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20 U.S.C. § 7275 — Promise neighborhoods
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**(a) Application requirements** An eligible entity desiring a grant under this subpart for activities described in this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require, including, at a minimum, all of the following:
(1) A plan to significantly improve the academic outcomes of children living in a neighborhood that is served by the eligible entity—
(A) by providing pipeline services that address the needs of children in the neighborhood, as identified by the needs analysis described in paragraph (4); and
(B) that is supported by effective practices.
(2) A description of the neighborhood that the eligible entity will serve.
(3) Measurable annual objectives and outcomes for the grant, in accordance with the metrics described in subsection (h), for each year of the grant.
(4) An analysis of the needs and assets of the neighborhood identified in paragraph (1), including—
(A) the size and scope of the population affected;
(B) a description of the process through which the needs analysis was produced, including a description of how parents, families, and community members were engaged in such analysis;
(C) an analysis of community assets and collaborative efforts (including programs already provided from Federal and non-Federal sources) within, or accessible to, the neighborhood, including, at a minimum, early learning opportunities, family and student supports, local businesses, local educational agencies, and institutions of higher education;
(D) the steps that the eligible entity is taking, at the time of the application, to address the needs identified in the needs analysis; and
(E) any barriers the eligible entity, public agencies, and other community-based organizations have faced
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**(a) Application requirements** An eligible entity desiring a grant under this subpart for activities described in this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require, including, at a minimum, all of the following:
(1) A plan to significantly improve the academic outcomes of children living in a neighborhood that is served by the eligible entity—
(A) by providing pipeline services that address the needs of children in the neighborhood, as identified by the needs analysis described in paragraph (4); and
(B) that is supported by effective practices.
(2) A description of the neighborhood that the eligible entity will serve.
(3) Measurable annual objectives and outcomes for the grant, in accordance with the metrics described in subsection (h), for each year of the grant.
(4) An analysis of the needs and assets of the neighborhood identified in paragraph (1), including—
(A) the size and scope of the population affected;
(B) a description of the process through which the needs analysis was produced, including a description of how parents, families, and community members were engaged in such analysis;
(C) an analysis of community assets and collaborative efforts (including programs already provided from Federal and non-Federal sources) within, or accessible to, the neighborhood, including, at a minimum, early learning opportunities, family and student supports, local businesses, local educational agencies, and institutions of higher education;
(D) the steps that the eligible entity is taking, at the time of the application, to address the needs identified in the needs analysis; and
(E) any barriers the eligible entity, public agencies, and other community-based organizations have faced in meeting such needs.
(5) A description of—
(A) all information that the entity used to identify the pipeline services to be provided, which shall not include information that is more than 3 years old; and
(B) how the eligible entity will—
(i) collect data on children served by each pipeline service; and
(ii) increase the percentage of children served over time.
(6) A description of the process used to develop the application, including the involvement of family and community members.
(7) A description of how the pipeline services will facilitate the coordination of the following activities:
(A) Providing early learning opportunities for children, including by—
(i) providing opportunities for families to acquire the skills to promote early learning and child development; and
(ii) ensuring appropriate diagnostic assessments and referrals for children with disabilities and children aged 3 through 9 experiencing developmental delays, consistent with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ([20 U.S.C. 1400](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1400&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), where applicable.
(B) Supporting, enhancing, operating, or expanding rigorous, comprehensive, effective educational improvements, which may include high-quality academic programs, expanded learning time, and programs and activities to prepare students for postsecondary education admissions and success.
(C) Supporting partnerships between schools and other community resources with an integrated focus on academics and other social, health, and familial supports.
(D) Providing social, health, nutrition, and mental health services and supports, for children, family members, and community members, which may include services provided within the school building.
(E) Supporting evidence-based programs that assist students through school transitions, which may include expanding access to postsecondary education courses and postsecondary education enrollment aid or guidance, and other supports for at-risk youth.
(8) A description of the strategies that will be used to provide pipeline services (including a description of which programs and services will be provided to children, family members, community members, and children within the neighborhood) to support the purpose described in [section 7271(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section7271/1&num=0&edition=prelim).
(9) An explanation of the process the eligible entity will use to establish and maintain family and community engagement, including—
(A) involving representative participation by the members of such neighborhood in the planning and implementation of the activities of each grant awarded under this subpart for activities described in this section;
(B) the provision of strategies and practices to assist family and community members in actively supporting student achievement and child development;
(C) providing services for students, families, and communities within the school building; and
(D) collaboration with institutions of higher education, workforce development centers, and employers to align expectations and programming with postsecondary education and workforce readiness,
(10) An explanation of how the eligible entity will continuously evaluate and improve the continuum of high-quality pipeline services to provide for continuous program improvement and potential expansion.
**(b) Priority** In awarding grants for activities described in this section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities that will use funds under subsection (d) for evidence-based activities, which, for purposes of this subsection, is defined as activities meeting the requirements of [section 7801(21)(A)(i) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section7801/21/A/i&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Memorandum of understanding** As eligible entity shall, as part of the application described in subsection (a), submit a preliminary memorandum of understanding, signed by each partner entity or agency described in [section 7272(1)(A)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section7272/1/A/3&num=0&edition=prelim) (if applicable) and detailing each partner’s financial, programmatic, and long-term commitment with respect to the strategies described in the application.
**(d) Uses of funds** Each eligible entity that receives a grant under this subpart to carry out a program of activities described in this section shall use the grant funds to—
(1) support planning activities to develop and implement pipeline services;
(2) implement the pipeline services; and
(3) continuously evaluate the success of the program and improve the program based on data and outcomes.
**(e) Special rules**
(1) **Funds for pipeline services** — Each eligible entity that receives a grant under this subpart for activities described in this section shall, for the first year of the grant, use not less than 50 percent of the grant funds, and, for the second year of the grant, use not less than 25 percent of the grant funds, to carry out the activities described in subsection (d)(1).
(2) **Operational flexibility** — Each eligible entity that operates a school in a neighborhood served by a grant program under this subpart for activities described in this section shall provide such school with the operational flexibility, including autonomy over staff, time, and budget, needed to effectively carry out the activities described in the application under subsection (a).
(3) **Limitation on use of funds for early childhood education programs** — Funds provided under this subpart for activities described in this section that are used to improve early childhood education programs shall not be used to carry out any of the following activities:
(A) Assessments that provide rewards or sanctions for individual children or teachers.
(B) A single assessment that is used as the primary or sole method for assessing program effectiveness.
(C) Evaluating children, other than for the purposes of improving instruction, classroom environment, professional development, or parent and family engagement, or program improvement.
**(f) Report** Each eligible entity that receives a grant under this subpart for activities described in this section shall prepare and submit an annual report to the Secretary, which shall include—
(1) information about the number and percentage of children in the neighborhood who are served by the grant program, including a description of the number and percentage of children accessing each support or service offered as part of the pipeline services; and
(2) information relating to the performance metrics described in subsection (h).
**(g) Publicly available data** Each eligible entity that receives a grant under this subpart for activities described in this section shall make publicly available, including through electronic means, the information described in subsection (f). To the extent practicable, such information shall be provided in a form and language accessible to parents and families in the neighborhood served under the grant, and such information shall be a part of statewide longitudinal data systems.
**(h) Performance indicators**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall establish performance indicators under paragraph (2) and corresponding metrics to be used for the purpose of reporting under paragraph (3) and program evaluation under subsection (i).
(2) **Indicators** — The performance indicators established by the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall be indicators of improved academic and developmental outcomes for children, including indicators of school readiness, high school graduation, postsecondary education and career readiness, and other academic and developmental outcomes, to promote—
(A) data-driven decision-making by eligible entities receiving funds under this subpart; and
(B) access to a community-based continuum of high-quality services for children living in the most distressed communities of the United States, beginning at birth.
(3) **Reporting** — Each eligible entity that receives a grant under this subpart for activities described in this section shall annually collect and report to the Secretary data on the performance indicators described in paragraph (2) for use by the Secretary in making a determination concerning continuation funding and grant extension under [section 7273(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section7273/b&num=0&edition=prelim) for each eligible entity.
**(i) Evaluation** The Secretary shall reserve not more than 5 percent of the funds made available under [section 7251(b)(2)(A) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section7251/b/2/A&num=0&edition=prelim) to provide technical assistance and evaluate the implementation and impact of the activities funded under this section, in accordance with [section 7981 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section7981&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Agreements** In any case in which a negotiated rulemaking process is established under [section 6571(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6571/b&num=0&edition=prelim), all published proposed regulations shall conform to agreements that result from the rulemaking described in [section 6571 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6571&num=0&edition=prelim) unless the Secretary reopens the negotiated rulemaking process.
**(b) Records** The Secretary shall ensure that an accurate and reliable record of agreements reached during the negotiations process is maintained.
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**(a) Short title** This chapter may be cited as the “Individuals with Disabilities Education Act”.
**(b) Omitted**
**(c) Findings** Congress finds the following:
(1) Disability is a natural part of the human experience and in no way diminishes the right of individuals to participate in or contribute to society. Improving educational results for children with disabilities is an essential element of our national policy of ensuring equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities.
(2) Before the date of enactment of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (Public Law 94–142), the educational needs of millions of children with disabilities were not being fully met because—
(A) the children did not receive appropriate educational services;
(B) the children were excluded entirely from the public school system and from being educated with their peers;
(C) undiagnosed disabilities prevented the children from having a successful educational experience; or
(D) a lack of adequate resources within the public school system forced families to find services outside the public school system.
(3) Since the enactment and implementation of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, this chapter has been successful in ensuring children with disabilities and the families of such children access to a free appropriate public education and in improving educational results for children with disabilities.
(4) However, the implementation of this chapter has been impeded by low expectations, and an insufficient focus on applying replicable research on proven methods of teaching and learning for children with disabilities.
(5) Almost 30 years of research and experience has
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**(a) Reservation of funds** Except as provided in subsection 11 So in original. Probably should be “subsections”. (b) and (e), the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, may reserve not more than 0.5 percent of the amount appropriated for each program authorized under this chapter to carry out activities under this section. If the Secretary elects to make a reservation under this subsection, the reserved amounts—
(1) shall first be used by the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, to—
(A) conduct comprehensive, high-quality evaluations of the programs that—
(i) are consistent with the evaluation plan under subsection (d); and
(ii) primarily include impact evaluations that use experimental or quasi-experimental designs, where practicable and appropriate, and other rigorous methodologies that permit the strongest possible causal inferences;
(B) conduct studies of the effectiveness of the programs and the administrative impact of the programs on schools and local educational agencies; and
(C) widely disseminate evaluation findings under this section related to programs authorized under this chapter—
(i) in a timely fashion;
(ii) in forms that are understandable, easily accessible, usable, and adaptable for use in the improvement of educational practice;
(iii) through electronic transfer and other means, such as posting, as available, to the websites of State educational agencies, local educational agencies, the Institute of Education Sciences, or the Department, or in another relevant place; and
(iv) in a manner that promotes the utilization of such findings; and
(2) may be used by the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Institute of Ed
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**(a) Program authorized**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall use not less than 95 percent of the amounts made available under [section 7251(b)(2)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section7251/b/2/B&num=0&edition=prelim) to award grants, on a competitive basis and subject to subsection (e), to eligible entities for the following activities:
(A) *Promise neighborhoods* — The implementation of a comprehensive, effective continuum of coordinated services that meets the purpose described in [section 7271(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section7271/1&num=0&edition=prelim) by carrying out activities in neighborhoods with—
(i) high concentrations of low-income individuals;
(ii) multiple signs of distress, which may include high rates of poverty, childhood obesity, academic failure, and juvenile delinquency, adjudication, or incarceration; and
(iii) schools implementing comprehensive support and improvement activities or targeted support and improvement activities under [section 6311(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6311/d&num=0&edition=prelim).
(B) *Full-service community schools* — The provision of assistance to public elementary schools or secondary schools to function as full-service community schools.
(2) **Sufficient size and scope** — Each grant awarded under this subpart shall be of sufficient size and scope to allow the eligible entity to carry out the applicable purposes of this subpart.
**(b) Duration** A grant awarded under this subpart shall be for a period of not more than 5 years, and may be extended for an additional period of not more than 2 years.
**(c) Continued
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**(a) Grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements authorized** The Secretary, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, is authorized to award grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, State educational agencies, local educational agencies, Indian Tribes (as defined in [section 5304 of title 25](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5304&num=0&edition=prelim)) or their tribal educational agencies, a school operated by the Bureau of Indian Education, a Regional Corporation, or a Native Hawaiian educational organization, for the purpose of increasing student access to evidence-based trauma support services and mental health care by developing innovative initiatives, activities, or programs to link local school systems with local trauma-informed support and mental health systems, including those under the Indian Health Service.
**(b) Duration** With respect to a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement awarded or entered into under this section, the period during which payments under such grant, contract or agreement are made to the recipient may not exceed 4 years.
**(c) Use of funds** An entity that receives a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this section shall use amounts made available through such grant, contract, or cooperative agreement for evidence-based activities, which shall include any of the following:
(1) Collaborative efforts between school-based service systems and trauma-informed support and mental health service systems to provide, develop, or improve prevention, screening, referral, and treatment and support services to students, such as providing trauma screenings to identify students in need of specialized support.
(2) To impleme
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TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 1400
Section 1393e, Pub. L. 88–210, title I, § 196, as added
Pub. L. 93–380, title VIII, § 841(a)(7), Aug. 21, 1974, 88
Stat. 609, set forth application requirements for grants
and contracts for bilingual vocational training pro-
grams.
Section 1393f, Pub. L. 88–210, title I, § 197, as added
Pub. L. 93–380, title VIII, § 841(a)(7), Aug. 21, 1974, 88
Stat. 609; amended Pub. L. 94–482, title V, § 501(j)(2), Oct.
12, 1976, 90 Stat. 2237, set forth criteria for approval by
Commissioner of applications for grants and contracts
for bilingual vocational training programs.
CHAPTER 33—EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUALS
WITH DISABILITIES
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec.
1400.
Short title; findings; purposes.
1401.
Definitions.
1402.
Office of Special Education Programs.
1403.
Abrogation of State sovereign immunity.
1404.
Acquisition of equipment; construction or al-
teration of facilities.
1405.
Employment of individuals with disabilities.
1406.
Requirements for prescribing regulations.
1407.
State administration.
1408.
Paperwork reduction.
1409.
Freely associated States.
SUBCHAPTER II—ASSISTANCE FOR EDUCATION
OF ALL CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
1411.
Authorization; allotment; use of funds; au-
thorization of appropriations.
1412.
State eligibility.
1413.
Local educational agency eligibility.
1414.
Evaluations, eligibility determinations, indi-
vidualized education programs, and edu-
cational placements.
1415.
Procedural safeguards.
1416.
Monitoring, technical assistance, and en-
forcement.
1417.
Administration.
1418.
Program information.
1419.
Preschool grants.
SUBCHAPTER III—INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH
DISABILITIES
1431.
Findings and policy.
1432.
Definitions.
1433.
General authority.
1434.
Eligib
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TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 7275
this section shall, for the first year of the
grant, use not less than 50 percent of the grant
funds, and, for the second year of the grant,
use not less than 25 percent of the grant funds,
to carry out the activities described in sub-
section (d)(1).
(2) Operational flexibility
Each eligible entity that operates a school
in a neighborhood served by a grant program
under this subpart for activities described in
this section shall provide such school with the
operational flexibility, including autonomy
over staff, time, and budget, needed to effec-
tively carry out the activities described in the
application under subsection (a).
(3) Limitation on use of funds for early child-
hood education programs
Funds provided under this subpart for activi-
ties described in this section that are used to
improve early childhood education programs
shall not be used to carry out any of the fol-
lowing activities:
(A) Assessments that provide rewards or
sanctions for individual children or teachers.
(B) A single assessment that is used as the
primary or sole method for assessing pro-
gram effectiveness.
(C) Evaluating children, other than for the
purposes of improving instruction, class-
room environment, professional develop-
ment, or parent and family engagement, or
program improvement.
(f) Report
Each eligible entity that receives a grant
under this subpart for activities described in
this section shall prepare and submit an annual
report to the Secretary, which shall include—
(1) information about the number and per-
centage of children in the neighborhood who
are served by the grant program, including a
description of the number and percentage of
children accessing each support or service of-
fered as part of the p
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