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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 375 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to award |
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| 6 | 6 | | grants to eligible entities to establish, expand, or support school-based |
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| 7 | 7 | | mentoring programs to assist at-risk middle school students with the |
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| 8 | 8 | | transition from middle school to high school. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | FEBRUARY3, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. B |
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| 12 | 12 | | OOKERintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred |
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| 13 | 13 | | to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act |
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| 16 | 16 | | of 1965 to award grants to eligible entities to establish, |
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| 17 | 17 | | expand, or support school-based mentoring programs to |
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| 18 | 18 | | assist at-risk middle school students with the transition |
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| 19 | 19 | | from middle school to high school. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transition-to-Success 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Mentoring Act’’. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. TRANSITION-TO-SUCCESS MENTORING PROGRAM. 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) T |
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| 30 | 30 | | RANSITION-TO-SUCCESSMENTORING PRO-2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | GRAM.—Part D of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6421 et seq.) is amend-4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ed by adding at the end the following: 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘Subpart 4—Transition-to-Success Mentoring 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Program 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘SEC. 1441. TRANSITION-TO-SUCCESS MENTORING PRO-8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | GRAM. 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 39 | 39 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | grants to eligible entities to establish, expand, or support 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | school-based mentoring programs to assist eligible stu-12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | dents with the transition from middle school to high 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | school. 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(b) A |
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| 45 | 45 | | PPLICATION.— 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 47 | 47 | | N GENERAL.—To receive a grant under 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | this section, an eligible entity shall submit an appli-17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | cation to the Secretary at such time, in such man-18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ner, and containing such information as the Sec-19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | retary may require. 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘(2) P |
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| 53 | 53 | | RIORITY.—In selecting grant recipients, 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | that— 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | ‘‘(A) serve children and youth with the 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | greatest need living in high-poverty, high-crime 25 |
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| 61 | 61 | | areas, or rural areas, or who attend schools 1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | with high rates of community violence; 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ‘‘(B) provide eligible students with oppor-3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | tunities for postsecondary education prepara-4 |
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| 65 | 65 | | tion and career development, including— 5 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ‘‘(i) job training, professional develop-6 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ment, work shadowing, internships, net-7 |
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| 68 | 68 | | working, re´sume´writing and review, inter-8 |
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| 69 | 69 | | view preparation, transition services for 9 |
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| 70 | 70 | | students with disabilities, application as-10 |
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| 71 | 71 | | sistance and visits to institutions of higher 11 |
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| 72 | 72 | | education, and leadership development 12 |
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| 73 | 73 | | through community service; and 13 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ‘‘(ii) partnerships with the private sec-14 |
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| 75 | 75 | | tor and local businesses to provide intern-15 |
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| 76 | 76 | | ship and career exploration activities and 16 |
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| 77 | 77 | | resources; 17 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ‘‘(C) seek to provide match lengths be-18 |
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| 79 | 79 | | tween eligible students and success coaches for 19 |
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| 80 | 80 | | at least 1 academic year; and 20 |
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| 81 | 81 | | ‘‘(D) indicate how, and the degree to 21 |
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| 82 | 82 | | which, children were consulted and engaged in 22 |
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| 83 | 83 | | the development, design, and implementation of 23 |
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| 84 | 84 | | the school-based mentoring program. 24 |
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| 85 | 85 | | ‘‘(c) U |
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| 86 | 86 | | SES OFFUNDS.— 25 |
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| 90 | 90 | | ‘‘(1) REQUIRED USES OF FUNDS .—An eligible 1 |
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| 91 | 91 | | entity that receives a grant under this section shall 2 |
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| 92 | 92 | | use the grant funds to establish a school-based men-3 |
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| 93 | 93 | | toring program, or to expand or provide technical 4 |
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| 94 | 94 | | support to an existing school-based mentoring pro-5 |
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| 95 | 95 | | gram, in all middle schools served by the entity, 6 |
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| 96 | 96 | | under which each eligible student is assigned to a 7 |
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| 97 | 97 | | success coach who— 8 |
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| 98 | 98 | | ‘‘(A) creates a plan for success for the stu-9 |
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| 99 | 99 | | dent that— 10 |
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| 100 | 100 | | ‘‘(i) is created with the student, men-11 |
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| 101 | 101 | | tor, relevant school staff (such as a teacher 12 |
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| 102 | 102 | | or school counselor), and parents of the 13 |
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| 103 | 103 | | student; 14 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ‘‘(ii) includes, for each academic year, 15 |
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| 105 | 105 | | the student’s academic, personal, college, 16 |
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| 106 | 106 | | and career exploration goals, and a strat-17 |
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| 107 | 107 | | egy on how to accomplish such goals; 18 |
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| 108 | 108 | | ‘‘(iii) identifies the student’s 19 |
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| 109 | 109 | | strengths, areas for improvement, and aca-20 |
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| 110 | 110 | | demic progress; and 21 |
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| 111 | 111 | | ‘‘(iv) includes a plan to educate and 22 |
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| 112 | 112 | | support the student’s college or career ex-23 |
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| 113 | 113 | | ploration goals; 24 |
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| 117 | 117 | | ‘‘(B) enters into a signed, written agree-1 |
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| 118 | 118 | | ment with the parents of the student that de-2 |
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| 119 | 119 | | scribes how the parents should assist the stu-3 |
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| 120 | 120 | | dent in carrying out the plan for success; 4 |
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| 121 | 121 | | ‘‘(C) meets with the student at least once 5 |
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| 122 | 122 | | per month to— 6 |
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| 123 | 123 | | ‘‘(i) assist the student in achieving the 7 |
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| 124 | 124 | | goals under the plan for success; 8 |
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| 125 | 125 | | ‘‘(ii) identify the student’s academic 9 |
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| 126 | 126 | | areas for improvement; 10 |
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| 127 | 127 | | ‘‘(iii) connect the student with the 11 |
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| 128 | 128 | | tools and resources necessary to help im-12 |
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| 129 | 129 | | prove the student’s potential for academic 13 |
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| 130 | 130 | | success; 14 |
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| 131 | 131 | | ‘‘(iv) ensure the student’s successful 15 |
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| 132 | 132 | | transition from middle school to high 16 |
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| 133 | 133 | | school by identifying opportunities to help 17 |
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| 134 | 134 | | the student develop a positive attitude to-18 |
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| 135 | 135 | | ward school, improve classroom behavior, 19 |
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| 136 | 136 | | complete coursework, and socialize with 20 |
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| 137 | 137 | | peers; and 21 |
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| 138 | 138 | | ‘‘(v) in the case of a student with be-22 |
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| 139 | 139 | | havioral issues, assist the student in behav-23 |
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| 140 | 140 | | ior management techniques; 24 |
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| 144 | 144 | | ‘‘(D) at least quarterly, meets with the stu-1 |
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| 145 | 145 | | dent and the parents, teachers, or counselors of 2 |
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| 146 | 146 | | the student to— 3 |
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| 147 | 147 | | ‘‘(i) evaluate the student’s progress in 4 |
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| 148 | 148 | | achieving the goals under the plan for the 5 |
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| 149 | 149 | | current academic year; and 6 |
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| 150 | 150 | | ‘‘(ii) revise or establish new goals for 7 |
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| 151 | 151 | | the next academic year; and 8 |
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| 152 | 152 | | ‘‘(E) assists the student in exploring high-9 |
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| 153 | 153 | | er education and career exposure opportunities. 10 |
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| 154 | 154 | | ‘‘(2) A |
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| 155 | 155 | | UTHORIZED USES OF FUNDS .—An eligi-11 |
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| 156 | 156 | | ble entity that receives a grant under this section 12 |
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| 157 | 157 | | may use such funds to— 13 |
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| 158 | 158 | | ‘‘(A) develop and carry out regular train-14 |
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| 159 | 159 | | ing for success coaches, including on— 15 |
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| 160 | 160 | | ‘‘(i) the impact of adverse childhood 16 |
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| 161 | 161 | | experiences; 17 |
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| 162 | 162 | | ‘‘(ii) trauma-informed practices and 18 |
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| 163 | 163 | | interventions; 19 |
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| 164 | 164 | | ‘‘(iii) supporting homeless children 20 |
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| 165 | 165 | | and youths; 21 |
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| 166 | 166 | | ‘‘(iv) supporting children and youth in 22 |
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| 167 | 167 | | foster care; 23 |
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| 168 | 168 | | ‘‘(v) cultural competency; 24 |
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| 172 | 172 | | ‘‘(vi) meeting all appropriate privacy 1 |
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| 173 | 173 | | and confidentiality requirements for stu-2 |
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| 174 | 174 | | dents, including students in foster care; 3 |
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| 175 | 175 | | ‘‘(vii) working in coordination with a 4 |
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| 176 | 176 | | public school system; 5 |
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| 177 | 177 | | ‘‘(viii) positive youth development and 6 |
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| 178 | 178 | | engagement practices; and 7 |
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| 179 | 179 | | ‘‘(ix) disability inclusion practices to 8 |
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| 180 | 180 | | ensure access and participation by students 9 |
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| 181 | 181 | | with disabilities; 10 |
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| 182 | 182 | | ‘‘(B) recruit, screen, match, compensate, 11 |
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| 183 | 183 | | and train success coaches, and pay for costs re-12 |
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| 184 | 184 | | lated to success coach and mentee participation 13 |
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| 185 | 185 | | in the program; 14 |
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| 186 | 186 | | ‘‘(C) hire staff to perform or support the 15 |
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| 187 | 187 | | objectives of the school-based mentoring pro-16 |
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| 188 | 188 | | gram; 17 |
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| 189 | 189 | | ‘‘(D) provide inclusive and accessible youth 18 |
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| 190 | 190 | | engagement activities, such as— 19 |
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| 191 | 191 | | ‘‘(i) enrichment field trips to cultural 20 |
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| 192 | 192 | | destinations; 21 |
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| 193 | 193 | | ‘‘(ii) career awareness activities, in-22 |
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| 194 | 194 | | cluding job site visits, informational inter-23 |
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| 195 | 195 | | views, re´sume´writing, interview prepara-24 |
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| 196 | 196 | | tion, and networking; and 25 |
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| 200 | 200 | | ‘‘(iii) academic or postsecondary edu-1 |
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| 201 | 201 | | cation preparation activities, including 2 |
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| 202 | 202 | | trade or vocational school visits, visits to 3 |
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| 203 | 203 | | institutions of higher education, and assist-4 |
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| 204 | 204 | | ance in applying to institutions of higher 5 |
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| 205 | 205 | | education; 6 |
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| 206 | 206 | | ‘‘(E) provide activities or programming 7 |
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| 207 | 207 | | with the purpose of engaging and connecting 8 |
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| 208 | 208 | | the student to the school community; and 9 |
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| 209 | 209 | | ‘‘(F) conduct program evaluation, includ-10 |
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| 210 | 210 | | ing by acquiring and analyzing the data de-11 |
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| 211 | 211 | | scribed under subsection (e). 12 |
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| 212 | 212 | | ‘‘(d) G |
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| 213 | 213 | | RANTDURATION.—A grant under this section 13 |
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| 214 | 214 | | shall be awarded for a period of not more than 5 years. 14 |
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| 215 | 215 | | ‘‘(e) R |
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| 216 | 216 | | EPORTINGREQUIREMENTS.— 15 |
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| 217 | 217 | | ‘‘(1) E |
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| 218 | 218 | | LIGIBLE ENTITIES.—An eligible entity 16 |
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| 219 | 219 | | receiving a grant under this section shall submit to 17 |
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| 220 | 220 | | the Secretary, at the end of each academic year dur-18 |
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| 221 | 221 | | ing the grant period, a report that includes— 19 |
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| 222 | 222 | | ‘‘(A) the number of students who partici-20 |
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| 223 | 223 | | pated in the school-based mentoring program 21 |
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| 224 | 224 | | that was funded in whole or in part with the 22 |
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| 225 | 225 | | grant funds under this section; 23 |
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| 226 | 226 | | ‘‘(B) demographic data on such students; 24 |
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| 230 | 230 | | ‘‘(C) data on the academic achievement, 1 |
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| 231 | 231 | | dropout rates, truancy, absenteeism, outcomes 2 |
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| 232 | 232 | | of arrests for violent crime, summer employ-3 |
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| 233 | 233 | | ment, and postsecondary education enrollment 4 |
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| 234 | 234 | | of such students; 5 |
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| 235 | 235 | | ‘‘(D) the number of contact hours between 6 |
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| 236 | 236 | | such students and their success coaches; 7 |
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| 237 | 237 | | ‘‘(E) the number of students with disabil-8 |
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| 238 | 238 | | ities connected to transition services; 9 |
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| 239 | 239 | | ‘‘(F) data on social-emotional development 10 |
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| 240 | 240 | | of students as assessed with a validated social- 11 |
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| 241 | 241 | | emotional assessment tool; and 12 |
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| 242 | 242 | | ‘‘(G) any other information that the Sec-13 |
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| 243 | 243 | | retary may require to evaluate the success of 14 |
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| 244 | 244 | | the school-based mentoring program. 15 |
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| 245 | 245 | | ‘‘(2) S |
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| 246 | 246 | | ECRETARY.— 16 |
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| 247 | 247 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 248 | 248 | | NTERIM REPORT.—At the end of the 17 |
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| 249 | 249 | | third fiscal year for which funds are made 18 |
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| 250 | 250 | | available to carry out this section, the Secretary 19 |
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| 251 | 251 | | shall submit to Congress an interim report on 20 |
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| 252 | 252 | | the success of the school-based mentoring pro-21 |
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| 253 | 253 | | grams funded under this section that includes 22 |
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| 254 | 254 | | the information received under paragraph (1). 23 |
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| 255 | 255 | | ‘‘(B) F |
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| 256 | 256 | | INAL REPORT.—At the end of the 24 |
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| 257 | 257 | | fifth fiscal year for which funds are made avail-25 |
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| 261 | 261 | | able to carry out this section, the Secretary 1 |
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| 262 | 262 | | shall submit to Congress a final report on the 2 |
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| 263 | 263 | | success of the school-based mentoring programs 3 |
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| 264 | 264 | | funded under this section that includes the in-4 |
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| 265 | 265 | | formation received under paragraph (1). 5 |
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| 266 | 266 | | ‘‘(f) M |
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| 267 | 267 | | ENTORINGRESOURCES AND COMMUNITY 6 |
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| 269 | 269 | | ERVICECOORDINATION.—The Secretary shall work with 7 |
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| 270 | 270 | | the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 8 |
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| 271 | 271 | | to— 9 |
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| 272 | 272 | | ‘‘(1) refer grantees under this section to the 10 |
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| 273 | 273 | | National Mentoring Resource Center to obtain re-11 |
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| 274 | 274 | | sources on best practices and research related to 12 |
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| 275 | 275 | | mentoring and to request no-cost training and tech-13 |
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| 276 | 276 | | nical assistance; and 14 |
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| 277 | 277 | | ‘‘(2) provide grantees under this section with 15 |
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| 278 | 278 | | information regarding transitional services for eligi-16 |
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| 279 | 279 | | ble students returning from correctional facilities 17 |
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| 280 | 280 | | and transition services for students with disabilities. 18 |
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| 281 | 281 | | ‘‘(g) D |
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| 282 | 282 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 19 |
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| 283 | 283 | | ‘‘(1) E |
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| 284 | 284 | | LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-20 |
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| 285 | 285 | | tity’ means— 21 |
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| 286 | 286 | | ‘‘(A) a local educational agency that— 22 |
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| 287 | 287 | | ‘‘(i) receives, or is eligible to receive, 23 |
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| 288 | 288 | | funds under part A of this title; or 24 |
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| 292 | 292 | | ‘‘(ii) is a high-need local educational 1 |
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| 293 | 293 | | agency; or 2 |
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| 294 | 294 | | ‘‘(B) a partnership between a local edu-3 |
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| 295 | 295 | | cational agency described in subparagraph (A) 4 |
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| 296 | 296 | | and a nonprofit, community-based organization. 5 |
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| 297 | 297 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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| 298 | 298 | | LIGIBLE STUDENT.—The term ‘eligible 6 |
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| 299 | 299 | | student’ means a student who— 7 |
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| 300 | 300 | | ‘‘(A) is enrolled in a middle school served 8 |
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| 301 | 301 | | by an eligible entity; and 9 |
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| 302 | 302 | | ‘‘(B) is an at-risk student. 10 |
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| 303 | 303 | | ‘‘(3) H |
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| 304 | 304 | | IGH-NEED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN -11 |
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| 305 | 305 | | CY.—The term ‘high-need local educational agency’ 12 |
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| 306 | 306 | | means a local educational agency that serves at least 13 |
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| 307 | 307 | | one high-need school. 14 |
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| 308 | 308 | | ‘‘(4) H |
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| 309 | 309 | | IGH-NEED SCHOOL.—The term ‘high- 15 |
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| 310 | 310 | | need school’ has the meaning given the term in sec-16 |
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| 311 | 311 | | tion 2211(b)(2). 17 |
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| 312 | 312 | | ‘‘(5) M |
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| 313 | 313 | | IDDLE SCHOOL.—The term ‘middle 18 |
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| 314 | 314 | | school’ means a nonprofit institutional day or resi-19 |
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| 315 | 315 | | dential school, including a public charter school, that 20 |
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| 316 | 316 | | provides middle school education, as determined 21 |
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| 317 | 317 | | under State law, except that the term does not in-22 |
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| 318 | 318 | | clude any education below grade 6 or beyond grade 23 |
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| 323 | 323 | | ‘‘(6) SCHOOL-BASED MENTORING .—The term 1 |
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| 324 | 324 | | ‘school-based mentoring’ means mentoring activities 2 |
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| 325 | 325 | | that— 3 |
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| 326 | 326 | | ‘‘(A) are closely coordinated with a school 4 |
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| 327 | 327 | | by involving teachers, counselors, and other 5 |
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| 328 | 328 | | school staff who may identify and refer stu-6 |
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| 329 | 329 | | dents for mentoring services; and 7 |
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| 330 | 330 | | ‘‘(B) assist at-risk students in improving 8 |
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| 331 | 331 | | academic achievement and attitudes toward 9 |
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| 332 | 332 | | school and reducing disciplinary referrals. 10 |
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| 334 | 334 | | UCCESS COACH.—The term ‘success 11 |
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| 335 | 335 | | coach’ means an individual who— 12 |
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| 336 | 336 | | ‘‘(A) is— 13 |
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| 337 | 337 | | ‘‘(i) an employee or volunteer of a 14 |
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| 338 | 338 | | local educational agency in which a men-15 |
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| 339 | 339 | | toring program receiving support under 16 |
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| 340 | 340 | | this section is being carried out; or 17 |
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| 341 | 341 | | ‘‘(ii) a volunteer or employee from a 18 |
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| 342 | 342 | | nonprofit, community-based organization 19 |
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| 343 | 343 | | that provides volunteers for mentoring pro-20 |
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| 344 | 344 | | grams in secondary schools; and 21 |
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| 345 | 345 | | ‘‘(B) prior to becoming a success coach— 22 |
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| 346 | 346 | | ‘‘(i) received training from an eligible 23 |
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| 347 | 347 | | entity, which, at a minimum, was 2 hours 24 |
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| 351 | 351 | | in length and covered the roles and respon-1 |
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| 352 | 352 | | sibilities of a success coach; and 2 |
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| 353 | 353 | | ‘‘(ii) underwent a screening by an eli-3 |
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| 354 | 354 | | gible entity that included— 4 |
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| 355 | 355 | | ‘‘(I) appropriate job reference 5 |
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| 356 | 356 | | checks; 6 |
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| 357 | 357 | | ‘‘(II) child and domestic abuse 7 |
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| 358 | 358 | | record checks; and 8 |
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| 359 | 359 | | ‘‘(III) criminal background 9 |
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| 360 | 360 | | checks.’’. 10 |
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| 363 | 363 | | section 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 12 |
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| 364 | 364 | | of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended by inserting 13 |
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| 365 | 365 | | after the item relating to section 1432 the following: 14 |
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| 366 | 366 | | ‘‘SUBPART 4—TRANSITION-TO-SUCCESS MENTORING PROGRAM |
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| 367 | 367 | | ‘‘Sec. 1441. Transition-to-success mentoring program.’’. |
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