H.R. 1182·Middle School Intermediate
A Bill to Expand AVID-Style College Prep to Middle Schools
Rep. Coleman (D-NJ)
Competitive grants to fund evidence-based college prep elective programs in Title I middle schools.
Sec. 1 — Mandate
The Department of Education shall fund evidence-based college and career prep elective programs in Title I middle schools.
Sec. 2 — Standards
Programs must demonstrate at least a 10% improvement in 9th-grade GPA in prior implementations.
Sec. 3 — Funding
$420 million over 4 years.
Sec. 4 — Enforcement
Department of Education impact evaluations.
Tournament Prep
Mechanical parts, sourced & timed
Use this as your pre-round checklist. Memorize the source citation. Time yourself to the delivery target.
- Bill / Number
- H.R. 1182 — A Bill to Expand AVID-Style College Prep to Middle Schools
- Funding source
- $420M over 4 years from ED competitive grants.
- Timeline
- First awards within 12 months.
- Realistic — AVID, GEAR UP already operate at scale.
- Enforcing agency
- Department of Education.
- Yes — IES already evaluates intervention impact.
- Penalty for non-compliance
- Grant clawback if 10% GPA benchmark missed.
- Source citation
- MDRC, Granito et al. (2022), 'AVID Long-Term Outcomes Study' — mdrc.org.
- Delivery time (read aloud)
- 1:00 (60s)
Strongest counter-argument
AVID-style programs cream-skim motivated students and report inflated gains.
Your pre-emptive answer
MDRC's 2022 RCT (not observational) showed AVID participants outperformed non-AVID controls *drawn from the same applicant pool* — solving the selection critique directly.