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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 65 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of |
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| 6 | 6 | | 2006 to give the Department of Education the authority to award com- |
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| 7 | 7 | | petitive grants to eligible entities to establish, expand, or support school- |
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| 8 | 8 | | based mentoring programs to assist at-risk students in middle school |
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| 9 | 9 | | and high school in developing cognitive and social-emotional skills to |
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| 10 | 10 | | prepare them for success in high school, postsecondary education, and |
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| 11 | 11 | | the workforce. |
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| 12 | 12 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 13 | 13 | | JANUARY25, 2023 |
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| 14 | 14 | | Mr. D |
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| 15 | 15 | | URBIN(for himself, Ms. DUCKWORTH, and Mr. BOOKER) introduced the |
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| 16 | 16 | | following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on |
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| 17 | 17 | | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions |
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| 18 | 18 | | A BILL |
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| 19 | 19 | | To amend the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu- |
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| 20 | 20 | | cation Act of 2006 to give the Department of Education |
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| 21 | 21 | | the authority to award competitive grants to eligible enti- |
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| 22 | 22 | | ties to establish, expand, or support school-based men- |
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| 23 | 23 | | toring programs to assist at-risk students in middle |
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| 24 | 24 | | school and high school in developing cognitive and social- |
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| 25 | 25 | | emotional skills to prepare them for success in high |
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| 26 | 26 | | school, postsecondary education, and the workforce. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mentoring to Succeed 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act of 2023’’. 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | The purpose of this Act is to make assistance avail-5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | able for school-based mentoring programs for at-risk stu-6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | dents in order to— 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1) establish, expand, or support school-based 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | mentoring programs; 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (2) assist at-risk students in middle school and 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | high school in developing cognitive and social-emo-11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | tional skills; and 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (3) prepare such at-risk students for success in 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | high school, postsecondary education, and the work-14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | force. 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | SEC. 3. SCHOOL-BASED MENTORING PROGRAM. 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Part C of title I of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.) 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | is amended by adding at the end the following: 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘SEC. 136. DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS FOR SCHOOL-BASED 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | MENTORING PROGRAMS. 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(a) D |
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| 54 | 54 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ‘‘(1) A |
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| 56 | 56 | | T-RISK STUDENT.—The term ‘at-risk stu-23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | dent’ means a student who— 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | ‘‘(A) is failing academically or at risk of 25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | dropping out of school; 26 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ‘‘(B) is pregnant or a parent; 1 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ‘‘(C) is a gang member; 2 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(D) is a child or youth in foster care or 3 |
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| 66 | 66 | | a youth who has been emancipated from foster 4 |
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| 67 | 67 | | care, but is still enrolled in high school; 5 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ‘‘(E) is or has recently been a homeless 6 |
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| 69 | 69 | | child or youth; 7 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ‘‘(F) is chronically absent; 8 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ‘‘(G) has changed schools 3 or more times 9 |
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| 72 | 72 | | in the past 6 months; 10 |
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| 73 | 73 | | ‘‘(H) has come in contact with the juvenile 11 |
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| 74 | 74 | | justice system in the past; 12 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ‘‘(I) has a history of multiple suspensions 13 |
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| 76 | 76 | | or disciplinary actions; 14 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ‘‘(J) is an English learner; 15 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ‘‘(K) has one or both parents incarcerated; 16 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ‘‘(L) has experienced one or more adverse 17 |
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| 80 | 80 | | childhood experiences, traumatic events, or 18 |
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| 81 | 81 | | toxic stressors, as assessed through an evi-19 |
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| 82 | 82 | | dence-based screening; 20 |
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| 83 | 83 | | ‘‘(M) lives in a high-poverty area with a 21 |
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| 84 | 84 | | high rate of community violence; 22 |
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| 85 | 85 | | ‘‘(N) has a disability; or 23 |
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| 89 | 89 | | ‘‘(O) shows signs of alcohol or drug misuse 1 |
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| 90 | 90 | | or abuse or has a parent or guardian who is 2 |
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| 91 | 91 | | struggling with substance abuse. 3 |
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| 92 | 92 | | ‘‘(2) D |
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| 93 | 93 | | ISABILITY.—The term ‘disability’ has the 4 |
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| 94 | 94 | | meaning given the term for purposes of section 5 |
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| 95 | 95 | | 602(3) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 6 |
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| 96 | 96 | | Act (20 U.S.C. 1401(3)). 7 |
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| 97 | 97 | | ‘‘(3) E |
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| 98 | 98 | | LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-8 |
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| 99 | 99 | | tity’— 9 |
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| 100 | 100 | | ‘‘(A) means a high-need local educational 10 |
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| 101 | 101 | | agency, high-need school, or local government 11 |
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| 102 | 102 | | entity; and 12 |
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| 103 | 103 | | ‘‘(B) may include a partnership between 13 |
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| 104 | 104 | | an entity described in subparagraph (A) and a 14 |
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| 105 | 105 | | nonprofit, community-based, or faith-based or-15 |
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| 106 | 106 | | ganization, or institution of higher education. 16 |
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| 107 | 107 | | ‘‘(4) E |
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| 108 | 108 | | NGLISH LEARNER.—The term ‘English 17 |
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| 109 | 109 | | learner’ has the meaning given the term in section 18 |
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| 110 | 110 | | 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 19 |
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| 111 | 111 | | Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 20 |
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| 112 | 112 | | ‘‘(5) F |
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| 113 | 113 | | OSTER CARE.—The term ‘foster care’ has 21 |
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| 114 | 114 | | the meaning given the term in section 1355.20(a) of 22 |
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| 115 | 115 | | title 45, Code of Federal Regulations (or any suc-23 |
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| 116 | 116 | | cessor regulation). 24 |
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| 120 | 120 | | ‘‘(6) HIGH-NEED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN -1 |
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| 121 | 121 | | CY.—The term ‘high-need local educational agency’ 2 |
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| 122 | 122 | | means a local educational agency that serves at least 3 |
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| 123 | 123 | | one high-need school. 4 |
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| 124 | 124 | | ‘‘(7) H |
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| 125 | 125 | | IGH-NEED SCHOOL.—The term ‘high- 5 |
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| 126 | 126 | | need school’ has the meaning given the term in sec-6 |
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| 127 | 127 | | tion 2211(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-7 |
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| 128 | 128 | | cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6631(b)). 8 |
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| 129 | 129 | | ‘‘(8) H |
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| 130 | 130 | | OMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTHS .—The 9 |
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| 131 | 131 | | term ‘homeless children and youths’ has the mean-10 |
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| 132 | 132 | | ing given the term in section 725 of the McKinney- 11 |
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| 133 | 133 | | Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a). 12 |
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| 134 | 134 | | ‘‘(9) S |
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| 135 | 135 | | CHOOL-BASED MENTORING .—The term 13 |
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| 136 | 136 | | ‘school-based mentoring’ means a structured, man-14 |
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| 137 | 137 | | aged, evidenced-based program conducted in part-15 |
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| 138 | 138 | | nership with teachers, administrators, school psy-16 |
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| 139 | 139 | | chologists, school social workers or counselors, and 17 |
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| 140 | 140 | | other school staff, in which at-risk students are ap-18 |
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| 141 | 141 | | propriately matched with screened and trained pro-19 |
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| 142 | 142 | | fessional or volunteer mentors who provide guidance, 20 |
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| 143 | 143 | | support, and encouragement, involving meetings, 21 |
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| 144 | 144 | | group-based sessions, and educational and work-22 |
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| 145 | 145 | | force-related activities on a regular basis to prepare 23 |
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| 146 | 146 | | at-risk students for success in high school, postsec-24 |
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| 147 | 147 | | ondary education, and the workforce. 25 |
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| 151 | 151 | | ‘‘(b) SCHOOL-BASEDMENTORING COMPETITIVE 1 |
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| 152 | 152 | | G |
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| 153 | 153 | | RANTPROGRAM.— 2 |
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| 154 | 154 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 155 | 155 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 3 |
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| 156 | 156 | | grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities to 4 |
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| 157 | 157 | | establish, expand, or support school-based mentoring 5 |
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| 158 | 158 | | programs that— 6 |
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| 159 | 159 | | ‘‘(A) are designed to assist at-risk students 7 |
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| 160 | 160 | | in high-need schools in developing cognitive 8 |
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| 161 | 161 | | skills and promoting social-emotional learning 9 |
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| 162 | 162 | | to prepare them for success in high school, 10 |
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| 163 | 163 | | postsecondary education, and the workforce by 11 |
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| 164 | 164 | | linking them with mentors who— 12 |
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| 165 | 165 | | ‘‘(i) have received mentor training, in-13 |
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| 166 | 166 | | cluding on trauma-informed practices, 14 |
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| 167 | 167 | | youth engagement, cultural competency, 15 |
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| 168 | 168 | | and social-emotional learning; and 16 |
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| 169 | 169 | | ‘‘(ii) have been screened using appro-17 |
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| 170 | 170 | | priate reference checks and criminal back-18 |
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| 171 | 171 | | ground checks, in accordance with the re-19 |
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| 172 | 172 | | quirements of paragraph (3)(B)(v)(ii); 20 |
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| 173 | 173 | | ‘‘(B) provide coaching and technical assist-21 |
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| 174 | 174 | | ance to mentors in each such mentoring pro-22 |
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| 175 | 175 | | gram; 23 |
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| 176 | 176 | | ‘‘(C) seek to— 24 |
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| 180 | 180 | | ‘‘(i) improve the academic achieve-1 |
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| 181 | 181 | | ment of at-risk students; 2 |
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| 182 | 182 | | ‘‘(ii) reduce dropout rates and absen-3 |
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| 183 | 183 | | teeism and improve school engagement of 4 |
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| 184 | 184 | | at-risk students and their families; 5 |
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| 185 | 185 | | ‘‘(iii) reduce juvenile justice involve-6 |
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| 186 | 186 | | ment of at-risk students; 7 |
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| 187 | 187 | | ‘‘(iv) foster positive relationships be-8 |
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| 188 | 188 | | tween at-risk students and their peers, 9 |
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| 189 | 189 | | teachers, other adults, and family mem-10 |
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| 190 | 190 | | bers; 11 |
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| 191 | 191 | | ‘‘(v) develop the workforce readiness 12 |
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| 192 | 192 | | skills of at-risk students by exploring paths 13 |
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| 193 | 193 | | to employment, including encouraging stu-14 |
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| 194 | 194 | | dents with disabilities to explore transition 15 |
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| 195 | 195 | | services; and 16 |
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| 196 | 196 | | ‘‘(vi) increase the participation of at- 17 |
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| 197 | 197 | | risk students in community service activi-18 |
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| 198 | 198 | | ties; and 19 |
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| 199 | 199 | | ‘‘(D) encourage at-risk students to set 20 |
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| 200 | 200 | | goals and plan for their futures, including mak-21 |
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| 201 | 201 | | ing plans and identifying goals for postsec-22 |
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| 202 | 202 | | ondary education and the workforce. 23 |
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| 206 | 206 | | ‘‘(2) DURATION.—The Secretary shall award 1 |
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| 207 | 207 | | grants under this section for a period not to exceed 2 |
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| 208 | 208 | | 5 years. 3 |
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| 209 | 209 | | ‘‘(3) A |
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| 210 | 210 | | PPLICATION.—To receive a grant under 4 |
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| 211 | 211 | | this section, an eligible entity shall submit to the 5 |
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| 212 | 212 | | Secretary an application that includes— 6 |
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| 213 | 213 | | ‘‘(A) a needs assessment that includes 7 |
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| 214 | 214 | | baseline data on the measures described in 8 |
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| 215 | 215 | | paragraph (6)(A)(ii); and 9 |
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| 216 | 216 | | ‘‘(B) a plan to meet the requirements of 10 |
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| 217 | 217 | | paragraph (1), including— 11 |
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| 218 | 218 | | ‘‘(i) the targeted outcomes, mentee 12 |
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| 219 | 219 | | age and eligibility, mentor type, and meet-13 |
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| 220 | 220 | | ing frequency for the program; 14 |
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| 221 | 221 | | ‘‘(ii) the number of mentor-student 15 |
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| 222 | 222 | | matches proposed to be established and 16 |
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| 223 | 223 | | maintained annually under the program; 17 |
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| 224 | 224 | | ‘‘(iii) the capacity and expertise of the 18 |
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| 225 | 225 | | program to serve children and youth in a 19 |
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| 226 | 226 | | way that is responsive to children and 20 |
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| 227 | 227 | | youth of color, expectant and parenting 21 |
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| 228 | 228 | | youth, indigenous youth, youth who are 22 |
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| 229 | 229 | | lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, or 23 |
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| 230 | 230 | | queer, and youth with disabilities; 24 |
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| 234 | 234 | | ‘‘(iv) actions taken to ensure that the 1 |
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| 235 | 235 | | design of the program reflects input from 2 |
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| 236 | 236 | | youth; and 3 |
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| 237 | 237 | | ‘‘(v) an assurance that mentors sup-4 |
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| 238 | 238 | | ported under the program are appro-5 |
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| 239 | 239 | | priately screened and have demonstrated a 6 |
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| 240 | 240 | | willingness to comply with aspects of the 7 |
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| 241 | 241 | | mentoring program, including— 8 |
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| 242 | 242 | | ‘‘(I) a written screening plan that 9 |
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| 243 | 243 | | includes all of the policies and proce-10 |
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| 244 | 244 | | dures used to screen and select men-11 |
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| 245 | 245 | | tors, including eligibility requirements 12 |
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| 246 | 246 | | and preferences for such applicants; 13 |
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| 247 | 247 | | ‘‘(II) a description of the meth-14 |
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| 248 | 248 | | ods to be used to conduct criminal 15 |
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| 249 | 249 | | background checks on all prospective 16 |
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| 250 | 250 | | mentors, and the methods in place to 17 |
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| 251 | 251 | | exclude mentors with convictions di-18 |
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| 252 | 252 | | rectly related to child safety that 19 |
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| 253 | 253 | | occur during the mentor’s participa-20 |
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| 254 | 254 | | tion in the program or in the 10-year 21 |
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| 255 | 255 | | period preceding the mentor’s partici-22 |
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| 256 | 256 | | pation; and 23 |
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| 257 | 257 | | ‘‘(III) a description of the meth-24 |
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| 258 | 258 | | ods to be used to ensure that the 25 |
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| 262 | 262 | | mentors are willing and able to serve 1 |
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| 263 | 263 | | as a mentor on a long-term, con-2 |
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| 264 | 264 | | sistent basis as defined in the applica-3 |
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| 265 | 265 | | tion. 4 |
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| 266 | 266 | | ‘‘(4) P |
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| 267 | 267 | | RIORITY.—In selecting grant recipients, 5 |
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| 268 | 268 | | the Secretary shall give priority to applicants that— 6 |
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| 269 | 269 | | ‘‘(A) serve children and youth with the 7 |
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| 270 | 270 | | greatest need living in high-poverty, high-crime 8 |
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| 271 | 271 | | areas, or rural areas, or who attend schools 9 |
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| 272 | 272 | | with high rates of community violence; 10 |
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| 273 | 273 | | ‘‘(B) provide at-risk students with opportu-11 |
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| 274 | 274 | | nities for postsecondary education preparation 12 |
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| 275 | 275 | | and career development, including— 13 |
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| 276 | 276 | | ‘‘(i) job training, professional develop-14 |
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| 277 | 277 | | ment, work shadowing, internships, net-15 |
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| 278 | 278 | | working, re´sume´writing and review, inter-16 |
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| 279 | 279 | | view preparation, transition services for 17 |
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| 280 | 280 | | students with disabilities, application as-18 |
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| 281 | 281 | | sistance and visits to institutions of higher 19 |
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| 282 | 282 | | education, and leadership development 20 |
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| 283 | 283 | | through community service; and 21 |
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| 284 | 284 | | ‘‘(ii) partnerships with the private sec-22 |
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| 285 | 285 | | tor and local businesses to provide intern-23 |
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| 286 | 286 | | ship and career exploration activities and 24 |
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| 287 | 287 | | resources; 25 |
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| 291 | 291 | | ‘‘(C) seek to provide match lengths be-1 |
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| 292 | 292 | | tween at-risk students and mentors for at least 2 |
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| 293 | 293 | | 1 academic year; and 3 |
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| 294 | 294 | | ‘‘(D) consult and engage youth in the de-4 |
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| 295 | 295 | | velopment, design, and implementation of the 5 |
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| 296 | 296 | | program. 6 |
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| 297 | 297 | | ‘‘(5) U |
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| 298 | 298 | | SE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity that 7 |
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| 299 | 299 | | receives a grant under this section may use such 8 |
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| 300 | 300 | | funds to— 9 |
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| 301 | 301 | | ‘‘(A) develop and carry out regular train-10 |
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| 302 | 302 | | ing for mentors, including on— 11 |
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| 303 | 303 | | ‘‘(i) the impact of adverse childhood 12 |
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| 304 | 304 | | experiences; 13 |
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| 305 | 305 | | ‘‘(ii) trauma-informed practices and 14 |
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| 306 | 306 | | interventions; 15 |
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| 307 | 307 | | ‘‘(iii) supporting homeless children 16 |
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| 308 | 308 | | and youths; 17 |
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| 309 | 309 | | ‘‘(iv) supporting children and youth in 18 |
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| 310 | 310 | | foster care or youth who have been emanci-19 |
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| 311 | 311 | | pated from foster care, but are still en-20 |
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| 312 | 312 | | rolled in high school; 21 |
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| 313 | 313 | | ‘‘(v) cultural competency; 22 |
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| 314 | 314 | | ‘‘(vi) meeting all appropriate privacy 23 |
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| 315 | 315 | | and confidentiality requirements for stu-24 |
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| 316 | 316 | | dents, including students in foster care; 25 |
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| 320 | 320 | | ‘‘(vii) working in coordination with a 1 |
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| 321 | 321 | | public school system; 2 |
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| 322 | 322 | | ‘‘(viii) positive youth development and 3 |
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| 323 | 323 | | engagement practices; and 4 |
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| 324 | 324 | | ‘‘(ix) disability inclusion practices to 5 |
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| 325 | 325 | | ensure access and participation by students 6 |
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| 326 | 326 | | with disabilities; 7 |
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| 327 | 327 | | ‘‘(B) recruit, screen, match, train, and 8 |
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| 328 | 328 | | compensate mentors; 9 |
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| 329 | 329 | | ‘‘(C) hire staff to perform or support the 10 |
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| 330 | 330 | | objectives of the school-based mentoring pro-11 |
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| 331 | 331 | | gram; 12 |
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| 332 | 332 | | ‘‘(D) provide inclusive and accessible youth 13 |
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| 333 | 333 | | engagement activities, such as— 14 |
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| 334 | 334 | | ‘‘(i) enrichment field trips to cultural 15 |
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| 335 | 335 | | destinations; 16 |
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| 336 | 336 | | ‘‘(ii) career awareness activities, in-17 |
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| 337 | 337 | | cluding job site visits, informational inter-18 |
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| 338 | 338 | | views, re´sume´writing, interview prepara-19 |
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| 339 | 339 | | tion, and networking; and 20 |
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| 340 | 340 | | ‘‘(iii) academic or postsecondary edu-21 |
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| 341 | 341 | | cation preparation activities, including 22 |
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| 342 | 342 | | trade or vocational school visits, visits to 23 |
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| 343 | 343 | | institutions of higher education, and assist-24 |
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| 347 | 347 | | ance in applying to institutions of higher 1 |
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| 348 | 348 | | education; and 2 |
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| 349 | 349 | | ‘‘(E) conduct program evaluation, includ-3 |
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| 350 | 350 | | ing by acquiring and analyzing the data de-4 |
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| 351 | 351 | | scribed under paragraph (6). 5 |
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| 352 | 352 | | ‘‘(6) R |
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| 353 | 353 | | EPORTING REQUIREMENTS .— 6 |
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| 354 | 354 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 355 | 355 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 6 7 |
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| 356 | 356 | | months after the end of each academic year 8 |
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| 357 | 357 | | during the grant period, an eligible entity re-9 |
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| 358 | 358 | | ceiving a grant under this section shall submit 10 |
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| 359 | 359 | | to the Secretary a report that includes— 11 |
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| 360 | 360 | | ‘‘(i) the number of students and men-12 |
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| 361 | 361 | | tors, and the demographics of the students 13 |
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| 362 | 362 | | and mentors, who participated in the 14 |
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| 363 | 363 | | school-based mentoring program that was 15 |
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| 364 | 364 | | funded in whole or in part with the grant 16 |
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| 365 | 365 | | funds; 17 |
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| 366 | 366 | | ‘‘(ii) data on the academic achieve-18 |
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| 367 | 367 | | ment, dropout rates, truancy, absenteeism, 19 |
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| 368 | 368 | | outcomes of arrests for violent crime, sum-20 |
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| 369 | 369 | | mer employment, and postsecondary edu-21 |
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| 370 | 370 | | cation enrollment of students in the pro-22 |
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| 371 | 371 | | gram; 23 |
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| 372 | 372 | | ‘‘(iii) the number of group sessions 24 |
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| 373 | 373 | | and number of one-to-one contacts between 25 |
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| 377 | 377 | | students in the program and their men-1 |
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| 378 | 378 | | tors; 2 |
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| 379 | 379 | | ‘‘(iv) the average attendance of stu-3 |
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| 380 | 380 | | dents enrolled in the program; 4 |
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| 381 | 381 | | ‘‘(v) the number of students with dis-5 |
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| 382 | 382 | | abilities connected to transition services; 6 |
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| 383 | 383 | | ‘‘(vi) data on social-emotional develop-7 |
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| 384 | 384 | | ment of students as assessed with a vali-8 |
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| 385 | 385 | | dated social-emotional assessment tool; and 9 |
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| 386 | 386 | | ‘‘(vii) any other information that the 10 |
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| 387 | 387 | | Secretary may require to evaluate the suc-11 |
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| 388 | 388 | | cess of the school-based mentoring pro-12 |
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| 389 | 389 | | gram. 13 |
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| 390 | 390 | | ‘‘(B) S |
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| 391 | 391 | | TUDENT PRIVACY.—An eligible enti-14 |
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| 392 | 392 | | ty shall ensure that the report submitted under 15 |
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| 393 | 393 | | subparagraph (A) is prepared in a manner that 16 |
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| 394 | 394 | | protects the privacy rights of each student in 17 |
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| 395 | 395 | | accordance with section 444 of the General 18 |
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| 396 | 396 | | Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g; 19 |
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| 397 | 397 | | commonly known as the ‘Family Educational 20 |
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| 398 | 398 | | Rights and Privacy Act of 1974’). 21 |
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| 399 | 399 | | ‘‘(7) M |
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| 400 | 400 | | ENTORING RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY 22 |
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| 401 | 401 | | SERVICE COORDINATION.— 23 |
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| 405 | 405 | | ‘‘(A) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE .—The Sec-1 |
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| 406 | 406 | | retary shall work with the Office of Juvenile 2 |
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| 407 | 407 | | Justice and Delinquency Prevention to— 3 |
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| 408 | 408 | | ‘‘(i) refer grantees under this section 4 |
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| 409 | 409 | | to the National Mentoring Resource Center 5 |
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| 410 | 410 | | to obtain resources on best practices and 6 |
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| 411 | 411 | | research related to mentoring and to re-7 |
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| 412 | 412 | | quest no-cost training and technical assist-8 |
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| 413 | 413 | | ance; and 9 |
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| 414 | 414 | | ‘‘(ii) provide grantees under this sec-10 |
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| 415 | 415 | | tion with information regarding transi-11 |
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| 416 | 416 | | tional services for at-risk students return-12 |
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| 417 | 417 | | ing from correctional facilities and transi-13 |
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| 418 | 418 | | tion services for students with disabilities. 14 |
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| 419 | 419 | | ‘‘(B) C |
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| 420 | 420 | | OORDINATION.—The Secretary 15 |
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| 421 | 421 | | shall, to the extent possible, coordinate with the 16 |
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| 422 | 422 | | Corporation for National and Community Serv-17 |
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| 423 | 423 | | ice, including through entering into an inter-18 |
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| 424 | 424 | | agency agreement or a memorandum of under-19 |
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| 425 | 425 | | standing, to support mentoring and community 20 |
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| 426 | 426 | | service-related activities for at-risk students. 21 |
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| 427 | 427 | | ‘‘(c) A |
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| 428 | 428 | | UTHORIZATION OFFUNDS.—There are author-22 |
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| 429 | 429 | | ized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums 23 |
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| 430 | 430 | | as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2023 through 24 |
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| 431 | 431 | | 2028.’’. 25 |
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| 437 | 437 | | (a) I |
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| 438 | 438 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Education, act-3 |
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| 439 | 439 | | ing through the Director of the Institute of Education 4 |
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| 440 | 440 | | Sciences, shall conduct a study to— 5 |
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| 441 | 441 | | (1) identify successful school-based mentoring 6 |
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| 442 | 442 | | programs and effective strategies for administering 7 |
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| 443 | 443 | | and monitoring such programs; 8 |
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| 444 | 444 | | (2) evaluate the role of mentors in promoting 9 |
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| 445 | 445 | | cognitive development and social-emotional learning 10 |
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| 446 | 446 | | to enhance academic achievement and to improve 11 |
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| 447 | 447 | | workforce readiness; and 12 |
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| 448 | 448 | | (3) evaluate the effectiveness of the grant pro-13 |
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| 449 | 449 | | gram under section 136 of the Carl D. Perkins Ca-14 |
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| 450 | 450 | | reer and Technical Education Act of 2006, as added 15 |
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| 451 | 451 | | by section 3, on student academic outcomes and 16 |
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| 452 | 452 | | youth career development. 17 |
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| 453 | 453 | | (b) T |
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| 454 | 454 | | IMING.—Not later than 3 years after the date 18 |
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| 455 | 455 | | of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education, act-19 |
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| 456 | 456 | | ing through the Director of the Institute of Education 20 |
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| 457 | 457 | | Sciences, shall submit the results of the study described 21 |
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| 458 | 458 | | in subsection (a) to the appropriate congressional commit-22 |
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| 459 | 459 | | tees. 23 |
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