Sec. 4. State application
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Section 4203 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7173 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— by amending paragraph
(3)to read as follows: contains an assurance that the State educational agency— will make awards under this part only to eligible entities that propose to serve students who primarily attend schools eligible for schoolwide programs under section 1114, and families of such students; and will give priority to eligible entities that propose to serve students described in section 4204(i)(1); ; in paragraph (4), by striking meet local content and student academic achievement standards and inserting improve academic and life success ; in paragraph (6), by striking promising practices and inserting successful practices, and coordination of professional development for staff in specific content areas and youth development ; by amending paragraph
(11)to read as follows: provides— an assurance that the application was developed in consultation and coordination with appropriate State officials, including the chief State school officer, and other State agencies administering before school, after school, or summer school learning programs, the heads of the State health and mental health agencies or their designees, and representatives of teachers, parents, students, the business community, and community-based organizations; statewide afterschool networks (where applicable); and a description of any other representatives of teachers, parents, students, or the business community that the State has selected to assist in the development of the application, if applicable; ; by redesignating paragraph
(14)as paragraph (15); by amending paragraph
(12)to read as follows: describes how the State will prescreen external organizations that may provide assistance in carrying out the activities under this part and develop and make available to eligible entities a list of external organizations that successfully completed the prescreening process; ; by amending paragraph
(13)to read as follows: describes the results of the State’s needs and resources assessment for before school, after school or summer learning activities, which shall be based on the results of on-going State evaluation activities; ; and by amending paragraph
(14)to read as follows: describes how the State educational agency will evaluate the effectiveness of programs and activities carried out under this part, which shall include, at a minimum— a description of the performance indicators and performance measures that will be used to evaluate programs and activities, and with emphasis on alignment with the regular academic program of the school and the academic needs of participating students, including performance indicators and measures that— are able to track student success and improvement over time, and include State assessment results and other indicators of student success and improvement, such as improved attendance during the school day, better classroom grades, regular (or consistent) program attendance, on-time advancement to the next grade level and graduation rate, local crime rate, and classroom behavior; a description of how data collected for the purposes of subparagraph
(A)will be collected; and public dissemination of the evaluations of programs and activities carried out under this part; ; and by adding at the end the following new subsection: The Secretary may not impose a priority or preference for States or eligible entities that seek to use funds made available under this part to extend the regular school day. .
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