high-
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needs field, as determined by the State.
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‘‘(17) HIGH-NEED SCHOOL.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘high-need
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school’ means a school that, based on the most
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recent data available, meets one or both of the
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following:
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‘‘(i) The school is in the highest quar-
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tile of schools in a ranking of all schools
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served by a local educational agency,
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ranked in descending order by percentage
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of students from low-income families en-
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rolled in such schools, as determined by
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the local educational agency based on one
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of the following measures of poverty:
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‘‘(I) The percentage of students
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aged 5 through 17 in poverty counted
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in the most recent census data ap-
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proved by the Secretary.
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‘‘(II) The percentage of students
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eligible for a free or reduced price
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school lunch under the Richard B.
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Russell National School Lunch Act.
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‘‘(III) The percentage of students
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in families receiving assistance under
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the State program funded under part
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A of title IV of the Social Security
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Act.
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‘‘(IV) The percentage of students
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eligible to receive medical assistance
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under the Medicaid program.
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‘‘(V) A composite of two or more
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of the measures described in sub-
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clauses (I) through (IV).
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‘‘(ii) In the case of—
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‘‘(I) an elementary school, the
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school serves students not less than
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60 percent of whom are eligible for a
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free or reduced price school lunch
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under the Richard B. Russell National
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School Lunch Act; or
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‘‘(II) any other school that is not
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an elementary school, the other school
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serves students not less than 45 per-
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cent of whom are eligible for a free or
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reduced price school lunch under the
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Richard B. Russell National School
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Lunch Act.
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‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE.—
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‘‘(i) DESIGNATION
BY
THE
SEC-
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RETARY.—The Secretary may, upon ap-
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proval of an application submitted by an
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eligible partnership seeking a grant under
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this title, designate a school that does not
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qualify as a high-need school under sub-
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paragraph (A) as a high-need school for
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the purpose of this title. The Secretary
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shall base the approval of an application
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for designation of a school under this
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clause on a consideration of the informa-
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tion required under clause (ii), and may
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also take into account other information
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submitted by the eligible partnership.
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‘‘(ii) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—
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An application for designation of a school
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under clause (i) shall include—
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‘‘(I) the number and percentage
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of students attending such school who
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are—
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‘‘(aa) aged 5 through 17 in
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poverty counted in the most re-
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cent census data approved by the
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Secretary;
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‘‘(bb) eligible for a free or
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reduced price school lunch under
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the Richard B. Russell National
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School Lunch Act;
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‘‘(cc) in families receiving
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assistance under the State pro-
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gram funded under part A of
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title IV of the Social Security
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Act; or
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‘‘(dd) eligible to receive med-
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ical assistance under the Med-
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icaid program;
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‘‘(II) information about the stu-
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dent academic achieveme
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