,i #aacth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #cdcc ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,october #cj1 #bjac,mr4 ,polis 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,delaney1 ,ms4 ,del,bene1 ,mr4 ,himes1 ,mr4 ,holt1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,mr4 ,loebsack1 and ,mr4 ,kind7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,education and the ,workforce ,a ,,bill ,to amend the ,elementary and ,secondary ,education ,act of #aife to invest in innovation for education4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,investing in ,innovation for ,education ,act of #bjac4 #b4 ,investing in innovation 7a7 ,in ,general ,title ,,iv of the ,elementary and ,secondary ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #gaja et seq47 is amended by adding at the end the following3 ,d ,investing in innovation #ddja4 ,purposes ,the purposes of this part are to-- 7#a7 fund the identification1 development1 evaluation1 and expansion of innovative1 evidence-based practices1 programs1 and strategies in order to significantly-- 7,a7 increase student academic achievement and decrease achievement gaps2 7,b7 increase secondary school graduation rates2 7,c7 increase college enrollment rates1 rates of college persistence1 and rates of attainment of other post-secondary credentials2 7,d7 improve teacher and principal effectiveness or retention of highly effective teachers or principals2 and 7,e7 increase the identification and dissemination of innovative educational strategies in rural areas2 and 7#b7 support the rapid development1 expansion1 and adoption of tools and resources that improve the efficiency1 effectiveness1 or pace of adoption of such educational practices1 programs1 and strategies4 #ddjb4 ,national activities 7a7 ,in general ,subject to subsection 7b71 from the amounts appropriated under section #ddjh1 the ,secretary shall reserve not more than #aj percent for each fiscal year to carry out activities of national significance1 which may include-- 7#a7 technical assistance1 including to applicants from rural areas2 7#b7 pre-application workshops or web-based seminars for potential applicants1 including applicants from rural areas2 7#c7 the recruitment of peer reviewers1 including individuals with a background in rural education and individuals with expertise in education technology1 to participate in the review of applications submitted under section #ddjd2 7#d7 dissemination of best practices1 in consultation with the regional educational laboratories established under part ,d of the ,education ,sciences ,reform ,act of #bjjb 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #iefa et seq47 and comprehensive centers established under section #bjc of the ,educational ,technical ,assistance ,act of #bjjb 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ifjb71 developed with grant funds provided under this part1 including best practices developed with grant funds in rural areas2 7#e7 entering into partnerships with other agencies1 nonprofits1 and the private sector to carry out advanced research and development activities1 including research and activities in rural areas2 and 7#f7 carrying out prize awards1 in a manner consistent with section #bd of the ,stevenson-,wydler ,technology ,innovation ,act of #aihj 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #cgai74 7b7 ,reservation of funds for dissemination ,the ,secretary shall reserve not less than #ej percent of the funds reserved under this section to carry out the dissemination activities described in subsection 7a77#d74 #ddjc4 ,program authorized2 length of grants2 priorities 7a7 ,program ,authorization ,from the amounts appropriated under section #ddjh and not reserved under section #ddjb1 the ,secretary shall award grants1 on a competitive basis1 to eligible entities to carry out the activities described in section #ddje4 7b7 ,duration of ,grants ,the ,secretary shall award grants to eligible entities under this section for a period of not more than #c years1 and may extend such grants for an additional #b-year period if the eligible entity demonstrates to the ,secretary that it is making significant progress on the program performance measures identified in section #ddjf4 7c7 ,rural areas ,the ,secretary shall ensure that not less than #be percent of the funds awarded under this section for any fiscal year are for projects that meet both of the following requirements3 7#a7 ,the eligible entity is-- 7,a7 a local educational agency with an urban-centric district locale code of #cb1 #cc1 #da1 #db1 or #dc1 as determined by the ,secretary2 7,b7 a consortium of such local educational agencies2 or 7,c7 an educational service agency or a nonprofit organization with demonstrated expertise in serving students from rural areas4 7#b7 ,a majority of the schools to be served by the project are designated with a school locale code of #da1 #db1 or #dc1 or a combination of such codes1 as determined by the ,secretary4 7d7 ,support for ,new ,practices1 ,strategies1 or ,programs ,the ,secretary shall ensure that not less than one-half of the funds awarded under this section for any fiscal year are for projects that-- 7#a7 meet an evidence standard described in paragraph 7#b7 or 7#c7 of subsection 7f72 and 7#b7 do not meet the evidence standard described in paragraph 7#a7 of subsection 7f74 7e7 ,priorities ,in awarding grants under this section1 the ,secretary may give priority to an eligible entity that includes1 in its application under section #ddjd1 a plan to-- 7#a7 improve early learning outcomes and academic connections between early learning and elementary school2 7#b7 support college access1 persistence1 and success2 7#c7 support family and community engagement2 7#d7 address the unique learning needs of students with disabilities or ,english language learners2 7#e7 support the effective use of education technology to improve teaching and learning2 7#f7 improve the teaching and learning of science1 technology1 engineering1 computing1 or mathematics2 7#g7 serve schools in rural local educational agencies2 7#h7 train teachers or principals to adopt and implement college and career ready standards2 7#i7 develop alternative career pathways or differentiated school staffing models for effective teachers or principals to expand their impact on student learning2 7#aj7 train or support principals or teacher leaders1 including teacher leaders preparing for principal roles2 7#aa7 support1 improve1 or develop any other area of school innovation1 as determined by the ,secretary2 and 7#ab7 address the learning needs of ,indian1 ,native ,american1 ,alaska ,native1 or migrant children in school4 7f7 ,standards of ,evidence ,the ,secretary shall set standards for the quality of evidence that an eligible entity shall provide to demonstrate that the activities the eligible entity proposes to carry out with grant funds under this section are likely to succeed in improving student outcomes or outcomes on other performance measures4 ,these standards may include any of the following3 7#a7 ,strong evidence that the activities proposed by the eligible entity will have a statistically significant effect on student academic achievement1 student growth1 graduation rates1 or outcomes on other performance measures4 7#b7 ,moderate evidence that the activities proposed by the eligible entity will improve student academic achievement1 student growth1 graduation rates1 or outcomes on other performance measures4 7#c7 ,evidence of promise or a strong theory that the activities proposed by the eligible entity will improve student academic achievement1 student growth1 graduation rates1 or outcomes on other performance measures4 #ddjd4 ,applications 7a7 ,applications ,an eligible entity that desires to receive a grant under section #ddjc shall submit an application to the ,secretary at such time1 in such manner1 and containing such information as the ,secretary may reasonably require4 7b7 ,contents ,each application submitted by an eligible entity under subsection 7a7 shall-- 7#a7 describe the project for which the eligible entity is seeking a grant and how the evidence supporting that project meets the standards of evidence established by the ,secretary under section #ddjc7;f72 7#b7 describe how the eligible entity will address at least one of the areas described in section #ddje7;a77#a72 7#c7 provide an estimate of the number of students that the eligible entity plans to serve under the proposed project1 including the percentage of those students who are from low-income families1 and the number of students to be served through additional expansion after the grant ends2 7#d7 demonstrate that the eligible entity has established one or more partnerships with the private sector1 which may include philanthropic organizations1 and that the partner or partners will provide matching funds1 except that the ,secretary may waive1 on a case-by-case basis1 the matching funds requirement under this paragraph upon a showing of exceptional circumstances1 such as the difficulty of raising matching funds for a project to serve a rural area2 7#e7 describe the eligible entity's plan for continuing the proposed project after the grant funding under section #ddjc ends1 including a plan for dissemination of best practices and collaboration with other local educational agencies2 7#f7 demonstrate that the proposed project has incorporated input and feedback from educators working in the area to be served2 7#g7 if the eligible entity is a local educational agency-- 7,a7 document the local educational agency's record in-- 7i7 increasing student achievement1 including achievement for each subgroup described in section #aaaa7;b77#b77;,c77v72 or 7ii7 decreasing achievement gaps2 and 7,b7 demonstrate how the local educational agency has made significant improvements in other outcomes1 as applicable1 on the performance measures described in section #ddjf2 7#h7 if the eligible entity is a nonprofit organization-- 7,a7 provide evidence that the nonprofit organization has helped at least one high-need school or high-need local educational agency significantly-- 7i7 increase student achievement1 including achievement for each subgroup described in section #aaaa7;b77#b77;,c77v72 7ii7 reduce achievement gaps2 or 7iii7 increase graduation rates2 and 7,b7 describe how the nonprofit organization has helped at least #a school or local educational agency make a significant improvement1 as applicable1 in other outcomes on the performance measures described in section #ddjf2 7#i7 if the eligible entity is an educational service agency-- 7,a7 provide evidence that the agency has helped at least one high-need school or high-need local educational agency significantly-- 7i7 increase student achievement1 including achievement for each subgroup described in section #aaaa7;b77#b77;,c77v72 7ii7 reduce achievement gaps2 or 7iii7 increase graduation rates2 and 7,b7 describe how the agency has helped at least #a school or local educational agency make a significant improvement1 as applicable1 in other outcomes on the performance measures described in section #ddjf2 7#aj7 provide a description of the eligible entity's plan for independently evaluating the effectiveness of activities carried out with funds under section #ddjc2 7#aa7 provide an assurance that the eligible entity will-- 7,a7 cooperate with cross-cutting evaluations2 7,b7 make evaluation data available to third parties for validation and further study consistent with protections established by applicable ,federal1 ,state1 and local privacy requirements and other on provisions on the protection of personally identifiable information2 and 7,c7 participate in communities of practice2 and 7#ab7 if the eligible entity is a nonprofit organization that intends to make subgrants1 consistent with section #ddje7;b71 provide an assurance that the eligible entity will apply paragraphs 7#a7 through 7#aj71 as appropriate1 in the eligible entity's selection of subgrantees and in the oversight of such subgrants4 7c7 ,criteria for evaluating applications ,the ,secretary shall award grants under section #ddjc on a competitive basis1 based on the quality of the applications under this section submitted and1 consistent with the standards established under section #ddjc7;f71 each eligible entity's likelihood of achieving success in improving student outcomes or outcomes on other performance measures4 #ddje4 ,uses of funds 7a7 ,uses of funds ,each eligible entity that receives a grant under section #ddjc-- 7#a7 shall use the grant funds to address1 at a minimum1 one of the following areas of school innovations3 7,a7 ,improving the effectiveness and distribution of teachers or principals4 7,b7 ,strengthening the use of data to improve teaching and learning4 7,c7 ,providing high-quality instruction based on rigorous standards that build toward college and career readiness and measuring students' mastery using high-quality assessments aligned to those standards4 7,d7 ,turning around the lowest-performing schools4 7,e7 ,supporting the effective use of technology to improve teaching or principals and learning1 including training teachers or principals in the innovative use of technology4 7,f7 ,any other area of school innovation1 as determined by the ,secretary2 7#b7 shall use those funds to develop or expand strategies to improve the performance of high-need students on the performance measures described in section #ddjf2 and 7#c7 may use the grant funds for an independent evaluation1 as required by section #ddjd7;b77#i71 of the innovative practices carried out with the grant4 7b7 ,authority to subgrant ,in the case of an eligible entity receiving a grant under section #ddjc that is nonprofit organization such eligible entity may use the grant funds to make subgrants to other entities to provide support to one or more high-need schools or high-need local educational agencies4 ,any entity receiving a subgrant under this subsection shall comply with the requirements of this part for eligible entities1 as appropriate4 #ddjf4 ,performance measures 7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary shall establish performance measures for the projects carried out under this part4 ,these measures1 at a minimum1 shall track an eligible entity's progress in-- 7#a7 improving outcomes for each subgroup described in section #aaaa7;b77#b77;,c77v7 that is served by the grantee on measures1 including1 as applicable1 by-- 7,a7 increasing student achievement and decreasing achievement gaps2 7,b7 increasing secondary school graduation rates2 7,c7 increasing college enrollment rates and rates of college persistence2 7,d7 improving teacher and principal effectiveness or the retention of highly effective teachers or principals2 7,e7 improving school readiness2 or 7,f7 any other indicator as the ,secretary or grantee may determine2 and 7#b7 implementing the eligible entity's project in rural schools1 as applicable4 7b7 ,data collection period ,from the amounts appropriated under section #ddjh1 the ,secretary may-- 7#a7 approve1 for an eligible entity receiving a grant under section #ddjc1 a data collection period of not more than #gb months beginning after the end of the eligible entity's grant period2 and 7#b7 provide the eligible entity with funding during such period for the sole purpose of collecting1 analyzing1 and reporting performance information under this subsection on the project carried out during the grant period4 #ddjg4 ,annual report ,an eligible entity that receives a grant under section #ddjc shall submit to the ,secretary1 at such time and in such manner as the ,secretary may require1 an annual report that includes information on-- 7#a7 the eligible entity's progress on the performance measures established under section #ddjf2 and 7#b7 the data supporting such progress4 #ddjh4 ,authorization of appropriations ,there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part #ejj1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjad and such sums as may be necessary for each of the #e succeeding fiscal years4 #ddji4 ,definitions ,in this part3 7#a7 ,eligible entity ,the term eligible entity means-- 7,a7 a local educational agency2 7,b7 an educational service agencies2 or 7,c7 a nonprofit organization in partnership with a local educational agency or consortium of schools4 7#b7 ,high-need local educational agency ,the term high-need local educational agency means a local educational agency-- 7,a7 that serves not fewer than #aj1jjj children from families with incomes below the poverty line2 7,b7 for which not less than #bj percent of the children served by the agency are from families with incomes below the poverty line2 or 7,c7 that is in the highest quartile of local educational agencies in the ,state1 based on student poverty4 7#c7 ,high-need school ,the term high-need school' means-- 7,a7 an elementary school or middle school in which not less than #ej percent of the enrolled students are children eligible for free or reduced price lunch under the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agea et seq472 7,b7 a high school in which not less than #dj percent of the enrolled students are children eligible for free or reduced price lunch under the ,richard ,b4 ,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agea et seq471 which may be calculated using comparable data from feeder schools4 7#d7 ,principal ,the term principal includes an assistant principal4 7#e7 ,teacher ,the term teacher includes teacher leaders4 7#f7 ,teacher leader ,the term teacher leader means a teacher who has demonstrated effectiveness and assumes leadership responsibilities to work with other teachers to raise student achievement in multiple classrooms4 4 7b7 ,table of contents ,the table of contents in section #b of the ,elementary and ,secondary ,education ,act of #aife is amended by inserting after the item relating to section #dcjd the following3 ,part ,d--,investing in ,innovation,sec4 #ddja4 ,purposes4,sec4 #ddjb4 ,national activities4,sec4 #ddjc4 ,program authorized2 length of grants2 priorities4,sec4 #ddjd4 ,applications4,sec4 #ddje4 ,uses of funds4,sec4 #ddjf4 ,performance measures4,sec4 #ddjg4 ,reporting2 annual report4,sec4 #ddjh4 ,authorization of appropriations4 4