S.Amdt. 1168

1. Adds SEC. 574. INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF OPTIONS FOR IMPROVING EDUCATION PROVIDED TO STUDENTS ATTENDING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DOMESTIC DEPENDENT ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS at the end of subtitle G of title V

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   (b) Three-year Extension.--Paragraph (3) of such section is amended by striking "September 30, 2013" and inserting "September 30, 2016".

   Inserted: SEC. 574. INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF OPTIONS FOR IMPROVING EDUCATION PROVIDED TO STUDENTS ATTENDING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DOMESTIC DEPENDENT ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

   Inserted: (a) Assessment Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall award a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement to an independent entity to conduct, in consultation with the organizations specified in subsection (c), an assessment of the following options for improving the quality of education provided to students attending domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools:

   Inserted: (1) Improving the quality of the educational programs provided by, and remediating the condition of the facilities of, domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools.

   Inserted: (2) Transferring the administration of all of the domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools in some or all communities in the United States from the Department of Defense Education Activity to the local educational agencies in those communities.

   Inserted: (3) Closing all of the domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools in some or all communities in the United States and transferring students attending those schools to public elementary and secondary schools in those communities.

   Inserted: (b) Elements.--The assessment required by subsection (a) shall include an assessment of the following:

   Inserted: (1) The cost to the Department of Defense Education Activity, the Department of Education, States, and local educational agencies of each of the options described in subsection (a).

   Inserted: (2) The condition of facilities of the domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools and, if the condition of those facilities is inadequate, the cost of remediating those facilities.

   Inserted: (3) The capacity of local educational agencies--

   Inserted: (A) to administer the domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools; and

   Inserted: (B) to absorb into public elementary and secondary schools the number of students attending domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools.

   Inserted: (4) The quality of educational programs administered by local educational agencies, as measured by student achievement, graduation rates, the leadership of those agencies, the staffing of those programs, and the availability of infrastructure for the use of technology in classrooms.

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   Inserted: (5) The availability in communities near domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools of resources to support a highly mobile population that includes members of the Armed Forces who may be deployed.

   Inserted: (6) The available options for, and problems relating to, transporting students who reside on military installations to public elementary and secondary schools.

   Inserted: (7) The impact of the drawdown of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan on the population of students to be served.

   Inserted: (c) Organizations Specified.--The organizations specified in this subsection are military family associations, teachers labor organizations, and superintendents of domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools and public elementary and secondary schools.

   Inserted: (d) Exclusion.--The assessment required by subsection (a) is not required to address--

   Inserted: (1) the transfer of the administration of domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools in Puerto Rico to local educational agencies; or

   Inserted: (2) the transfer of students attending those schools to public elementary and secondary schools in Puerto Rico.

   Inserted: (e) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the independent entity conducting the assessment required by subsection (a) shall submit to the Secretary of Defense and the congressional defense committees the results of the assessment.

   Inserted: (f) Definitions.--In this section:

   Inserted: (1) Domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools.--The term "domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools" means elementary and secondary schools administered pursuant to section 2164 of title 10, United States Code.

   Inserted: (2) Local educational agency.--The term "local educational agency" has the meaning given that term in section 8013(9) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713(9)).

   Inserted: (g) Funding.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2012 by section 301 and available for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities for the Department of Defense Education Activity as specified in the funding table in section 4301, $1,000,000 shall be available to carry out this section.

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   At the end of subtitle G of title V, add the following:

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