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Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make formula grants to states and, through them, competitive subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish or enhance educational programs and related services that enable pregnant and parenting students to enroll in, attend, and succeed in school.

Requires state grantees to: (1) designate a Coordinator for Education of Pregnant and Parenting Students who is to develop and implement a state plan for educating pregnant and parenting students, and (2) develop and implement high-quality professional development programs for LEAs and school personnel.

Requires subgrantees to:

 provide academic support services to pregnant and parenting students; assist such students in accessing quality, affordable child care, and early childhood education services; provide transportation services or assistance to such students and their children; educate students, parents, and community members regarding the educational rights of such students; train school personnel regarding the challenges facing pregnant and parenting students and their educational rights; revise school policies and practices that hinder or discourage such students from continuing their education; provide student parents with training and support in parenting, healthy relationship skills, unplanned pregnancy prevention strategies, and other life skills; and provide educational and career mentoring services and peer groups to pregnant and parenting students. Gives subgrant priority to LEAs in geographic areas with teen birth rates that: (1) exceed the state average, or (2) are below the state average but higher than the state average for one or more racial or ethnic groups.

Directs the Secretary to conduct national activities that include: (1) providing technical assistance to states and reviewing their plans for educating pregnant and parenting students, (2) evaluating subgrantees' programs and education program service delivery models for such students, and (3) gathering and disseminating information regarding the education of such students and best practices in facilitating it.

pregnant parenting students access education act authorizes secretary education formula grants states competitive subgrants local educational agencies leas establish enhance educational programs related services enable pregnant parenting students enroll attend succeed school requires state grantees designate coordinator education pregnant parenting students develop implement state plan educating pregnant parenting students develop implement high quality professional development programs leas school personnel requires subgrantees provide academic support services pregnant parenting students assist students accessing quality affordable child care early childhood education services provide transportation services assistance students children educate students parents community members educational rights students train school personnel challenges facing pregnant parenting students educational rights revise school policies practices hinder discourage students continuing education provide student parents training support parenting healthy relationship skills unplanned pregnancy prevention strategies life skills provide educational career mentoring services peer groups pregnant parenting students gives subgrant priority leas geographic areas teen birth rates exceed state average state average higher state average racial ethnic groups directs secretary conduct national activities include providing technical assistance states reviewing plans educating pregnant parenting students evaluating subgrantees programs education program service delivery models students gathering disseminating information education students best practices facilitating


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Graduation Promise Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make matching grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for differentiated high school improvement systems targeting support to schools with low student achievement and graduation rates after such schools fail for two consecutive years to make annual measurable growth pursuant to state academic performance standards. Allots grant funds to states pursuant to a formula that favors states with low graduation rates and a high percentage of students attending low-income LEAs.

Requires state grantees to establish comprehensive school performance indicators and minimum annual improvement benchmarks for use, in addition to annual measurable growth indicators, in analyzing school performance and determining the improvement category into which a school is placed.

 Directs LEA subgrantees to: (1) categorize each of their schools that fail to make annual measurable growth for two consecutive years as needing targeted intervention, whole school reforms, or replacement; (2) convene a local school improvement team for each of such schools that will use school performance indicators, annual measurable growth indicators, and other relevant data to conduct a school needs assessment and develop a multiyear school improvement plan tailored to the school's need categorization; and (3) support the successful implementation of such plans and district-wide high school improvement strategies.

Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive grants to LEAs, nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education to develop and implement, or replicate, effective secondary school models for struggling students and dropouts.

graduation promise act authorizes secretary education matching grants states subgrants local educational agencies leas differentiated high school improvement systems targeting support schools low student achievement graduation rates schools fail consecutive years annual measurable growth pursuant state academic performance standards allots grant funds states pursuant formula favors states low graduation rates high percentage students attending low income leas requires state grantees establish comprehensive school performance indicators minimum annual improvement benchmarks use addition annual measurable growth indicators analyzing school performance determining improvement category school placed directs lea subgrantees categorize schools fail annual measurable growth consecutive years needing targeted intervention school reforms replacement convene local school improvement team schools use school performance indicators annual measurable growth indicators relevant data conduct school needs assessment develop multiyear school improvement plan tailored school need categorization support successful implementation plans district wide high school improvement strategies authorizes secretary award competitive grants leas nonprofit organizations institutions higher education develop implement replicate effective secondary school models struggling students dropouts


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Growth to Excellence Act of 2013 - Amends part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow states to measure student progress toward academic achievement standards using adaptive assessments that are computerized, aligned with grade-level academic content standards, and measure student growth above and below grade level.

Allows states, upon the Secretary of Education's approval, to adopt an alternative accountability model requiring their local educational agencies and public elementary and secondary schools to achieve adequate student growth toward college and career readiness standards.

Requires such states to: (1) adopt college and career ready academic content standards; (2) adopt college and career ready assessments that measure annual student growth in mathematics and reading or the language arts; (3) measure secondary school graduation rates; (4) assess at least two additional indicators of students' college or career readiness; and (5) provide a comprehensive system of accountability for schools that do not meet annual progress targets, which shall categorize schools based on student performance, include supports and consequences based on such categorization, and provide incentives for schools that consistently exceed such targets.

Requires an alternative accountability model to establish annual progress targets for each school that: (1) aim to reduce by half, in less than six years, the difference between the percentage of students (overall and in specified student subgroups) at the top performing schools who meet the college and career readiness standards or make adequate student growth, and the percentage of such students at each school that is not a top performing school; or (2) are calculated in another manner, but result in ambitious and achievable targets for students overall and in specified student subgroups.

Requires annual progress targets for secondary schools that aim to reduce by half, in less than six years, the difference between the percentage of students who graduate and 90%.

Describes what shall be considered adequate student growth toward college and career readiness standards.

growth excellence act amends title elementary secondary education act allow states measure student progress academic achievement standards adaptive assessments computerized aligned grade level academic content standards measure student growth grade level allows states secretary education approval adopt alternative accountability model requiring local educational agencies public elementary secondary schools achieve adequate student growth college career readiness standards requires states adopt college career ready academic content standards adopt college career ready assessments measure annual student growth mathematics reading language arts measure secondary school graduation rates assess additional indicators students college career readiness provide comprehensive system accountability schools meet annual progress targets shall categorize schools based student performance include supports consequences based categorization provide incentives schools consistently exceed targets requires alternative accountability model establish annual progress targets school aim reduce half years difference percentage students overall specified student subgroups performing schools meet college career readiness standards adequate student growth percentage students school performing school calculated manner result ambitious achievable targets students overall specified student subgroups requires annual progress targets secondary schools aim reduce half years difference percentage students graduate describes shall considered adequate student growth college career readiness standards


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Commission on Effective Regulation and Assessment Systems for Public Schools Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish the Commission on Effective Regulation and Assessment Systems for Public Schools, composed of certain government officials, educators, and education policy experts.

Requires the Commission to: (1) examine the effect government regulations have on elementary and secondary education; (2) recommend ways to align and improve those regulations to improve performance and innovation in education; and (3) recommend ways to improve and align assessment systems to provide reliable and meaningful information to parents, teachers, and students to improve student achievement, teacher performance, and innovation.

commission effective regulation assessment systems public schools act amends elementary secondary education act direct secretary education establish composed certain government officials educators education policy experts requires commission examine effect government regulations elementary secondary education recommend ways align improve regulations improve performance innovation education recommend ways improve align assessment systems provide reliable meaningful information parents teachers students improve student achievement teacher performance innovation


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Helping Communities Rebuild After Deadly School Shootings and Other Traumatic Events Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to fund certain actions they deem necessary to improve the learning environment at a school that has experienced a violent or traumatic crisis on campus.

Requires LEAs to use that grant to: (1) acquire real property; (2) construct new facilities; or (3) renovate, repair, or alter existing facilities for an elementary and secondary school that has experienced such a crisis.

Prohibits the grant from covering more than 50% of an LEA's cost in taking such actions.

deadly school shootings traumatic events act amends elementary secondary education act authorize secretary education award grants local educational agencies leas fund certain actions deem necessary improve learning environment school experienced violent traumatic crisis campus requires leas use grant acquire real property construct new facilities renovate repair alter existing facilities elementary secondary school experienced crisis prohibits grant covering lea cost taking actions


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Fitness Integrated with Teaching Kids Act or FIT Kids Act - Requires the Secretary of Education to award grants to states to implement comprehensive programs to promote physical activity, education, and fitness and nutrition that are based on scientifically valid research, and an analysis of need that considers, at a minimum, physical education indicators. Limits a grant award to a maximum of five years.

Prescribes certain activities under a grant, including that states must: (1) develop and implement a physical education indicators measurement system; (2) collect and publish information on physical activity, education, and fitness and nutrition at the school level; (3) use indicators to identify and address student needs; (4) encourage local education agencies to integrate physical activity, education, and fitness into a range of subjects throughout the school day and locations within schools; and (5) award sub-grants based on identified needs. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, to establish program performance metrics to measure the effectiveness of the grant program's activities.

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the compact with parents under the school-level parental involvement policy to include a description of the school's responsibility to support their children in leading a healthy and active life, such as by providing health meals and snacks, encouraging participation in physical education, and sharing in physical activity outside the school day to support successful academic achievement.

Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to require the Secretary to promote equal opportunities for students with disabilities to be included and participate in physical education and extracurricular athletics implemented in, or in conjunction with, elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education, by ensuring the provision of appropriate technical assistance and guidance for schools and institutions and their personnel.

fitness integrated teaching kids act fit kids act requires secretary education award grants states implement comprehensive programs promote physical activity education fitness nutrition based scientifically valid research analysis need considers minimum physical education indicators limits grant award maximum years prescribes certain activities grant including states develop implement physical education indicators measurement system collect publish information physical activity education fitness nutrition school level use indicators identify address student needs encourage local education agencies integrate physical activity education fitness range subjects school day locations schools award sub grants based identified needs requires secretary acting director institute_of_education_sciences establish program performance metrics measure effectiveness grant program activities amends elementary secondary education act require compact parents school level parental involvement policy include description school responsibility support children leading healthy active life providing health meals snacks encouraging participation physical education sharing physical activity outside school day support successful academic achievement amends rehabilitation act require secretary promote equal opportunities students disabilities included participate physical education extracurricular athletics implemented conjunction elementary schools secondary schools institutions higher education ensuring provision appropriate technical assistance guidance schools institutions personnel


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Effective Teaching and Leading Act - Amends title II (Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to create a new Part E: Building School Capacity for Effective Teaching and Leadership.

Directs the Secretary of Education to allot grants to states for subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to improve teaching and school leadership through a system of teacher and principal induction, professional development, and evaluation that is developed, implemented, and evaluated in collaboration with local teacher, principal, and school leader organizations and preparation programs.

Requires LEAs to include in such system:

 a comprehensive, coherent, high quality formalized induction program for beginning teachers during their first two years of full-time employment; high-quality effective professional development for teachers, principals, school librarians, and other school leaders at their lowest achieving schools; a rigorous, transparent, and equitable teacher and principal evaluation system for all their schools; ongoing high-quality support, coaching, and professional development for principals and other school leaders at their lowest achieving schools; opportunities for teachers and school librarians to assume new school leadership roles and receive training regarding such roles; and significant and sustainable stipends above a teacher's base salary for teachers that serve as mentors, instructional coaches, teacher leaders, or evaluators under these programs. Directs LEA grantees to conduct a valid and reliable full population survey of teaching and learning, at the school and LEA level, the results of which are to inform and be integrated into such systems.

Requires a formal evaluation of each system to be conducted by the state, an institution of higher education, or an external agency and the results disseminated widely.

effective teaching leading act amends title preparing training recruiting high quality teachers principals elementary secondary education act create new directs secretary education allot grants states subgrants local educational agencies leas improve teaching school leadership system teacher principal induction professional development evaluation developed implemented evaluated collaboration local teacher principal school leader organizations preparation programs requires leas include system comprehensive coherent high quality induction program beginning teachers years time employment high quality effective professional development teachers principals school librarians school leaders lowest achieving schools rigorous transparent equitable teacher principal evaluation system schools ongoing high quality support coaching professional development principals school leaders lowest achieving schools opportunities teachers school librarians assume new school leadership roles receive training roles significant sustainable stipends teacher base salary teachers serve mentors instructional coaches teacher leaders programs directs lea grantees conduct valid reliable population survey teaching learning school lea level results inform integrated systems requires formal evaluation system conducted state institution higher education external agency results disseminated widely


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Accelerated Learning Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Education to allot grants to states, based on their share of low-income elementary and secondary school students, to cover part or all of the Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) examination fee low-income students incur.

Directs the Secretary to award renewable competitive matching grants to states, local educational agencies (LEAs), or partnerships between a nonprofit organization and a state or LEA for activities that increase: (1) the number of qualified teachers at high-need schools who are teaching AP or IB courses, (2) the number of AP or IB courses offered at high-need schools, and (3) the number of students at high-need schools who enroll and succeed in such courses.

 Gives priority, in awarding the competitive grants, to applicants that: (1) have a state-wide or district-wide strategy for increasing the availability of AP or IB courses, and pre-AP or pre-IB courses, in high-need schools; (2) focus on increasing AP or IB courses in the core academic subjects; and (3) target high-need schools.

Defines a "high-need school" as a secondary school that has a demonstrated need for Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses and that: (1) has a high concentration of low-income students; or (2) is designated with a school locale code of 41, 42, or 43.

Directs the Secretary, through the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, to evaluate the implementation and impact of the activities supported by the competitive grant program.

accelerated learning act directs secretary education allot grants states based share low income elementary secondary school students cover advanced_placement international_baccalaureate examination fee low income students incur directs secretary award renewable competitive matching grants states local educational agencies leas partnerships nonprofit organization state lea activities increase number qualified teachers high need schools teaching courses number courses offered high need schools number students high need schools enroll succeed courses gives priority awarding competitive grants applicants state wide district wide strategy increasing availability courses pre pre courses high need schools focus increasing courses core academic subjects target high need schools defines high need school secondary school demonstrated need advanced_placement international_baccalaureate courses high concentration low income students designated school locale code directs secretary director institute_of_education_sciences evaluate implementation impact activities supported competitive grant program


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All Students Achieving through Reform Act of 2013 or the All-STAR Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to direct the Secretary of Education to award renewable competitive grants to certain eligible entities and, through them, subgrants to successful public charter schools to allow such schools to expand or replicate to serve additional students.

Lists, as eligible grantees, state and local educational agencies, authorized public chartering agencies, and tax-exempt organizations that have successfully supported the replication and expansion of such schools.

Sets forth the attributes that are to give such entities grant priority, including their serving or planning to serve a large percentage of low-income students from: (1) public schools with low-graduation rates; (2) schools identified as needing improvement, corrective action, or restructuring under the ESEA; or (3) schools identified by alternative accountability standards as priority schools, focus schools, or schools otherwise in need of significant assistance.

Authorizes grantees to use up to 25% of a grant to establish a reserve account to assist them in acquiring and developing new facilities for successful public charter schools through: (1) credit enhancement initiatives, (2) the establishment of revolving loan funds, (3) direct spending or financing, or (4) partnerships with community development or other mission-based financial institutions.

Directs the Secretary to conduct an independent, comprehensive, and scientifically sound evaluation of the effect this Act's initiatives have on student achievement and other areas, as determined by the Secretary.

students achieving reform act star act amends elementary secondary education act esea direct secretary education award renewable competitive grants certain eligible entities subgrants successful public charter schools allow schools expand replicate serve additional students lists eligible grantees state local educational agencies authorized public chartering agencies tax exempt organizations successfully supported replication expansion schools sets forth attributes entities grant priority including serving planning serve large percentage low income students public schools low graduation rates schools identified needing improvement corrective action restructuring esea schools identified alternative accountability standards priority schools focus schools schools need significant assistance authorizes grantees use grant establish reserve account assist acquiring developing new facilities successful public charter schools credit enhancement initiatives establishment revolving loan funds direct spending financing partnerships community development mission based financial institutions directs secretary conduct independent comprehensive scientifically sound evaluation effect act initiatives student achievement areas determined secretary