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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 896 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to State educational |
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| 6 | 6 | | agencies for the purpose of implementing, administering, and evaluating |
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| 7 | 7 | | programs that provide tutoring to students in elementary and secondary |
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| 8 | 8 | | schools, and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | JANUARY31, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Ms. S |
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| 12 | 12 | | HERRILL(for herself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. DAVIDSCOTTof Georgia, |
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| 13 | 13 | | and Mr. T |
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| 14 | 14 | | HANEDAR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to |
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| 15 | 15 | | the Committee on Education and Workforce |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to |
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| 18 | 18 | | State educational agencies for the purpose of imple- |
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| 19 | 19 | | menting, administering, and evaluating programs that |
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| 20 | 20 | | provide tutoring to students in elementary and secondary |
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| 21 | 21 | | schools, and for other purposes. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expanding Access to 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | High-Impact Tutoring Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS. 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) A |
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| 32 | 32 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2026 through 2030. 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (b) D |
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| 37 | 37 | | ISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | made available under subsection (a) for a fiscal year, the 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Secretary shall— 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (1) use 80 percent to award or renew grants, 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | as applicable, to State educational agencies to award 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | subgrants to local educational agencies in accord-11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ance with section 4; 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) use 10 percent to coordinate and support 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | the development of a nationwide tutoring workforce 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | in accordance with section 7; 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (3) allocate 5 percent to State educational 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | agencies receiving a grant under this Act to carry 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | out evaluation activities under section 6(b)(4); and 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (4) allocate 5 percent to the Advisory Board to 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | carry out the activities required under section 5. 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | SEC. 3. HIGH-IMPACT TUTORING GRANT PROGRAM ESTAB-21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | LISHED. 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (a) I |
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| 55 | 55 | | NGENERAL.—For the purpose of improving the 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | academic achievement and recovery of students, as defined 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | by each State educational agency’s academic standards 25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | pursuant to section 1111 of part A of title I of the Ele-26 |
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| 62 | 62 | | mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | 6311 et seq.), the Secretary of Education shall award 2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | grants to each State educational agency with an approved 3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | application under subsection (b). 4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (b) A |
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| 67 | 67 | | PPLICATION.—A State educational agency seek-5 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ing a grant under this section shall submit to the Sec-6 |
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| 69 | 69 | | retary and the Advisory Board an application each year 7 |
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| 70 | 70 | | in such form and containing such information as the Sec-8 |
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| 71 | 71 | | retary may require, and which shall include the applica-9 |
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| 72 | 72 | | tions and plans submitted by local educational agencies 10 |
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| 73 | 73 | | to State educational agencies during that year, during 11 |
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| 74 | 74 | | which time such applications and plans will be approved 12 |
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| 75 | 75 | | by the Secretary and Advisory Board. 13 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (c) G |
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| 77 | 77 | | RANTAMOUNTS.—Of the total amount made 14 |
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| 78 | 78 | | available for a fiscal year pursuant to section 2(b)(1), the 15 |
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| 79 | 79 | | Secretary shall award to each State educational agency a 16 |
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| 80 | 80 | | grant in an amount that bears the same proportion to 17 |
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| 81 | 81 | | such total amount as— 18 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (1) the amount that such agency received under 19 |
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| 83 | 83 | | part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 20 |
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| 84 | 84 | | Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) for 21 |
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| 85 | 85 | | the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year 22 |
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| 86 | 86 | | in which such grant is awarded; bears to 23 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (2) the total amount allocated under part A of 24 |
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| 88 | 88 | | title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education 25 |
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| 92 | 92 | | Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) for such fiscal 1 |
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| 93 | 93 | | year. 2 |
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| 94 | 94 | | SEC. 4. SUBGRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES. 3 |
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| 95 | 95 | | (a) I |
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| 96 | 96 | | NGENERAL.—A State educational agency that 4 |
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| 97 | 97 | | receives a grant under section 3 shall award, on a competi-5 |
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| 98 | 98 | | tive basis and in coordination with the Advisory Board, 6 |
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| 99 | 99 | | subgrants to local educational agencies served by such 7 |
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| 100 | 100 | | State educational agency for the implementation, adminis-8 |
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| 101 | 101 | | tration, and evaluation of tutoring programs in elementary 9 |
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| 102 | 102 | | and secondary schools. 10 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (b) P |
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| 104 | 104 | | RIORITY.—In awarding subgrants under this 11 |
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| 105 | 105 | | section, a State educational agency shall prioritize local 12 |
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| 106 | 106 | | educational agencies, in coordination with the Advisory 13 |
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| 107 | 107 | | Board, based upon— 14 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (1) the number or percentage of students eligi-15 |
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| 109 | 109 | | ble for services under title I of the Elementary and 16 |
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| 110 | 110 | | Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) 17 |
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| 111 | 111 | | that will be served by the tutoring programs; 18 |
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| 112 | 112 | | (2) the level of decline in students’ academic 19 |
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| 113 | 113 | | achievement, relative to each State educational agen-20 |
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| 114 | 114 | | cy’s academic standards pursuant to section 1111 of 21 |
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| 115 | 115 | | part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 22 |
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| 116 | 116 | | Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.), 23 |
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| 117 | 117 | | since the declaration of COVID–19 as a nationwide 24 |
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| 118 | 118 | | Public Health Emergency on January 31, 2020; 25 |
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| 122 | 122 | | (3) the quality and rigor of the tutoring pro-1 |
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| 123 | 123 | | grams as described in the plan submitted under sub-2 |
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| 124 | 124 | | section (c)(2), including— 3 |
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| 125 | 125 | | (A) the number of hours of tutoring per 4 |
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| 126 | 126 | | school day; and 5 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (B) number of days of tutoring per week 6 |
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| 128 | 128 | | during the school year; and 7 |
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| 129 | 129 | | (4) whether the local educational agency has al-8 |
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| 130 | 130 | | located American Rescue Plan Elementary and Sec-9 |
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| 131 | 131 | | ondary School Emergency Relief Fund funding to 10 |
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| 132 | 132 | | tutoring programs that have demonstrated signifi-11 |
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| 133 | 133 | | cant results in improving student achievement, with 12 |
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| 134 | 134 | | prioritization for local educational agencies that have 13 |
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| 135 | 135 | | implemented proven programs using American Res-14 |
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| 136 | 136 | | cue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emer-15 |
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| 137 | 137 | | gency Relief Fund funds. 16 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (c) A |
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| 139 | 139 | | PPLICATION.— 17 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (1) A |
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| 141 | 141 | | PPLICATION.—A local educational agency 18 |
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| 142 | 142 | | seeking a subgrant under this section shall submit to 19 |
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| 143 | 143 | | the State educational agency an application in such 20 |
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| 144 | 144 | | form, at such time, and containing such information 21 |
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| 145 | 145 | | as the State educational agency and Advisory Board 22 |
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| 146 | 146 | | determines appropriate, including the plan described 23 |
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| 147 | 147 | | in paragraph (2). 24 |
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| 151 | 151 | | (2) PLAN.—The plan required under paragraph 1 |
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| 152 | 152 | | (1) shall include the following: 2 |
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| 153 | 153 | | (A) How subgrant funds will be used to 3 |
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| 154 | 154 | | implement tutoring programs that meet the re-4 |
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| 155 | 155 | | quirements of section 6(b). 5 |
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| 156 | 156 | | (B) If such tutoring programs will not be 6 |
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| 157 | 157 | | implemented in all elementary and secondary 7 |
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| 158 | 158 | | schools served by the local educational agency, 8 |
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| 159 | 159 | | the schools in which such agency plans to im-9 |
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| 160 | 160 | | plement such programs. 10 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (C) If such tutoring programs will not 11 |
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| 162 | 162 | | serve each grade level in an elementary and sec-12 |
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| 163 | 163 | | ondary school, which such grade levels will be 13 |
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| 164 | 164 | | served by such programs. 14 |
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| 165 | 165 | | (D) How such tutoring programs will be 15 |
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| 166 | 166 | | administered, including— 16 |
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| 167 | 167 | | (i) the number of hours of tutoring 17 |
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| 168 | 168 | | per school day and number of days of tu-18 |
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| 169 | 169 | | toring per week during the school year, in-19 |
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| 170 | 170 | | cluding— 20 |
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| 171 | 171 | | (I) how such tutoring programs 21 |
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| 172 | 172 | | will structure the timing of their ses-22 |
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| 173 | 173 | | sions to fit at least 30 minutes of tu-23 |
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| 174 | 174 | | toring per student for at least 3 days 24 |
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| 175 | 175 | | per week into student schedules; or 25 |
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| 179 | 179 | | (II) a request for approval from 1 |
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| 180 | 180 | | the Advisory Board, in coordination 2 |
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| 181 | 181 | | with the State educational agency, to 3 |
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| 182 | 182 | | use an alternative timing format be-4 |
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| 183 | 183 | | cause of scheduling or labor con-5 |
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| 184 | 184 | | straints, as applicable; and 6 |
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| 185 | 185 | | (ii) a plan to— 7 |
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| 186 | 186 | | (I) ensure maintenance of the 3- 8 |
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| 187 | 187 | | to-1 student-to-tutor ratio or ratio de-9 |
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| 188 | 188 | | termined by the Advisory Board; or 10 |
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| 189 | 189 | | (II) request approval from the 11 |
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| 190 | 190 | | Advisory Board, in coordination with 12 |
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| 191 | 191 | | the State educational agency, to main-13 |
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| 192 | 192 | | tain a different student-to-teacher 14 |
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| 193 | 193 | | ratio. 15 |
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| 194 | 194 | | (E) The qualifications of tutors (including 16 |
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| 195 | 195 | | teachers, paraprofessionals, or volunteers from 17 |
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| 196 | 196 | | a government or nonprofit service organization) 18 |
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| 197 | 197 | | and subjects taught (including math, reading, 19 |
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| 198 | 198 | | or both). 20 |
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| 199 | 199 | | (F) A plan to— 21 |
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| 200 | 200 | | (i) not fewer than 2 times per month, 22 |
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| 201 | 201 | | provide, in coordination with the Advisory 23 |
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| 202 | 202 | | Board, training and professional develop-24 |
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| 203 | 203 | | ment for tutors; and 25 |
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| 207 | 207 | | (ii) not fewer than 1 time per month, 1 |
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| 208 | 208 | | ensure that each tutor is observed by a 2 |
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| 209 | 209 | | program administrator. 3 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (G) Whether the tutoring programs will be 4 |
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| 211 | 211 | | run by the local educational agency or in part-5 |
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| 212 | 212 | | nership with a nonprofit provider, including, in 6 |
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| 213 | 213 | | the case of such a partnership— 7 |
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| 214 | 214 | | (i) identifying and submitting the 8 |
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| 215 | 215 | | nonprofit provider to the Advisory Board 9 |
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| 216 | 216 | | for approval, in coordination with the State 10 |
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| 217 | 217 | | educational agency, including with respect 11 |
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| 218 | 218 | | to how— 12 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (I) the nonprofit provider was se-13 |
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| 220 | 220 | | lected; and 14 |
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| 221 | 221 | | (II) such provider will partner 15 |
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| 222 | 222 | | with the local educational agency to 16 |
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| 223 | 223 | | carry out the tutoring program; and 17 |
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| 224 | 224 | | (ii) a plan to carry out the tutoring 18 |
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| 225 | 225 | | program if the nonprofit provider is not 19 |
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| 226 | 226 | | approved by the Advisory Board, in coordi-20 |
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| 227 | 227 | | nation with the State educational agency. 21 |
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| 228 | 228 | | (H) How such tutoring programs will be 22 |
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| 229 | 229 | | designed to improve the academic achievement 23 |
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| 230 | 230 | | and recovery of students, as defined by each 24 |
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| 231 | 231 | | State educational agency’s academic standards 25 |
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| 235 | 235 | | pursuant to section 1111 of part A of title I of 1 |
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| 236 | 236 | | the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 2 |
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| 237 | 237 | | of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.). 3 |
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| 238 | 238 | | (I) How the local educational agency, in 4 |
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| 239 | 239 | | coordination with the State educational agency, 5 |
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| 240 | 240 | | will partner with a government or nonprofit re-6 |
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| 241 | 241 | | search organization or researchers to evaluate 7 |
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| 242 | 242 | | the impact of the tutoring programs on aca-8 |
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| 243 | 243 | | demic achievement and recovery of students, as 9 |
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| 244 | 244 | | defined by each State educational agency’s aca-10 |
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| 245 | 245 | | demic standards pursuant to section 1111 of 11 |
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| 246 | 246 | | part A of title I of the Elementary and Sec-12 |
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| 247 | 247 | | ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 13 |
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| 248 | 248 | | et seq.), including identifying and submitting 14 |
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| 249 | 249 | | the organization or researchers to the Advisory 15 |
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| 250 | 250 | | Board for approval. 16 |
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| 251 | 251 | | (J) How the local educational agency will 17 |
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| 252 | 252 | | partner with State and local educator unions to 18 |
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| 253 | 253 | | bargain, or where bargaining is not permitted, 19 |
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| 254 | 254 | | collaborate, over any workplace-related issues or 20 |
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| 255 | 255 | | outcomes related to the implementation of a tu-21 |
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| 256 | 256 | | toring program in the elementary or secondary 22 |
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| 257 | 257 | | school at which members of such union are 23 |
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| 258 | 258 | | working, including educator responsibilities and 24 |
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| 259 | 259 | | compensation. 25 |
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| 263 | 263 | | (d) SUBGRANT PERIOD AND ALLOCATION OF 1 |
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| 264 | 264 | | S |
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| 265 | 265 | | UBGRANTFUNDS.— 2 |
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| 266 | 266 | | (1) I |
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| 267 | 267 | | N GENERAL.—A subgrant awarded under 3 |
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| 268 | 268 | | this Act shall be for a period of 4 years. 4 |
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| 269 | 269 | | (2) A |
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| 270 | 270 | | NNUAL ALLOCATION OF SUBGRANT 5 |
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| 271 | 271 | | FUNDS.—Subgrant funds awarded to a local edu-6 |
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| 272 | 272 | | cational agency under this section for the subgrant 7 |
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| 273 | 273 | | period described in paragraph (1) shall be allocated 8 |
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| 274 | 274 | | to such agency— 9 |
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| 275 | 275 | | (A) in equal amounts for each year of such 10 |
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| 276 | 276 | | period; and 11 |
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| 277 | 277 | | (B) with respect to each year in the grant 12 |
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| 278 | 278 | | period following the first year of such period, in 13 |
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| 279 | 279 | | accordance with paragraph (3). 14 |
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| 280 | 280 | | (3) A |
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| 281 | 281 | | NNUAL REPORT.— 15 |
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| 282 | 282 | | (A) R |
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| 283 | 283 | | EPORT REQUIRED.— 16 |
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| 284 | 284 | | (i) I |
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| 285 | 285 | | N GENERAL.—In order to receive 17 |
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| 286 | 286 | | the annual allocation under paragraph (2) 18 |
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| 287 | 287 | | for any year described in subparagraph 19 |
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| 288 | 288 | | (B) of such paragraph, a local educational 20 |
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| 289 | 289 | | agency shall submit to the State edu-21 |
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| 290 | 290 | | cational agency, at the conclusion of each 22 |
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| 291 | 291 | | year of such subgrant period, an annual 23 |
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| 292 | 292 | | report containing a compilation of the 24 |
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| 293 | 293 | | monthly reports submitted to the State 25 |
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| 297 | 297 | | educational agency and Advisory Board 1 |
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| 298 | 298 | | under section 6(b)(5) for such year. 2 |
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| 299 | 299 | | (ii) E |
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| 300 | 300 | | XCEPTION.—In the case of a 3 |
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| 301 | 301 | | local educational agency that received an 4 |
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| 302 | 302 | | annual allocation for a year during such 5 |
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| 303 | 303 | | subgrant period after submitting an up-6 |
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| 304 | 304 | | dated plan under clauses (i) or (ii) of sub-7 |
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| 305 | 305 | | paragraph (C), such agency shall not, with 8 |
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| 306 | 306 | | respect to the monthly report for a month 9 |
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| 307 | 307 | | during which such agency awaited approval 10 |
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| 308 | 308 | | by the Secretary of such updated plan and 11 |
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| 309 | 309 | | did not have access to such annual alloca-12 |
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| 310 | 310 | | tion, be required to— 13 |
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| 311 | 311 | | (I) submit such report to the 14 |
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| 312 | 312 | | State educational agency or Advisory 15 |
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| 313 | 313 | | Board under section 6(b)(5); or 16 |
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| 314 | 314 | | (II) include such report in the 17 |
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| 315 | 315 | | annual report under clause (i) for 18 |
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| 316 | 316 | | such year. 19 |
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| 317 | 317 | | (B) R |
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| 318 | 318 | | EVIEW.— 20 |
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| 319 | 319 | | (i) C |
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| 320 | 320 | | RITERIA.—The State educational 21 |
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| 321 | 321 | | agency, in coordination with the Advisory 22 |
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| 322 | 322 | | Board, shall review the annual report sub-23 |
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| 323 | 323 | | mitted under subparagraph (A)(i) for such 24 |
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| 324 | 324 | | year and make a determination with re-25 |
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| 328 | 328 | | spect to whether the tutoring programs 1 |
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| 329 | 329 | | carried out by such local educational agen-2 |
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| 330 | 330 | | cy are improving the academic achievement 3 |
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| 331 | 331 | | and recovery of students, as defined by 4 |
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| 332 | 332 | | each State educational agency’s academic 5 |
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| 333 | 333 | | standards pursuant to section 1111 of part 6 |
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| 334 | 334 | | A of title I of the Elementary and Sec-7 |
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| 335 | 335 | | ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8 |
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| 336 | 336 | | 6311 et seq.). 9 |
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| 337 | 337 | | (ii) D |
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| 338 | 338 | | ETERMINATION.—If the State 10 |
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| 339 | 339 | | educational agency, in coordination with 11 |
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| 340 | 340 | | the Advisory Board, makes a determina-12 |
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| 341 | 341 | | tion under clause (i) that such tutoring 13 |
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| 342 | 342 | | programs are— 14 |
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| 343 | 343 | | (I) improving such student out-15 |
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| 344 | 344 | | comes, the State educational agency 16 |
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| 345 | 345 | | shall make available to the local edu-17 |
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| 346 | 346 | | cational agency the annual allocation 18 |
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| 348 | 348 | | (II) not improving such student 20 |
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| 349 | 349 | | outcomes, the State educational agen-21 |
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| 350 | 350 | | cy shall direct the local educational 22 |
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| 351 | 351 | | agency to submit an updated plan in 23 |
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| 352 | 352 | | accordance with subparagraph (C). 24 |
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| 360 | 360 | | N GENERAL.—If the State 2 |
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| 361 | 361 | | educational agency, in coordination 3 |
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| 362 | 362 | | with the Advisory Board, makes a de-4 |
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| 363 | 363 | | termination under subparagraph 5 |
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| 364 | 364 | | (B)(ii)(II) that such tutoring pro-6 |
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| 365 | 365 | | grams are not improving such student 7 |
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| 366 | 366 | | outcomes, the local educational agency 8 |
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| 367 | 367 | | shall, not later than 3 months after 9 |
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| 368 | 368 | | the date of the submission of the an-10 |
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| 369 | 369 | | nual plan under subparagraph 11 |
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| 370 | 370 | | (A)(i)— 12 |
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| 371 | 371 | | (aa) create an updated plan 13 |
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| 372 | 372 | | that— 14 |
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| 373 | 373 | | (AA) indicates how the 15 |
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| 374 | 374 | | design of such tutoring pro-16 |
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| 375 | 375 | | grams will be changed to im-17 |
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| 376 | 376 | | prove such student out-18 |
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| 377 | 377 | | comes; and 19 |
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| 378 | 378 | | (BB) does not change 20 |
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| 379 | 379 | | the distribution of individual 21 |
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| 380 | 380 | | schools or individual grade 22 |
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| 381 | 381 | | levels that receive subgrant 23 |
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| 382 | 382 | | funding from the local edu-24 |
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| 383 | 383 | | cational agencies, except for 25 |
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| 388 | 388 | | programs whose resubmitted 2 |
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| 389 | 389 | | plan is deemed to not im-3 |
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| 390 | 390 | | prove student outcomes pur-4 |
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| 391 | 391 | | suant to subsection 5 |
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| 392 | 392 | | (c)(ii)(II)(bb); and 6 |
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| 393 | 393 | | (bb) submit such updated 7 |
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| 394 | 394 | | plan to the State educational 8 |
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| 395 | 395 | | agency. 9 |
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| 396 | 396 | | (II) D |
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| 397 | 397 | | ETERMINATION.—If the 10 |
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| 398 | 398 | | State educational agency, in coordina-11 |
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| 399 | 399 | | tion with the Advisory Board, makes 12 |
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| 400 | 400 | | a determination that the tutoring pro-13 |
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| 401 | 401 | | gram design described in such up-14 |
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| 402 | 402 | | dated plan— 15 |
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| 403 | 403 | | (aa) will improve such stu-16 |
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| 404 | 404 | | dent outcomes, the State edu-17 |
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| 405 | 405 | | cational agency shall make avail-18 |
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| 406 | 406 | | able to the State educational 19 |
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| 407 | 407 | | agency the annual allocation for 20 |
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| 408 | 408 | | such year; or 21 |
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| 409 | 409 | | (bb) will not improve such 22 |
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| 410 | 410 | | outcomes, the State educational 23 |
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| 411 | 411 | | agency shall direct the local edu-24 |
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| 412 | 412 | | cational agency to resubmit such 25 |
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| 417 | 417 | | clause (ii). 2 |
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| 418 | 418 | | (ii) A |
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| 419 | 419 | | DVISORY BOARD.— 3 |
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| 420 | 420 | | (I) If the State educational agen-4 |
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| 421 | 421 | | cy, in coordination with the Advisory 5 |
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| 422 | 422 | | Board, makes a determination under 6 |
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| 423 | 423 | | clause (i)(II)(bb) that the tutoring 7 |
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| 424 | 424 | | program design described in such up-8 |
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| 425 | 425 | | dated plan will not improve such stu-9 |
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| 426 | 426 | | dent outcomes, the local educational 10 |
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| 427 | 427 | | agency shall, not later than 3 months 11 |
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| 428 | 428 | | after the date of the submission of 12 |
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| 429 | 429 | | such updated plan— 13 |
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| 430 | 430 | | (aa) make changes, in co-14 |
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| 431 | 431 | | ordination with the State edu-15 |
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| 432 | 432 | | cational agency and Advisory 16 |
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| 433 | 433 | | Board, to the tutoring design de-17 |
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| 434 | 434 | | scribed in such updated plan to 18 |
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| 435 | 435 | | ensure that such tutoring design 19 |
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| 436 | 436 | | will improve such student out-20 |
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| 437 | 437 | | comes; and 21 |
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| 438 | 438 | | (bb) resubmit such updated 22 |
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| 439 | 439 | | plan to the State educational 23 |
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| 440 | 440 | | agency. 24 |
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| 445 | 445 | | State educational agency, in coordina-2 |
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| 446 | 446 | | tion with the Advisory Board, makes 3 |
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| 447 | 447 | | a determination that the tutoring pro-4 |
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| 448 | 448 | | gram design described in such resub-5 |
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| 449 | 449 | | mitted plan— 6 |
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| 450 | 450 | | (aa) will improve such stu-7 |
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| 451 | 451 | | dent outcomes, the State edu-8 |
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| 452 | 452 | | cational agency shall make avail-9 |
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| 453 | 453 | | able to the local educational 10 |
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| 454 | 454 | | agency the annual allocation for 11 |
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| 455 | 455 | | such year; or 12 |
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| 456 | 456 | | (bb) will not improve such 13 |
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| 457 | 457 | | student outcomes, the State edu-14 |
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| 458 | 458 | | cational agency shall declare such 15 |
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| 459 | 459 | | agency ineligible to receive an an-16 |
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| 460 | 460 | | nual allocation for the remainder 17 |
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| 461 | 461 | | of the subgrant period. 18 |
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| 462 | 462 | | (iii) N |
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| 463 | 463 | | EW APPLICATION.—A local edu-19 |
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| 464 | 464 | | cational agency that is declared ineligible 20 |
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| 465 | 465 | | to receive an annual allocation for the re-21 |
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| 466 | 466 | | mainder of a grant period under clause 22 |
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| 467 | 467 | | (ii)(II)(bb) may, at any point after the 23 |
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| 468 | 468 | | conclusion of such grant period, submit an 24 |
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| 473 | 473 | | tion. 2 |
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| 474 | 474 | | (e) S |
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| 475 | 475 | | UBGRANTRENEWAL.— 3 |
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| 476 | 476 | | (1) I |
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| 477 | 477 | | N GENERAL.—The State educational agen-4 |
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| 478 | 478 | | cy shall, at the conclusion of the subgrant period de-5 |
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| 479 | 479 | | scribed in subsection (d)(1), renew a subgrant for a 6 |
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| 480 | 480 | | local educational agency that— 7 |
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| 481 | 481 | | (A) submits an application described in 8 |
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| 482 | 482 | | paragraph (2); 9 |
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| 483 | 483 | | (B) was not declared ineligible to receive 10 |
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| 484 | 484 | | annual allocations under subsection 11 |
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| 485 | 485 | | (d)(3)(C)(ii)(II)(bb) during such grant period; 12 |
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| 486 | 486 | | and 13 |
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| 487 | 487 | | (C) the State educational agency, in co-14 |
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| 488 | 488 | | ordination with the Advisory Board, determines, 15 |
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| 489 | 489 | | based on such application, is sufficiently car-16 |
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| 490 | 490 | | rying out tutoring programs that meet the re-17 |
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| 491 | 491 | | quirements under section 6(b). 18 |
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| 492 | 492 | | (2) A |
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| 493 | 493 | | PPLICATION.—At the conclusion of the 19 |
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| 494 | 494 | | subgrant period described in subsection (d)(1), a 20 |
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| 495 | 495 | | local educational agency seeking renewal of a 21 |
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| 496 | 496 | | subgrant awarded under this section may submit to 22 |
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| 497 | 497 | | the State educational agency an application that in-23 |
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| 498 | 498 | | cludes— 24 |
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| 503 | 503 | | submitted under subsection (d)(3)(A)(i) for the 2 |
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| 504 | 504 | | grant period; and 3 |
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| 505 | 505 | | (B) the most recent evaluation conducted 4 |
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| 506 | 506 | | pursuant to section 6(b)(4). 5 |
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| 507 | 507 | | (f) S |
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| 508 | 508 | | UPPLEMENTNOTSUPPLANT.—Subgrant funds 6 |
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| 509 | 509 | | awarded under this section shall supplement, not supplant, 7 |
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| 510 | 510 | | other Federal or State funds available to carry out activi-8 |
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| 511 | 511 | | ties described in this section. 9 |
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| 512 | 512 | | SEC. 5. ADVISORY BOARD. 10 |
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| 515 | 515 | | within the Department of Education an Advisory Board 12 |
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| 516 | 516 | | to carry out the duties described in subsection (d). 13 |
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| 517 | 517 | | (b) M |
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| 518 | 518 | | EMBERSHIP.—The Advisory Board shall be 14 |
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| 519 | 519 | | composed of not fewer than 5 members, appointed by the 15 |
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| 520 | 520 | | Secretary— 16 |
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| 521 | 521 | | (1) who have— 17 |
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| 522 | 522 | | (A) expertise in designing and admin-18 |
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| 523 | 523 | | istering elementary and secondary tutoring pro-19 |
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| 524 | 524 | | grams; or 20 |
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| 525 | 525 | | (B) experience in program evaluation and 21 |
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| 526 | 526 | | evidence-based policy development; and 22 |
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| 527 | 527 | | (2) including at least 1 member who is an edu-23 |
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| 528 | 528 | | cator or representative of an educator union. 24 |
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| 533 | 533 | | term of 4 years and may be reappointed for additional 2 |
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| 534 | 534 | | 4-year terms. 3 |
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| 535 | 535 | | (d) D |
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| 536 | 536 | | UTIES.—The Advisory Board shall: 4 |
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| 537 | 537 | | (1) Evaluate and approve, in coordination with 5 |
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| 538 | 538 | | State educational agencies, plans submitted under 6 |
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| 539 | 539 | | section 4(c)(2) to ensure that local educational agen-7 |
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| 540 | 540 | | cies— 8 |
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| 541 | 541 | | (A) will meet the tutoring program re-9 |
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| 542 | 542 | | quirements under section 6(b) and will imple-10 |
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| 543 | 543 | | ment programs so as to have the greatest im-11 |
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| 544 | 544 | | pact on student academic outcomes, including 12 |
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| 545 | 545 | | by considering— 13 |
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| 546 | 546 | | (i) the quality and appropriateness of 14 |
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| 547 | 547 | | the instructional method; and 15 |
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| 548 | 548 | | (ii) the degree to which instructional 16 |
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| 549 | 549 | | choices are supported by evidence or are 17 |
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| 550 | 550 | | appropriate to the setting, such as using 18 |
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| 551 | 551 | | virtual tutoring when in-person tutoring is 19 |
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| 552 | 552 | | not feasible; and 20 |
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| 553 | 553 | | (B) will conduct evaluations of the tutoring 21 |
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| 554 | 554 | | programs in partnership with State educational 22 |
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| 555 | 555 | | agencies and government or nonprofit research 23 |
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| 556 | 556 | | organizations or researchers. 24 |
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| 561 | 561 | | State and local educational agencies receiving a 2 |
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| 562 | 562 | | grant or subgrant under this Act with respect to— 3 |
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| 563 | 563 | | (A) maintaining the student-to-tutor ratio 4 |
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| 564 | 564 | | required by the Advisory Board; 5 |
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| 565 | 565 | | (B) meeting the requirement of 30 minutes 6 |
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| 566 | 566 | | of tutoring per student per day for at least 3 7 |
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| 567 | 567 | | days per week; 8 |
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| 568 | 568 | | (C) in the case of a local educational agen-9 |
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| 569 | 569 | | cy requesting to partner with a nonprofit pro-10 |
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| 570 | 570 | | vider to implement tutoring programs, rec-11 |
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| 571 | 571 | | ommendations for such nonprofit providers; and 12 |
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| 572 | 572 | | (D) best practices for the establishment 13 |
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| 573 | 573 | | and administration of tutoring programs and 14 |
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| 574 | 574 | | implementation of such programs by local edu-15 |
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| 575 | 575 | | cational agencies and not in partnership with 16 |
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| 576 | 576 | | nonprofit providers. 17 |
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| 577 | 577 | | (3) Review and issue, in coordination with State 18 |
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| 578 | 578 | | educational agencies, a decision with respect to— 19 |
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| 579 | 579 | | (A) a request by a local educational agency 20 |
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| 580 | 580 | | under section 4(c)(2)(D)(i)(II) to maintain an 21 |
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| 581 | 581 | | alternative timing format, approving such re-22 |
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| 582 | 582 | | quest only if available evidence supports that al-23 |
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| 583 | 583 | | ternative format as likely to be effective in 24 |
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| 584 | 584 | | boosting student outcomes; 25 |
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| 589 | 589 | | under section 4(c)(2)(D)(ii)(II) to maintain a 2 |
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| 590 | 590 | | student-to-tutor ratio that is higher than the 3 |
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| 591 | 591 | | ratio required by the Advisory Board; 4 |
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| 592 | 592 | | (C) the government or nonprofit research 5 |
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| 593 | 593 | | organization or researchers submitted by a local 6 |
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| 594 | 594 | | educational agency under section 4(c)(2)(I); 7 |
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| 595 | 595 | | and 8 |
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| 596 | 596 | | (D) in the case of a local educational agen-9 |
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| 597 | 597 | | cy seeking to partner with a nonprofit provider, 10 |
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| 598 | 598 | | the nonprofit provider submitted by such agen-11 |
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| 599 | 599 | | cy under section 4(c)(2)(G)(i). 12 |
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| 600 | 600 | | (4) In the case of a local educational agency 13 |
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| 601 | 601 | | that chooses an experimental research design with 14 |
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| 602 | 602 | | respect to the evaluation required under section 15 |
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| 603 | 603 | | 6(b)(4), provide the organization with which the 16 |
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| 604 | 604 | | local educational agency partnered pursuant to such 17 |
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| 605 | 605 | | section additional resources to carry out the evalua-18 |
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| 606 | 606 | | tion. 19 |
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| 607 | 607 | | (5) Coordinate, with State and local educational 20 |
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| 608 | 608 | | agencies, the training and professional development 21 |
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| 609 | 609 | | for tutors described in section 4(c)(2)(F)(i) to en-22 |
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| 610 | 610 | | sure such training and professional development 23 |
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| 611 | 611 | | maximizes the sharing of best practices and dissemi-24 |
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| 612 | 612 | | nation of evidence-based tutoring methods, provided 25 |
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| 617 | 617 | | cies to adhere to any allocations of time or resources 2 |
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| 618 | 618 | | with respect to such training and professional devel-3 |
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| 619 | 619 | | opment. 4 |
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| 620 | 620 | | (6) Periodically assess and update— 5 |
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| 621 | 621 | | (A) based on the most up-to-date research 6 |
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| 622 | 622 | | at the time of assessment, the student-to-tutor 7 |
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| 623 | 623 | | ratio; and 8 |
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| 624 | 624 | | (B) on a program-by-program basis and 9 |
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| 625 | 625 | | based on the effectiveness, evaluation status, 10 |
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| 626 | 626 | | and number of years of existence of such pro-11 |
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| 627 | 627 | | gram, the required frequency of tutor trainings, 12 |
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| 628 | 628 | | professional development, and observation. 13 |
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| 629 | 629 | | (7) Develop and publish, based on the evalua-14 |
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| 630 | 630 | | tions of tutoring programs under section 6(b)(4) and 15 |
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| 631 | 631 | | outside evaluations and studies of such tutoring pro-16 |
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| 632 | 632 | | grams, a database of— 17 |
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| 633 | 633 | | (A) different tutoring methods and the im-18 |
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| 634 | 634 | | pact of each such method on the academic 19 |
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| 635 | 635 | | achievement and recovery of students as defined 20 |
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| 636 | 636 | | by each State educational agency’s academic 21 |
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| 637 | 637 | | standards pursuant to section 1111 of part A 22 |
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| 638 | 638 | | of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 23 |
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| 639 | 639 | | Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et 24 |
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| 640 | 640 | | seq.); and 25 |
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| 645 | 645 | | the timing of tutoring sessions, including— 2 |
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| 646 | 646 | | (i) how to create, in addition to reg-3 |
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| 647 | 647 | | ular classes, a tutoring class; 4 |
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| 648 | 648 | | (ii) how to allocate, at the discretion 5 |
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| 649 | 649 | | of the teacher, time during regular classes 6 |
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| 650 | 650 | | during which students may receive tutor-7 |
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| 651 | 651 | | ing; and 8 |
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| 652 | 652 | | (iii) how to identify an optimal time 9 |
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| 653 | 653 | | during the school day for tutoring outside 10 |
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| 654 | 654 | | of regular classes. 11 |
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| 655 | 655 | | (8) Develop, in coordination with the Secretary 12 |
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| 656 | 656 | | and the State educational agencies receiving a grant 13 |
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| 657 | 657 | | under this Act, a nationwide tutoring workforce in 14 |
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| 658 | 658 | | accordance with section 7. 15 |
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| 659 | 659 | | SEC. 6. SUBGRANT USES. 16 |
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| 660 | 660 | | (a) I |
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| 661 | 661 | | NGENERAL.— 17 |
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| 662 | 662 | | (1) I |
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| 663 | 663 | | MPLEMENTATION.—A local educational 18 |
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| 664 | 664 | | agency receiving a subgrant under section 4 shall 19 |
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| 665 | 665 | | use such subgrant funds to implement tutoring pro-20 |
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| 666 | 666 | | grams that meet the requirements described in sub-21 |
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| 667 | 667 | | section (b) in each elementary and secondary school 22 |
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| 668 | 668 | | served by such State educational agency. 23 |
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| 669 | 669 | | (2) N |
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| 670 | 670 | | ONPROFIT PROVIDER .—A local edu-24 |
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| 671 | 671 | | cational agency shall have the option of partnering 25 |
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| 676 | 676 | | higher education or other government agency, to im-2 |
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| 677 | 677 | | plement tutoring programs that meet the require-3 |
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| 678 | 678 | | ments described in subsection (b), after certifying to 4 |
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| 679 | 679 | | the State educational agency that the nonprofit pro-5 |
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| 680 | 680 | | vider has experience and expertise in implementing 6 |
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| 681 | 681 | | high-quality tutoring programs. Local educational 7 |
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| 682 | 682 | | agencies will be required to develop a long-term plan 8 |
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| 683 | 683 | | to operate tutoring programs without a nonprofit 9 |
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| 684 | 684 | | provider and taught by licensed elementary or sec-10 |
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| 685 | 685 | | ondary school teachers or paraprofessionals, with an 11 |
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| 686 | 686 | | exemption available if the local educational agency 12 |
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| 687 | 687 | | certifies and the State educational agency approves 13 |
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| 688 | 688 | | that it is unable to run such a program without a 14 |
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| 689 | 689 | | nonprofit due to labor shortages. 15 |
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| 692 | 692 | | (1) I |
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| 693 | 693 | | NSTRUCTION.—A program carried out by a 17 |
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| 694 | 694 | | local educational agency pursuant to subsection (a) 18 |
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| 695 | 695 | | shall provide tutoring— 19 |
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| 696 | 696 | | (A) in math, reading, or both subjects for 20 |
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| 697 | 697 | | at least 30 minutes during the school day and 21 |
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| 698 | 698 | | for at least 3 days per week during the school 22 |
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| 699 | 699 | | year; 23 |
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| 700 | 700 | | (B) taught by a compensated licensed ele-24 |
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| 701 | 701 | | mentary or secondary school teacher or para-25 |
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| 706 | 706 | | or a volunteer working within a government or 2 |
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| 707 | 707 | | nonprofit service organization, with a student- 3 |
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| 708 | 708 | | to-tutor ratio of no more than 3-to-1, unless 4 |
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| 709 | 709 | | such ratio is updated by the Advisory Board 5 |
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| 710 | 710 | | under section 5(d)(6)(A); 6 |
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| 711 | 711 | | (C) on a set schedule and with the same 7 |
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| 712 | 712 | | tutor each week; 8 |
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| 713 | 713 | | (D) that, in the case of tutoring that takes 9 |
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| 714 | 714 | | place during a regular class, occurs in a class-10 |
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| 715 | 715 | | room or area that is separate from such regular 11 |
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| 716 | 716 | | class; and 12 |
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| 717 | 717 | | (E) that, with respect to a student, is re-13 |
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| 718 | 718 | | lated to and aligned with the classwork in the 14 |
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| 719 | 719 | | student’s regular classes. 15 |
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| 720 | 720 | | (2) T |
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| 721 | 721 | | RAINING AND OBSERVATION .—A program 16 |
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| 722 | 722 | | carried out by a local educational agency pursuant 17 |
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| 723 | 723 | | to subsection (a) shall— 18 |
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| 724 | 724 | | (A) not fewer than 2 times per month and 19 |
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| 725 | 725 | | in coordination with the State educational agen-20 |
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| 726 | 726 | | cy and Advisory Board, provide training and 21 |
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| 727 | 727 | | professional development for tutors. 22 |
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| 728 | 728 | | (B) not fewer than 1 time per month, en-23 |
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| 729 | 729 | | sure that each tutor is observed by a program 24 |
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| 730 | 730 | | administrator. 25 |
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| 734 | 734 | | (3) TECHNOLOGY.— 1 |
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| 735 | 735 | | (A) I |
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| 736 | 736 | | N GENERAL.—A program carried out 2 |
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| 737 | 737 | | by a local educational agency pursuant to sub-3 |
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| 738 | 738 | | section (a) may provide the option to incor-4 |
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| 739 | 739 | | porate educational technology, computer-as-5 |
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| 740 | 740 | | sisted software, and virtual instruction during 6 |
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| 741 | 741 | | tutoring sessions. 7 |
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| 742 | 742 | | (B) V |
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| 743 | 743 | | IRTUAL INSTRUCTION.—If the State 8 |
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| 744 | 744 | | educational agency, in coordination with the 9 |
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| 745 | 745 | | Advisory Board, makes a determination under 10 |
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| 746 | 746 | | section 4(d)(3)(B)(ii) that such a tutoring pro-11 |
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| 747 | 747 | | gram is not improving student outcomes, the 12 |
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| 748 | 748 | | program’s updated plan under section 13 |
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| 749 | 749 | | 4(d)(3)(C)(i) must include a plan to transition 14 |
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| 750 | 750 | | to in-person tutoring for that program. 15 |
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| 751 | 751 | | (4) E |
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| 752 | 752 | | VALUATIONS.—A program carried out by 16 |
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| 753 | 753 | | a local educational agency pursuant to subsection (a) 17 |
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| 754 | 754 | | shall, not less than 1 time per subgrant period de-18 |
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| 755 | 755 | | scribed in section 4(d)(1), partner with a govern-19 |
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| 756 | 756 | | ment or nonprofit research organization, subject to 20 |
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| 757 | 757 | | approval from the Advisory Board in coordination 21 |
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| 758 | 758 | | with the State educational agency, to evaluate the 22 |
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| 759 | 759 | | impact of the tutoring programs on the academic 23 |
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| 760 | 760 | | achievement and recovery of students, as defined by 24 |
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| 761 | 761 | | each State educational agency’s academic standards 25 |
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| 765 | 765 | | pursuant to section 1111 of part A of title I of the 1 |
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| 766 | 766 | | Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 2 |
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| 767 | 767 | | (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.), including by using quasi- 3 |
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| 768 | 768 | | experimental or experimental research designs, with 4 |
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| 769 | 769 | | a preference for experimental designs. 5 |
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| 770 | 770 | | (5) M |
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| 771 | 771 | | ONTHLY REPORTS .—Except as provided 6 |
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| 772 | 772 | | under section 4(d)(3)(A)(ii)(I), a local educational 7 |
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| 773 | 773 | | agency carrying out a program shall submit to the 8 |
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| 774 | 774 | | Advisory Board and State educational agency 9 |
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| 775 | 775 | | monthly reports, with respect to each such month 10 |
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| 776 | 776 | | during the subgrant period described in section 11 |
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| 777 | 777 | | 4(d)(1), containing information with respect to— 12 |
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| 778 | 778 | | (A) the number of hours of tutoring per 13 |
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| 779 | 779 | | school day; 14 |
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| 780 | 780 | | (B) the number of days of tutoring per 15 |
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| 781 | 781 | | week; and 16 |
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| 782 | 782 | | (C) the number of students that received 17 |
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| 783 | 783 | | tutoring. 18 |
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| 784 | 784 | | SEC. 7. NATIONWIDE TUTORING WORKFORCE. 19 |
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| 785 | 785 | | (a) I |
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| 786 | 786 | | NGENERAL.—The Advisory Board, in coordina-20 |
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| 787 | 787 | | tion with the Secretary, the State educational agencies re-21 |
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| 788 | 788 | | ceiving a grant under this Act, institutions of higher edu-22 |
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| 789 | 789 | | cation, government or nonprofit service organizations, and 23 |
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| 790 | 790 | | State and local workforce boards, shall develop a nation-24 |
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| 791 | 791 | | wide tutoring workforce. 25 |
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| 795 | 795 | | (b) ACTIVITIES.—The Advisory Board shall: 1 |
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| 796 | 796 | | (1) Identify the number of tutors that will be 2 |
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| 797 | 797 | | required to implement tutoring programs that meet 3 |
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| 798 | 798 | | the requirements under section 6(b) at each school 4 |
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| 799 | 799 | | receiving funds under title I of the Elementary and 5 |
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| 800 | 800 | | Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 6 |
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| 801 | 801 | | (2) Provide, in consultation with States, fund-7 |
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| 802 | 802 | | ing to institutions of higher education and State and 8 |
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| 803 | 803 | | local workforce boards to create a tutoring workforce 9 |
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| 804 | 804 | | that meets the staffing needs identified in paragraph 10 |
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| 805 | 805 | | (1) by recruiting and training additional teachers, 11 |
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| 806 | 806 | | paraprofessionals, and volunteers working within a 12 |
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| 807 | 807 | | government or nonprofit service organization. 13 |
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| 808 | 808 | | (3) Provide, in consultation with States, fund-14 |
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| 809 | 809 | | ing to local educational agencies to implement Grow 15 |
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| 810 | 810 | | Your Own programs, through which school districts, 16 |
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| 811 | 811 | | community-based organizations, and colleges partner 17 |
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| 812 | 812 | | to recruit and train community members as edu-18 |
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| 813 | 813 | | cators, to develop locally-driven tutor workforces 19 |
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| 814 | 814 | | under which local educational agencies will recruit 20 |
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| 815 | 815 | | and provide workforce development training for— 21 |
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| 816 | 816 | | (A) community members; and 22 |
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| 817 | 817 | | (B) school staff members that are not tu-23 |
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| 818 | 818 | | tors, provided that— 24 |
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| 822 | 822 | | (i) tutoring by such staff member is 1 |
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| 823 | 823 | | not included as an additional job responsi-2 |
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| 824 | 824 | | bility; 3 |
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| 825 | 825 | | (ii) tutoring by such staff member is 4 |
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| 826 | 826 | | voluntary; and 5 |
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| 827 | 827 | | (iii) such staff member will not be 6 |
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| 828 | 828 | | subjected to disciplinary action or penalty 7 |
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| 829 | 829 | | for declining to tutor. 8 |
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| 830 | 830 | | (4) Coordinate with government or nonprofit 9 |
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| 831 | 831 | | service organizations such as AmeriCorps to recruit 10 |
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| 832 | 832 | | and train volunteers to work in tutoring programs in 11 |
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| 833 | 833 | | local educational agencies with teacher and para-12 |
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| 834 | 834 | | professional shortages. 13 |
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| 835 | 835 | | (5) Coordinate with institutions of higher edu-14 |
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| 836 | 836 | | cation and State and local educational agencies to 15 |
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| 837 | 837 | | recruit and train students at institutions of higher 16 |
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| 838 | 838 | | education who are studying to pursue a career in 17 |
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| 839 | 839 | | education to work for tutoring programs in local 18 |
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| 840 | 840 | | educational agencies with teacher and paraprofes-19 |
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| 841 | 841 | | sional shortages. 20 |
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| 842 | 842 | | (6) Develop and administer a pilot program to 21 |
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| 843 | 843 | | provide funding for training and compensation of 22 |
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| 844 | 844 | | graduates from institutions of higher education if 23 |
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| 845 | 845 | | such graduates commit to tutoring for at least 2 24 |
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| 846 | 846 | | years in schools receiving funds under title I of the 25 |
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| 851 | 851 | | U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 2 |
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| 852 | 852 | | SEC. 8. BARGAINING. 3 |
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| 853 | 853 | | (a) I |
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| 854 | 854 | | NGENERAL.—If the implementation of a tutor-4 |
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| 855 | 855 | | ing program pursuant to this Act is expected to affect the 5 |
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| 856 | 856 | | terms and conditions of employment of any local edu-6 |
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| 857 | 857 | | cational agency employee, then before the subgrant is 7 |
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| 858 | 858 | | awarded such program must be agreed to through bar-8 |
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| 859 | 859 | | gaining, or where bargaining does not exist, through col-9 |
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| 860 | 860 | | laboration with the State or local educator union, with the 10 |
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| 861 | 861 | | Secretary working to mediate any disputes if an agree-11 |
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| 862 | 862 | | ment cannot be reached. 12 |
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| 863 | 863 | | (b) C |
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| 864 | 864 | | ONFLICTS.—In the event that any requirements 13 |
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| 865 | 865 | | under this Act conflict with the rights, remedies, and pro-14 |
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| 866 | 866 | | cedures afforded to school or local educational agency em-15 |
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| 867 | 867 | | ployees under Federal, State, or local laws (including ap-16 |
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| 868 | 868 | | plicable regulations or court orders or requirements that 17 |
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| 869 | 869 | | local educational agencies negotiate or meet and confer in 18 |
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| 870 | 870 | | good faith) or under the terms of collective bargaining 19 |
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| 871 | 871 | | agreements, memoranda of understanding, or other agree-20 |
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| 872 | 872 | | ments between such school or local educational agency and 21 |
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| 873 | 873 | | their employees, the latter shall control, and compliance 22 |
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| 874 | 874 | | with the latter will not provide a basis for withholding 23 |
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| 875 | 875 | | funds under this law. 24 |
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| 880 | 880 | | In this Act: 2 |
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| 881 | 881 | | (1) ESEA |
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| 882 | 882 | | TERMS.—The terms ‘‘Department’’, 3 |
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| 883 | 883 | | ‘‘elementary school’’, ‘‘local educational agency’’, 4 |
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| 884 | 884 | | ‘‘secondary school’’, ‘‘Secretary’’, ‘‘State’’, and 5 |
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| 885 | 885 | | ‘‘State educational agency’’ have the meanings given 6 |
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| 886 | 886 | | such terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and 7 |
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| 887 | 887 | | Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 8 |
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| 888 | 888 | | (2) P |
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| 889 | 889 | | ROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR .—The term 9 |
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| 890 | 890 | | ‘‘program administrator’’ means an individual from 10 |
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| 891 | 891 | | a State educational agency or local educational agen-11 |
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| 892 | 892 | | cy who— 12 |
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| 893 | 893 | | (A) ensures that a tutoring program car-13 |
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| 894 | 894 | | ried out pursuant to a grant under this Act is 14 |
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| 895 | 895 | | meeting the requirements under section 6(b)(1); 15 |
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| 896 | 896 | | (B) manages the tutor training and profes-16 |
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| 897 | 897 | | sional development in accordance with section 17 |
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| 898 | 898 | | 6(b)(2)(A); and 18 |
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| 899 | 899 | | (C) conducts tutor observations in accord-19 |
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| 900 | 900 | | ance with section 6(b)(2)(B). 20 |
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