Whether illegals are covered now or not, the democrats will try to get them in under amnesty, or some judicial activists will get them covered with a series of court decisions.
‘‘PART E—COLLEGE ACCESS AND COMPLETION
12 INNOVATION FUND’’.
13 (b) PURPOSE.—Part E of title VII (20 U.S.C. 1141
14 et seq.) is further amended by inserting before section
781
15 the following:
16 ‘‘SEC. 780. PURPOSES.
17 ‘‘The purposes of this part are—
18 ‘‘(1) to promote innovation in postsecondary
19 education practices and policies by institutions of
20 higher education, States, and nonprofit organiza21
tions to improve student success, completion, and
22 post-completion employment, particularly for stu23
dents from groups that are underrepresented in
24 postsecondary education; and
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1 ‘‘(2) to assist States in developing longitudinal
2 data systems, common metrics, and reporting sys3
tems to enhance the quality and availability of infor4
mation about student success, completion, and post5
completion employment.’’.
6 (c) AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATION.—Section
7 781(a) (20 U.S.C. 1141(a)) is amended to read as follows:
8 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATION.—
9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be
10 appropriated, and there are appropriated, to carry
11 out this part (in addition to any other amounts ap12
propriated to carry out this part and out of any
13 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated),
14 $600,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010
15 through 2014.
16 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount appro17
priated for any fiscal year under paragraph (1)—
18 ‘‘(A) 25 percent shall be made available to
19 carry out section 781;
20 ‘‘(B) 50 percent shall be made available to
21 carry out section 782;
22 ‘‘(C) 23 percent shall be made available to
23 carry out section 783; and
24 ‘‘(D) 2 percent shall be made available to
25 carry out section 784.’’.
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TIES.—Part E of title VII (20 U.S.C. 1141 et seq.) is
3 further amended by adding at the end the following:
4 ‘‘SEC. 782. STATE INNOVATION COMPLETION GRANTS.
5 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION.—From the amount v6 appropriated under section 781(a)(2)(B) to carry out this
7 section, the Secretary shall award grants to States on a
8 competitive basis to promote student persistence in, and
9 completion of, postsecondary education.
10 ‘‘(b) FEDERAL SHARE; NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—
11 ‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The amount of the
12 Federal share under this section for a fiscal year
13 shall be equal to 2⁄3 of the costs of the activities and
14 services described in subsection (d)(1) that are car15 vried out under the grant.