Education Partnership for Excellence Act of 1983

Education Partnership for Excellence Act of 1983 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1988 for: (1) grants to States for secondary education partnerships; (2) national demonstration and dissemination grants; and (3) a National Partnership Information Clearinghouse.

Title I: Grants to States for Secondary Education Partnerships - Sets forth formulas for the distribution of funds for programs under parts A, B, and C of this title.

Part A: Grants to Establish Secondary Education Partnerships - Directs the Secretary of Education to reserve from funds for this part specified amounts for payments to certain territories and possessions of the United States and for payments for children enrolled in Indian schools. Directs the Secretary to allocate the remainder among the States on the basis of school-age population. Sets forth a minimum State allotment formula.

Requires that funds under this part be used for local educational partnerships to conduct programs for specified improvements in secondary education. Includes among areas for such improvements: (1) curriculum content and relevance to academic and vocational needs of students; (2) student academic competence; (3) increased time spent on academic instruction, particularly by improving student discipline and motivation, reducing high dropout and chronic absentee rates, and increasing study outside school hours and the school setting; (4) skills and quantity of secondary school teachers, particularly by improving teacher preparation, compensation, and benefits; (5) leadership in and management of secondary schools; and (6) addressing of special student needs (such as those of women and minorities and limited English proficient, economically disadvantaged, handicapped, and gifted and talented persons).

Requires each State desiring to receive such assistance to file an application containing specified assurances.

Sets forth requirements for applications by local educational agencies (LEAs) to State educational agencies for payments under this part.

Part B: Grants for Local Education Partnership Activities - Directs the Secretary to reserve from funds for this part specified amounts for payments to certain territories and possessions of the United States and for payments for children enrolled in Indian schools. Directs the Secretary to allocate the remainder among the States on the basis of: (1) school-age population; (2) excess number of unemployed; and (3) number of children from families below and above the poverty line. Sets forth a minimum State allotment formula.

Requires that funds under this part be used to pay the Federal share of programs and activities of local education partnerships which make the improvements in secondary education which are described under part A.

Sets forth requirements for State assurances and local applications.

Sets forth provisions for within State allocation of funds under this part to local education partnerships on the basis of: (1) number of children from families below and above the poverty line; (2) school-age population; and (3) excess number of unemployed.

Part C: Grants for State Education Agencies - Directs the Secretary to reserve from funds for this part specified amounts for payments to certain territories and possessions of the United States and for payments for children at Indian schools. Directs the Secretary to allocate the remainder among the States on the basis of school-age population.

Requires that funds under this part be used for: (1) State administration of grants under parts A and B; (2) assessment of needs within the State relating to the areas for improvement specified under those parts; (3) inventory of resources in the State available to address educational needs of the State; (4) independent evaluations of program effectiveness of local education partnerships; and (5) technical assistance to local education partnerships.

Sets forth requirements for State assurances under this part.

Title II: National Programs - Part A: National Demonstration and Dissemination Grants - Authorizes the Secretary to allocate a specified amount from funds for this part to the National Diffusion Network to disseminate information on innovative projects developed under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary, from the remainder of such funds, to make: (1) grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or consortia of LEAs and to State educational agencies (SEAs) to develop and carry out innovative projects designed to meet the purposes of this Act; and (2) grants and contracts for the evaluation of programs assisted under this part with public agencies and private nonprofit organizations with a demonstrated capacity for independent evaluation of education programs. Sets forth requirements for such evaluations.

Sets forth requirements for applications for national demonstration grants.

Limits the amount of a grant in any fiscal year to a local education partnership or SEA under this part.

Part B: National Partnership Information Clearinghouse - Authorizes the Secretary, from funds for this part, to establish a National Partnership Information Clearinghouse to gather and make available information on programs and activities which meet the purposes of this Act. Requires the Clearinghouse to provide information upon request regarding local partnership efforts and activities.

Title III: General Provisions - Directs the Secretary, from the amounts allotted to each State under parts A, B, and C of title I and under part A of title II pay to each State the costs of the programs to be assisted under such parts. Sets forth the decreasing Federal share for services and activities assisted under part B of title II for FY 1984 through 1988. Permits non-Federal contributions to be in cash or in kind.

Sets forth provisions for participation of children from private secondary schools.

Sets forth provisions for withholding of payments by the Secretary under this Act.