Sec. 713. Minority-serving institutions innovation fund
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Title VII ( 20 U.S.C. 1134 et seq. ), as amended by sections 711 and 712, is further amended by adding at the end the following: It is the purpose of this part to assist minority-serving institutions in planning, developing, implementing, validating, and replicating innovations that provide solutions to persistent challenges in enabling economically and educationally disadvantaged students to enroll in, persist through, and graduate from minority-serving institutions, including initiatives designed to— improve student achievement at minority-serving institutions; increase successful recruitment at minority-serving institutions of— students from low-income families of all races; adults; and military-affiliated students; increase the rate at which students enrolled in minority-serving institutions make adequate or accelerated progress towards graduation and successfully graduate from such institutions; increase the number of students pursuing and completing degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at minority-serving institutions and pursuing graduate work in such fields; enhance the quality of teacher preparation programs offered by minority-serving institutions; redesign course offerings and institutional student aid programs to help students obtain meaningful employment; and expand the effective use of technology at minority-serving institutions.
In this part the term eligible entity means— an institution that is eligible for the receipt of funds under the programs authorized under title III or V of this Act; or a consortium that includes an institution described in paragraph
(1)and— one or more other institutions of higher education; one or more nonprofit organizations; or one or more local educational agencies. From funds made available for this part under section 795F, the Secretary shall award competitive planning and implementation grants, as described in subsections
(b)and (c), to eligible entities to enable such entities to plan for the implementation of, in the case of a planning grant, and implement, in the case of an implementation grant, innovations authorized under this part and to support the implementation, validation, scaling up, and replication of such innovations. A planning grant authorized under this subsection shall be for a 1-year period. Each planning grant authorized under this subsection shall be an amount that is not more than $100,000. From funds made available for this part under section 795F, the Secretary shall award implementation grants to eligible entities to further develop, pilot, field-test, implement, document, validate, and, as applicable, scale up and replicate innovations that address the purpose of this part. An implementation grant authorized under this subsection shall be for a 5-year period. Grant funding after the first 3 years shall be conditional upon the eligible entity achieving satisfactory progress towards carrying out the educational innovations, activities, and projects described in section 795E, as determined by the Secretary. Each implementation grant authorized under this subsection shall be an amount that is not more than $10,000,000. In the case of an eligible entity that applies for a grant under this part as a consortium, each member of the consortium comprising the eligible entity shall sign a written agreement designating 1 member of the consortium to serve as the fiscal agent of the eligible entity and act on behalf of the eligible entity in performing the financial duties of the eligible entity. The fiscal agent for an eligible entity (as described in paragraph (1)) may award subgrants to another member of the consortium that comprises that eligible entity. The Federal share of the total cost of carrying out a project funded by a planning grant authorized under subsection
(b)shall be 100 percent of such total cost. The Federal share of the total cost of carrying out a project funded by an implementation grant authorized under subsection
(c)shall be not more than 85 percent of such total cost. An eligible entity that receives an implementation grant under subsection
(c)shall provide, from non-Federal sources, an amount equal to not less than 15 percent of the total cost of carrying out the project funded by the grant. Such amount may be provided by in cash or in-kind. An eligible entity desiring a grant under this part shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require. An application under this section for a planning grant or an implementation grant by an eligible entity applying for a grant under this part as a consortium shall include the written agreement described in section 795B(d). The Secretary shall ensure that the application requirements under this section for a planning grant authorized under section 795B(b) include, in addition to the requirement under subsection (b), only the minimal requirements that are necessary to review the proposed process of an eligible entity for the planning and development of 1 or more educational innovations that address the purpose of this part as described in section 795. An application under this section for an implementation grant authorized under section 795B(c) shall include, in addition to the requirement under subsection (b), a description of— each educational innovation that the eligible entity will implement using the funds made available by such grant, including a description of the evidence supporting the effectiveness of each such innovation; how each educational innovation proposed to be implemented under such grant will address the purpose of this part, as described in section 795, and how each such innovation will further the institutional or organizational mission of the eligible entity and any institution or organization that is a member of a consortium comprising the eligible entity; the specific activities that the eligible entity will carry out with funds made available by such grant, including, for a consortium application a description of the activities that each member of the consortium will carry out and a description of the capacity of each member of the consortium to carry out such activities; the performance measures that the eligible entity will use to track the eligible entity's progress in implementing each proposed educational innovation, including a description of how the entity will implement such performance measures and use information on performance to make adjustments and improvements to activities, as needed, over the course of the grant period; how the eligible entity will provide the amount required under section 795B(e)(2)(B); how the eligible entity will provide for an independent evaluation of the implementation and impact of the projects funded by such grant that includes— an interim report evaluating the progress made in the first 3 years of the grant; and a final report to be completed at the end of the grant period; and the plan of the eligible entity for continuing each proposed educational innovation after the grant period has ended. In awarding grants under this part, the Secretary shall give priority— first to applications from eligible entities that include institutions— that serve a high percentage of students that are eligible to receive a Federal Pell Grant; and that have endowment funds the market value of which, per full-time equivalent student, is less than the average current market value of the endowment funds, per full-time equivalent student at other applicant institutions; next, to applications that seek to address issues of major national need, including— educational innovations designed to increase the rate of postsecondary degree attainment for populations within minority groups that have low relative rates of postsecondary degree attainment, including African-American males who attain a postsecondary degree; innovative partnerships between minority-serving institutions and local educational agencies that are designed to increase the enrollment and successful completion of postsecondary education for populations that have been historically underrepresented in higher education; educational innovations that bring together the resources of minority-serving institutions and partner institutions in support of economic development, entrepreneurship, and the commercialization of funded research and the development of an innovation ecosystem on postsecondary school campuses; educational innovations that support developing programs and initiatives to support undergraduate and graduate programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; and educational innovations described in paragraphs
(3)and
(6)of section 795E(b). An eligible entity receiving a planning grant authorized under section 795B(b) shall use funds made available by such grant to conduct a comprehensive institutional planning process that includes— an assessment of the needs of the minority-serving institution and, in the case of an eligible entity applying as a consortium, the needs of each member of the consortium; research on educational innovations, consistent with the purpose of this part as described in section 795, to meet the needs described in paragraph (1); the selection of 1 or more educational innovations to be implemented; an assessment of the capacity of the minority-serving institution and, in the case of an eligible entity applying as a consortium, the capacity of each member of the consortium, to implement each such educational innovation; and activities to further develop such capacity. An eligible entity receiving an implementation grant under section 795B(c) shall use the funds made available by such grant to further develop, pilot, field-test, implement, document, validate, and, as applicable, scale up and replicate educational innovations that address the purpose of this part, as described in section 795, such as educational innovations designed to— improve student achievement, such as through activities designed to increase the number or percentage of students who successfully complete developmental or remedial coursework (which may be accomplished through the evidence-based redesign of such coursework) and pursue and succeed in postsecondary studies; improve and expand institutional recruitment, postsecondary school awareness, and postsecondary school preparation efforts targeting students, including high-achieving students, from low-income families, such as through activities undertaken in partnership with local educational agencies and nonprofit organizations (including the introduction of dual enrollment programs and the implementation of activities designed to enable more students to enter postsecondary education without the need for remediation); increase the number or percentage of students, particularly students who are members of historically underrepresented populations, who enroll in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics courses, graduate with degrees in such fields, and pursue advanced studies in such fields; increase (such as through the provision of comprehensive academic and nonacademic student support services) the number or percentage of students who make satisfactory or accelerated progress toward graduation from postsecondary school and the number or percentage of students who graduate from postsecondary school on time; implement evidence-based improvements to courses, particularly high-enrollment courses, to improve student outcomes and reduce education costs for students, including costs of remedial courses; enhance the quality of teacher preparation programs at minority-serving institutions, to enable teachers at such institutions to be highly effective in the classroom and to enable such programs to meet the demands for accountability in teacher education; expand the effective use of technology in higher education, such as through inter-institutional collaboration on implementing competency-based technology-enabled delivery models (including hybrid models) or through the use of open educational resources and digital content; and provide a continuum of solutions by incorporating activities that address multiple objectives described in paragraphs
(1)through (7). There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2015 through 2020 to carry out the activities under this part. .
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