Sec. 5. Grant program authorized
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The Secretary shall— conduct 3 separate grant programs, by— awarding not less than 80 percent of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 9 to State educational agencies to allow those State educational agencies to award subgrants to participating local educational agencies, including public charter schools, to enable those local educational agencies to carry out the activities described in section 7; awarding not less than 15 percent of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 9 to participating local educational agencies to allow those local educational agencies to carry out the activities described in section 7; and awarding not more than 4 percent of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 9 to a nonprofit institution of higher education or other nonprofit entity that has a demonstrated record of effectiveness in delivering or designing advanced coursework or programs (such as by previously executing a successful project that was part of the Jacob K.
Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program under section 4644 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7294 )), to enable that institution or entity to provide services to students in rural areas and students who otherwise lack access to advanced courses or programs; and reserve not more than 1 percent of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 9 for the Department of Education to administer the program under this Act, provide technical assistance to grantees, evaluate grantees’ performance (as required by this Act), and disseminate information about findings and best practices related to the activities authorized under this Act.
A State educational agency desiring to receive a grant under subsection (a)(1)(A) shall submit an application to the Secretary during the first year of the 3-year grant cycle, and at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require. The application shall include the following: An assurance that memoranda of understanding, as described in section 6(b), have been executed between the State educational agency and not less than 50 percent of the local educational agencies in the State, representing not less than 50 percent of all students in the State, to participate in the grant program and fulfill the program obligations.
A list of the participating local educational agencies that have executed such memoranda, and the percentage of the State's public school students who are served by those local educational agencies. A plan for supporting participating local educational agencies with implementing open enrollment, universal enrollment, or universal screening for all advanced courses or programs offered by the local educational agency. A plan to assemble a statewide advisory council of students from underrepresented subgroups of students, and parents or guardians of students from those subgroups, with at least 2 members of each subgroup of students.
The plan shall explain how the council will be involved in the State educational agency's implementation of the grant, as well as oversight and evaluation of the grant. A plan for supporting participating local educational agencies in collecting and reporting data about advanced coursework enrollment and student performance data, including data disaggregated and cross-tabulated by race and ethnicity, sex, disability status, socioeconomic status, and status as an English learner.
A description of ambitious 3-year enrollment and performance goals for each subgroup of students, and intermediate annual targets for each subgroup of students, to bridge statewide inequities (according to race and ethnicity, sex, disability status, socioeconomic status, and status as an English learner) in advanced coursework or program participation and performance. A proposed budget for how the State educational agency will spend funding awarded through the grant. A local educational agency desiring to receive a grant under subsection (a)(1)(B) shall be eligible to apply for a grant if the local educational agency is not also seeking a subgrant from a State educational agency that receives a grant under this Act.
A local educational agency shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require. The application shall include the following: An assurance that— the local educational agency is not also seeking a subgrant from a State educational agency that receives a grant under this Act during the applicable grant cycle; and the local educational agency has a high student poverty ratio (as measured by comparing the number of students meeting at least one measure of poverty described in section 1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6313(a)(5) ) to the total number of students in the school).
A description of the enrollment mechanism that the participating local educational agency will use for its various advanced courses or programs, which shall include open enrollment, universal enrollment, or universal screening, including in the case of universal screening, a description of what assessments will be used to determine enrollment as described in section 4(6), and a justification for why each assessment was selected. A plan to assemble a local advisory council of students from underrepresented subgroups of students, and parents or guardians of students from those subgroups, with at least 2 members of each subgroup of students.
The plan shall explain how the council will be involved in the local educational agency's implementation of the grant, as well as oversight and evaluation of the grant. A plan to train academic advisors or counselors on strategies for bridging inequities (according to race and ethnicity, sex, socioeconomic status, disability status, and status as an English learner) in advanced coursework or program participation and performance. A plan to communicate to students and families the process and requirements to enroll in advanced courses.
An agreement to carry out the activities described in section 7. A plan for collecting and reporting data about advanced coursework enrollment and student performance data, including data disaggregated and cross-tabulated by race and ethnicity, sex, disability status, socioeconomic status, and status as an English learner. A description of ambitious 3-year enrollment and performance goals for each subgroup of students, and intermediate annual targets for each subgroup of students, to bridge statewide inequities (according to race and ethnicity, sex, socioeconomic status, disability status, and status as an English learner) in advanced coursework or program participation and performance.
A proposed budget for how the participating local educational agency will spend funding awarded through the grant. A nonprofit institution of higher education or nonprofit entity desiring to receive a grant under subsection (a)(1)(C) shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including, at a minimum— at least one memorandum of understanding that the applicant has already established with a school, local educational agency, or State educational agency that the applicant intends to work with, and a description of the services the applicant would provide to that school, local educational agency, or State educational agency; materials that demonstrate the applicant’s record of effectiveness in designing or delivering advanced coursework or programs; a description of ambitious 3-year enrollment and performance goals for each subgroup of students that the applicant intends to serve, and intermediate annual targets for each such subgroup of students, to bridge statewide inequities (according to race and ethnicity, sex, socioeconomic status, disability status, and status as an English learner) in advanced coursework or program participation and performance; a plan for collecting and reporting data about advanced coursework enrollment and student performance data, including data disaggregated and cross-tabulated by race and ethnicity, sex, disability status, socioeconomic status, and status as an English learner; and a proposed budget for how the applicant will spend funding awarded through the grant.
In evaluating applications for a grant under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), of subsection (a)(1), respectively, the Secretary shall consider— the 3-year goals, and intermediate annual targets, for bridging statewide inequities (according to race and ethnicity, sex, socioeconomic status, disability status, and status as an English learner) in advanced coursework or program participation and performance; the level of detail and feasibility of the plan for implementing (or supporting a participating State educational agency, local educational agency, or school in implementing, as applicable) open enrollment, universal enrollment, or universal screening for all advanced courses or programs offered by the local educational agency; the level of detail and feasibility of the plan for assembling an advisory council of students from underrepresented subgroups of students, and parents or guardians of students from those subgroups, and involving that advisory council in the implementation of the grant, as well as oversight and evaluation of the grant; and the level of detail and feasibility of the plan for collecting and reporting (or supporting a participating State educational agency, local educational agency, or school in collecting or reporting, as applicable) data by subgroup of students about advanced coursework enrollment and performance.
In awarding a grant under subsection (a)(1)(A), the Secretary shall give priority to— States that established memoranda of understanding, as described in section 6(b), with a high percentage of the local educational agencies in the State and covering a high percentage of total students in the State; States with large gaps in equitable access, enrollment, and performance in advanced coursework across subgroups of students, as described in the grant applications of the State educational agencies; and States that made recent improvements to equitable participation and performance in advanced coursework among historically underrepresented subgroups of students based on data collection from the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Education, and demonstrate a need for additional funds to expand improvements.
In awarding a grant under subsection (a)(1)(B), the Secretary shall give priority to local educational agencies that have made recent improvements to equitable participation and performance in advanced coursework among historically underrepresented subgroups of students based on data collection from the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Education. A grant awarded under subsection (a)(1)(A) shall be in an amount that is not less than $15,000,000 and not more than $60,000,000.
A grant awarded under subsection (a)(1)(A) shall be for a 3-year period. A grant awarded under subsection (a)(1)(B) shall be in an amount that is not less than $1,000,000 and not more than $20,000,000. A grant awarded under subsection (a)(1)(B) shall be for a 3-year period. A grant awarded under subsection (a)(1)(C) shall be in an amount that is not more than $3,000,000. A grant awarded under subsection (a)(1)(C) shall be for a 3-year period. Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall award not less than 6 and not more than 10 grants under subsection (a)(1)(A) per 3-year grant cycle period.
Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), if the amount appropriated to carry out this Act is— less than $700,000,000 over 3 years, the Secretary may award fewer than 6 awards under subsection (a)(1)(A) per cycle; and more than $900,000,000 over 3 years, the Secretary may award more than 10 awards under subsection (a)(1)(A) per cycle. Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall award not less than 8 and not more than 16 grants under subsection (a)(1)(B) per 3-year grant cycle period.
Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), if the amount appropriated to carry out this Act is— less than $700,000,000 over 3 years, the Secretary may award fewer than 8 awards under subsection (a)(1)(B) per cycle; and more than $900,000,000 over 3 years, the Secretary may award more than 16 awards under subsection (a)(1)(B) per cycle. In the event a local educational agency that is receiving a subgrant cannot carry out one or more of the activities described in section 7, a State educational agency receiving a grant under subsection (a)(1)(A) may use not more than 4 percent of the grant funds to carry out high-quality technical assistance for local educational agencies in the State.
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