20 U.S.C. § 1161h: Improving college enrollment by secondary schools

to make publicly available the year-to-year postsecondary education enrollment rate trends of secondary school students, disaggregated by secondary school, in compliance with section 1232g of this title (commonly known as the “Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974”); the local educational agency’s and State’s leadership strategies and capacities; the secondary school curriculum and class offerings of the local educational agency and State; the professional development used by the local educational agency and the State to assist teachers, guidance counselors, and administrators in supporting the transition of secondary students to postsecondary education; secondary school student attendance and other factors demonstrated to be associated with enrollment into postsecondary education; the use of data systems by the local educational agency and the State to measure postsecondary education enrollment rates and the incentives in place to motivate the efforts of faculty and students to improve student and schoolwide outcomes; and strategies to mobilize student leaders to build a college-bound culture; and participated in the needs assessment described in paragraph (2); and demonstrated a willingness and commitment to improving the postsecondary education enrollment rates of the local educational agency or State, respectively. in increasing schoolwide postsecondary enrollment rates in low-income communities nationwide by providing curriculum, training, and technical assistance to secondary school staff and student peer influencers; and in a postsecondary education transition data management system. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2009 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years.