Sec. 6. National activities
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The Secretary of Education shall carry out the following activities: Review of State plans to ensure they adequately address all of the elements listed in section 3(f) of this Act. Provide technical assistance to State educational agencies. Provide guidance to Federal programs and grantees likely to have contact with pregnant and parenting students and their family members and caring adults regarding the educational rights of pregnant and parenting students and the State educational agencies responsibilities, including the responsibilities under this Act.
At the end of each 3-year grant period, conduct a rigorous, evidence-based, comprehensive evaluation of the local educational agency programs funded by these grants and their effectiveness in improving graduation rates and educational outcomes for pregnant and parenting students, including acceptance and enrollment in higher education. The findings of such evaluations shall be reported to Congress. Conduct a one-time national evaluation of pregnant and parenting student access to education program service delivery models, directly or via contract with an independent research institution.
Identify and disseminate the findings and best practices at the State and local levels, including models of programs that are successful at, or show promise of, serving specific racial or ethnic groups or have been modified and tested with specific racial or ethnic groups, and create an online best practices clearinghouse as a resource for other State educational agencies and local educational agencies. Annually collect and disseminate nonpersonally identifiable data and information, in a manner protective of student privacy, and disaggregated by each school or alternative program identified pursuant to subparagraph
(B)and by whether services for pregnant and parenting students are offered in school or off-site, on— the number of pregnant and parenting students enrolled in school; rates and participation of pregnant and parenting students in mainstream or originating schools, rates and participation of pregnant and parenting students in alternative programs and, for each alternative program, an indication as to whether it is offered in a mainstream school or off-site; pregnant and parenting students’ performance on academic assessments; pregnant and parenting students’ graduation rates, dropout rates and transfer rates; rates of usage by pregnant and parenting students of child care services or assistance (if offered); rates of usage by pregnant or parenting students of other services offered (broken down by type of service); and such other data and information as the Secretary determines to be necessary and relevant. Coordinate data collection and dissemination with the agencies and entities that receive funds under this Act and those that administer programs in accordance with this Act. Notwithstanding subsection (a)(6)(B) through (F), if the number of pregnant and parenting students in a particular school or program in a State is smaller than a size determined by such State, it shall be reported by the applicable local educational agency, and if the number of pregnant and parenting students under the jurisdiction of a local educational agency in a State is smaller than a size determined by such State, it shall be reported by such State.