Sec. 5012. Promise neighborhoods
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Title V ( 20 U.S.C. 7201 et seq. ), as amended by section 5001, is further amended by inserting after part I, as added by section 5010, the following: This part may be cited as the . Promise Neighborhoods Act of 2015 The purpose of this part is to significantly improve the academic and developmental outcomes of children living in our Nation’s most distressed communities, including ensuring school readiness, high school graduation, and college and career readiness for such children, and access to a community-based continuum of high-quality services.
In this part, the term pipeline services means a continuum of supports and services for children from birth through college entry, college success, and career attainment, including, at a minimum, strategies to address through services or programs (including integrated student supports) the following: High-quality early learning opportunities. High-quality schools and out-of-school-time programs and strategies. Support for a child’s transition to elementary school, support for a child’s transition from elementary school to middle school, from middle school to high school, and from high school into and through college and into the workforce, including any comprehensive readiness assessment as deemed necessary.
Family and community engagement. Family and student supports, which may be provided within the school building. Activities that support college and career readiness. Community-based support for students who have attended the schools in the pipeline, or students who are members of the community, facilitating their continued connection to the community and success in college and the workforce. From amounts appropriated to carry out this part, the Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities to implement a comprehensive, evidence-based continuum of coordinated services that meet the purpose of this part by carrying out the activities in neighborhoods with high concentrations of low-income individuals and multiple signs of distress, which may include poverty, childhood obesity rates, academic failure, and rates of juvenile delinquency, adjudication, or incarceration, and persistently low-achieving schools or schools with an achievement gap.
Each grant awarded under this part shall be of sufficient size and scope to allow the eligible entity to carry out the purpose of this part. A grant awarded under this part shall be for a period of not more than 5 years, and may be renewed for an additional period of not more than 5 years. Continued funding of a grant under this part, including a grant renewed under subsection (b), after the third year of the grant period shall be contingent on the eligible entity’s progress toward meeting the performance metrics described in section 5918(a).
Each eligible entity receiving a grant under this part shall contribute matching funds in an amount equal to not less than 100 percent of the amount of the grant. Such matching funds shall come from Federal, State, local, and private sources. The Secretary shall require that a portion of the matching funds come from private sources, which may include in-kind donations. The Secretary may adjust the matching funds requirement for applicants that demonstrate high need, including applicants from rural areas or applicant that wish to provide services on tribal lands.
The Secretary may waive or reduce, on a case-by-case basis, the matching requirement described in subsection (d), including the requirement for funds for private sources for a period of 1 year at a time, if the eligible entity demonstrates significant financial hardship. From the amounts appropriated to carry out this part for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve not less than 20 percent for eligible entities that propose to carry out the activities described in section 5916 in rural areas.
The Secretary shall reduce the amount described in the preceding sentence if the Secretary does not receive a sufficient number of applications that are deserving of a grant under this part for such purpose. In this part, the term eligible entity means— an institution of higher education, as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965; an Indian tribe or tribal organization, as defined under section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 450b ); or one or more nonprofit entities working in formal partnership with not less than 1 of the following entities:
A high-need local educational agency. An institution of higher education, as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965. The office of a chief elected official of a unit of local government. An Indian tribe or tribal organization, as defined under section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 450b ). 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 require.
At a minimum, an application described in subsection
(a)shall include the following: A plan to significantly improve the academic outcomes of children living in a neighborhood that is served by the eligible entity, by providing pipeline services that address the needs of children in the neighborhood, as identified by the needs analysis described in paragraph (4), and supported by evidence-based practices. A description of the neighborhood that the eligible entity will serve. Measurable annual goals for the outcomes of the grant, including performance goals, in accordance with the metrics described in section 5918(a), for each year of the grant. An analysis of the needs and assets, including size and scope of population affected of the neighborhood identified in paragraph (1), including— a description of the process through which the needs analysis was produced, including a description of how parents, family, and community members were engaged in such analysis; an analysis of community assets and collaborative efforts, including programs already provided from Federal and non-Federal sources, within, or accessible to, the neighborhood, including, at a minimum, early learning, family and student supports, local businesses, and institutions of higher education; the steps that the eligible entity is taking, at the time of the application, to address the needs identified in the needs analysis; and any barriers the eligible entity, public agencies, and other community-based organizations have faced in meeting such needs. A description of all data that the entity used to identify the pipeline services to be provided and how the eligible entity will collect data on children served by each pipeline service and increase the percentage of children served over time. A description of the process used to develop the application, including the involvement of family and community members. A description of how the pipeline services will facilitate the coordination of the following activities: Providing high-quality early learning opportunities for children, including by providing opportunities for families and expectant parents to acquire the skills to promote early learning and child development, and ensuring appropriate screening, diagnostic assessments, and referrals for children with disabilities and developmental delays, consistent with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, where applicable. Supporting, enhancing, operating, or expanding rigorous and comprehensive evidence-based education reforms, which may include high-quality academic programs, expanded learning time, and programs and activities to prepare students for college admissions and success. Supporting partnerships between schools and other community resources with an integrated focus on academics and other social, health, and familial supports. Providing social, health, nutrition, and mental health services and supports, including referrals for essential healthcare and preventative screenings, for children, family, and community members, which may include services provided within the school building. Supporting evidence-based programs that assist students through school transitions, which may include expanding access to college courses for and college enrollment aide or guidance, and other supports for at-risk youth. A description of the strategies that will be used to provide pipeline services (including a description of which programs and services will be provided to children, family members, community members, and children not attending schools or programs operated by the eligible entity or its partner providers) to support the purpose of this part. An explanation of the process the eligible entity will use to establish and maintain family and community engagement, including involving representative participation by the members of such neighborhood in the planning and implementation of the activities of each grant awarded under this part, and the provision of strategies and practices to assist family and community members in actively supporting student achievement and child development, providing services for students, families, and communities within the school building, and collaboration with institutions of higher education, workforce development centers, and employers to align expectations and programming with college and career readiness. An explanation of how the eligible entity will continuously evaluate and improve the continuum of high-quality pipeline services to provide for continuous program improvement and potential expansion. An identification of the fiscal agent, which may be any entity described in section 5914 (not including paragraph
(2)of such section). An eligible entity, as part of the application described in this section, shall submit a preliminary memorandum of understanding, signed by each partner entity or agency. The preliminary memorandum of understanding shall describe, at a minimum— each partner’s financial and programmatic commitment with respect to the strategies described in the application, including an identification of the fiscal agent; each partner’s long-term commitment to providing pipeline services that, at a minimum, accounts for the cost of supporting the continuum of supports and services (including a plan for how to support services and activities after grant funds are no longer available) and potential changes in local government; each partner’s mission and the plan that will govern the work that the partners do together; each partner’s long-term commitment to supporting the continuum of supports and services through data collection, monitoring, reporting, and sharing; and each partner’s commitment to ensure sound fiscal management and controls, including evidence of a system of supports and personnel. Each eligible entity that receives a grant under this part shall use the grant funds to— support planning activities to develop and implement pipeline services; implement the pipeline services, as described in the application under section 5915; and continuously evaluate the success of the program and improve the program based on data and outcomes. Each eligible entity that receives a grant under this part, for the first and second year of the grant, shall use not less than 50 percent of the grant funds to carry out the activities described in subsection (a)(1). Each eligible entity that operates a school in a neighborhood served by a grant program under this part shall provide such school with the operational flexibility, including autonomy over staff, time, and budget, needed to effectively carry out the activities described in the application under section 5915. Funds under this part that are used to improve early childhood education programs shall not be used to carry out any of the following activities: Assessments that provide rewards or sanctions for individual children or teachers. A single assessment that is used as the primary or sole method for assessing program effectiveness. Evaluating children, other than for the purposes of improving instruction, classroom environment, professional development, or parent and family engagement, or program improvement. Each eligible entity that receives a grant under this part shall prepare and submit an annual report to the Secretary, which shall include— information about the number and percentage of children in the neighborhood who are served by the grant program, including a description of the number and percentage of children accessing each support or service offered as part of the pipeline services; and information relating to the performance metrics described in section 5918(a); and Each eligible entity that receives a grant under this part shall make publicly available, including through electronic means, the information described in subsection (a). To the extent practicable, such information shall be provided in a form and language accessible to parents and families in the neighborhood, and such information shall be a part of statewide longitudinal data systems. Each eligible entity that receives a grant under this part shall collect data on performance indicators of pipeline services and family and student supports and report the results to the Secretary, who shall use the results as a consideration in continuing grants after the third year and in awarding grant renewals. The indicators shall address the entity’s progress toward meeting the goals of this part to significantly improve the academic and developmental outcomes of children living in our Nation’s most distressed communities from birth through college and career entry, including ensuring school readiness, high school graduation, and college and career readiness for such children, through the use of data-driven decision making and access to a community-based continuum of high-quality services, beginning at birth. The Secretary shall evaluate the implementation and impact of the activities funded under this part, in accordance with section 9601. From the amounts appropriated to carry out this part for a fiscal year, in addition to the amounts that may be reserved in accordance with section 9601, the Secretary may reserve not more than 8 percent for national activities, which may include research, technical assistance, professional development, dissemination of best practices, and other activities consistent with the purposes of this part. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2021. .
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