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 PUBLIC LAW 110–69—AUG. 9, 2007

121 STAT. 669

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(x) not less than 1 early childhood educator in the State; (xi) not less than 1 public secondary school teacher employed in the State; (xii) not less than 1 representative of the business community in the State; and (xiii) not less than 1 member of the Armed Forces; and (B) may include other individuals or representatives of other organizations, such as a school administrator, a faculty member at an institution of higher education, a member of a civic or community organization, a representative from a private institution of higher education, a dean or similar representative of a school of education at an institution of higher education or a similar teacher certification or licensure program, or the State official responsible for economic development. (c) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary is authorized to award grants, on a competitive basis, to States to enable each such State to work with a statewide partnership— (1) to promote better alignment of content knowledge requirements for secondary school graduation with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in postsecondary education, the 21st century workforce, or the Armed Forces; or (2) to establish or improve a statewide P–16 education data system. (d) PERIOD OF GRANTS; NON-RENEWABILITY.— (1) GRANT PERIOD.—The Secretary shall award a grant under this section for a period of not more than 3 years. (2) NON-RENEWABILITY.—The Secretary shall not award a State more than 1 grant under this section. (e) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.— (1) GRANTS FOR P–16 ALIGNMENT.—Each State receiving a grant under subsection (c)(1)— (A) shall use the grant funds for— (i) identifying and describing the content knowledge and skills students who enter institutions of higher education, the workforce, and the Armed Forces need to have in order to succeed without any remediation based on detailed requirements obtained from institutions of higher education, employers, and the Armed Forces; (ii) identifying and making changes that need to be made to a State’s secondary school graduation requirements, academic content standards, academic achievement standards, and assessments preceding graduation from secondary school in order to align the requirements, standards, and assessments with the knowledge and skills necessary for success in academic credit-bearing coursework in postsecondary education, in the 21st century workforce, and in the Armed Forces without the need for remediation; (iii) convening stakeholders within the State and creating a forum for identifying and deliberating on education issues that—

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