Sec. 203. Comprehensive centers
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Section 203 ( 20 U.S.C. 9602 )— by amending subsection
(a)to read as follows: Subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary is authorized to award not more than 17 grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to eligible applicants to establish comprehensive centers. The mission of the comprehensive centers is to provide State educational agencies and local educational agencies technical assistance, analysis, and training to build their capacity in implementing the requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq. ) and other Federal education laws, and research-based practices. In awarding grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under paragraph (1), the Secretary— shall establish at least one comprehensive center for each of the 10 geographic regions served by the regional educational laboratories established under section 941(h) of the Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994 (as such provision existed on the day before the date of enactment of this Act); and may establish additional comprehensive centers— for one or more of the regions described in subparagraph (A); or to serve the Nation as a whole by providing technical assistance on a particular content area of importance to the Nation, as determined by the Secretary with the advice of the regional advisory committees established under section 206(a). In the case of a comprehensive center established to serve the Nation as described in paragraph (3)(B)(ii), the Nation shall be considered to be a region served by such Center. A grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this section may be awarded, on a competitive basis, for a period of not more than 5 years. The Secretary shall ensure that each comprehensive center established under this section has the ability to respond in a timely fashion to the needs of State educational agencies and local educational agencies, including through using the results of the center’s interim evaluation under section 204(c), to improve and modify the activities of the center before the end of the award period. ; in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1)— by inserting , contracts, or cooperative agreements after Grants ; by striking research organizations, institutions, agencies, institutions of higher education, and inserting public or private, nonprofit or for-profit research organizations, other organizations, or institutions of higher education, ; by striking , or individuals, ; by striking subsection
(f)and inserting subsection
(e); and by striking , including regional and all that follows through 107–110)) ; and by striking paragraphs
(2)and
(3)and inserting the following: In conducting competitions for grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under this section, the Secretary shall— by making widely available information and technical assistance relating to the competition, actively encourage eligible applicants to compete for such awards; and seek input from chief executive officers of States, chief State school officers, educators, parents, superintendents, and other individuals with knowledge of the needs of the regions to be served by the awards, regarding— the needs in the regions for technical assistance authorized under this title; and how such needs may be addressed most effectively. The individuals described in subparagraph (A)(ii) may include members of the regional advisory committees established under section 206(a). Before awarding a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this section, the Secretary shall establish measurable performance indicators to be used to assess the ongoing progress and performance of the comprehensive centers to be established under this title that address— paragraphs
(1)through
(3)of the performance management system described in section 185; and the relevant results of the regional assessments under section 206(e). In determining whether to award a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this section to an eligible applicant that previously established a comprehensive center under this section, the Secretary shall consider the results of such center’s summative evaluation under section 204(b). The Secretary shall continue awards made to each eligible applicant for the support of comprehensive centers established under this section prior to the date of enactment of the Strengthening Education through Research Act , as such awards were in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Strengthening Education through Research Act , for the duration of those awards, in accordance with the terms and agreements of such awards. Not later than the end of the period of the awards described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall— hold a competition to make grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under this section to eligible applicants, which may include eligible applicants that held awards described in subparagraph (A); and in determining whether to select an eligible applicant that held an award described in subparagraph
(A)for an award under clause
(i)of this subparagraph, consider the results of the summative evaluation under section 204(b) of the center established with the eligible applicant’s award described in subparagraph (A). For purposes of this section, the term eligible applicant means an entity described in paragraph (1). ; by amending subsection
(c)to read as follows: Each eligible applicant seeking a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this section shall submit an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such additional information as the Secretary may reasonably require. To ensure that applications submitted under this paragraph are reflective of the needs of the regions to be served, each eligible applicant submitting such an application shall seek input from State educational agencies and local educational agencies in the region that the award will serve, and other individuals with knowledge of the region’s needs. Such individuals may include members of the regional advisory committee for the region under section 206(a). Each application submitted under paragraph
(1)shall contain a plan for the comprehensive center to be established under this section, which shall be updated, modified, and improved, as appropriate, on an ongoing basis, including by using the results of the center’s interim evaluation under section 204(c). A plan described in subparagraph
(A)shall address— the priorities for technical assistance established under section 207; the needs of State educational agencies and local educational agencies, on an ongoing basis, using available State and local data, including the relevant results of the regional assessments under section 206(e); and if available, demonstrated support from State educational agencies and local educational agencies, such as letters of support or signed memoranda of understanding. In conducting a competition for grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority to eligible applicants that will provide a portion of non-Federal funds to maximize support for activities of the comprehensive centers to be established under this section. ; in subsection (d), by inserting the number of low-performing schools in the region, after economically disadvantaged students, ; by striking subsection
(e)and redesignating subsections (f), (g), and
(h)as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively; in subsection (e), as so redesignated— in paragraph (1)— by striking support dissemination and technical assistance activities by and inserting support State educational agencies and local educational agencies, including by— ; in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting and other Federal education laws before the semicolon; in subparagraph (A)(ii)— by striking and assessment tools and inserting , assessment tools, and other educational strategies ; and in subclause (III), by inserting , including innovative tools and methods before the semicolon; by striking subparagraph (A)(iii) and inserting the following: the replication and adaptation of exemplary practices and innovative methods that have an evidence base of effectiveness. ; in subparagraph (B)— by inserting , consistent with section 114(j), after disseminating ; and by striking (as described and all that follows through is located ; and by amending subparagraph
(C)to read as follows: ensuring activities carried out under this section are relevant and responsive to the needs of the region being served, including by using the relevant results of the regional assessments under section 206(e). ; and in paragraph (2)— by inserting , on an ongoing basis, after this section shall ; and by inserting or other regional educational laboratories or comprehensive centers, as appropriate, after center is located, ; and by amending subsections
(f)and (g), as each so redesignated, to read as follows: A comprehensive center established under this section may establish an advisory board to support and monitor the priorities and activities of such center. Each comprehensive center established under this section shall submit to the Secretary an annual report, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, which shall include the following: A summary of the center’s activities and products developed during the previous year. A listing of the State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and schools the center assisted during the previous year. Using the measurable performance indicators established under subsection (b)(3), a description of how well the center is meeting educational needs of the region served by the center. Any changes to the center’s plan under subsection (c)(2) to improve its activities in the remaining years of the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement. .
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