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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 123 / Wednesday, June 30, 2021 / Proposed Rules
met by the school and support systemic, long-term change. Numerous programs require or emphasize the importance of such partnerships in improving outcomes for students and their families. This proposed priority would encourage partnerships with other agencies or entities and support crossagency, and cross-community partnerships at the State and local levels.
Proposed Priority:
Projects that are designed to take a systemic approach to improving outcomes for underserved students in one or more of the following priority areas:
a Coordinating efforts with Federal, State, or local agencies, or communitybased organizations that support students, to address one or more of the following:
1 Food assistance.
2 Energy.
3 Climate change.
4 Housing.
5 Homelessness.
6 Transportation.
7 Health.
8 Childcare.
9 School diversity.
10 Justice policy.
11 Workforce development.
12 Technology.
13 Public safety.
13 Community violence.
14 Social services.
15 Voting access and registration.
16 Another key field-initiated focus area.
b Conducting community needs and asset mapping to identify existing programs that can be leveraged to advance systemic change and programs or initiatives that need to be implemented.
c Establishing cross-agency partnerships, or community-based partnerships with local nonprofit organizations, businesses, philanthropic organizations, or others, to meet family well-being needs.
d Identifying, documenting, and disseminating policies, strategies, and best practices on effective approaches to creating systemic change through crossagency, or community-based coordination and collaboration.
Types of Priorities:
When inviting applications for a competition using one or more priorities, we designate the type of each priority as absolute, competitive preference, or invitational through a notice in the Federal Register. The effect of each type of priority follows:
Absolute priority: Under an absolute priority, we consider only applications
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Competitive preference priority:
Under a competitive preference priority, we give competitive preference to an application by 1 awarding additional points, depending on the extent to which the application meets the priority 34 CFR 75.105c2i; or 2 selecting an application that meets the priority over an application of comparable merit that does not meet the priority 34 CFR
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Invitational priority: Under an invitational priority we are particularly interested in applications that meet the priority. However, we do not give an application that meets the priority a preference over other applications 34
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Proposed Definitions Background:
We propose specific definitions to promote a shared understanding of the scope of activities that could be supported by these priorities. Under the proposed definition of underserved students, the Secretary may include the entire definition within a grant program or one or more of the subparts of the definition that are most relevant for the grant program.
Proposed Definitions:
We propose the following definitions for use with the proposed priorities:
Children or students with disabilities means children with disabilities as defined in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act IDEA or students with disabilities, as defined at section 737 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 29 U.S.C. 70537 70537.
Community college means junior or community college as defined in section 312f of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended HEA.
Competency-based education also called proficiency-based or masterybased learning means learning based on knowledge and skills that are transparent and measurable. Progression is based on demonstrated mastery of what students are expected to know knowledge and be able to do skills, rather than seat time or age.
Culturally and linguistically inclusive means pedagogical practices that address inequities in access to and success in school by recognizing and valuing all students identities, cultures, and potential.
Disconnected youth means an individual, between the ages 14 and 24, who may be from a low-income background, experiences homelessness, is in foster care, is involved in the justice system, or is not working or not
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enrolled in or at risk of dropping out of an educational institution.
Early learning means any a Statelicensed or State-regulated program or provider, regardless of setting or funding source, that provides early care and education for children from birth to kindergarten entry, including, but not limited to, any program operated by a child care center or in a family child care home; b program funded by the Federal Government or State or local educational agencies including any IDEA-funded program; c Early Head Start and Head Start program; d nonrelative child care provider who is not otherwise regulated by the State and who regularly cares for two or more unrelated children for a fee in a provider setting; and e other program that may deliver early learning and development services in a childs home, such as the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program;
Early Head Start; and Part C of IDEA.
English learner means an individual who is an English learner as defined in section 810120 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, or an individual who is an English language learner as defined in section 2037 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
Evidence-based has the meaning ascribed to it in 34 CFR 77.1 or the ESEA, as applicable.
High-quality assessments means diagnostic, formative, or summative assessments that are valid and reliable for the purposes for which they are used and that provide relevant and timely information to help educators and parents or caregivers support students.
Historically Black colleges and universities means colleges and universities that meet the criteria set out in 34 CFR 608.2.
Militaryor veteran-connected student means one or more of the following:
a A child participating in an early learning program, a student enrolled in preschool through grade 12, or a student enrolled in career and technical education or postsecondary education who has a parent or guardian who is a member of the uniformed services as defined by 37 U.S.C. 101, in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Space Force, National Guard, Reserves, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or Public Health Service or is a veteran of the uniformed services with an honorable discharge as defined by 38 U.S.C.
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b A student who is a member of the uniformed services, a veteran of the uniformed services, or the spouse of a service member or veteran.

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