STUDY OF MINORITY MALE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.

SEC. 1109. STUDY OF MINORITY MALE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.(a) Study Required.—The Secretary of Education shall carry out the following:(1) Commission and ensure the conduct of a national study of underrepresented minority males (particularly African American, Hispanic American, Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native males) completing high school, and entering 122 STAT. 3496 and graduating from colleges and universities in accordance with the following:(A) The data comprising the study shall focus primarily on African American, Hispanic American, Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native males and shall utilize existing data sources.(B) The study shall focus on high school completion and preparation for college, success on the SAT and ACT, and minority male access to college, including the financing of college, and college persistence and graduation.(C) The implementation of the study shall be in four stages based on the recommendations of the Commissioner for Education Statistics.(2) Make specific recommendations to the authorizing committees and States on new approaches to increase—(A) the number of minority males successfully preparing themselves for college study;(B) the number of minority males graduating from high school and entering college; and(C) the number of minority males graduating from college and entering careers in which they are underrepresented.(b) Submission of the Report.—Not later than four years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall submit a report on the study required by subsection (a)(1), together with the recommendations required by subsection (a)(2), to the authorizing committees.