1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mentoring to Succeed Act of 2017 . 2. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to make assistance available for school-based mentoring programs for at-risk students in order to— (1) establish, expand, or support school-based mentoring programs; (2) assist at-risk students in middle school and high school in developing cognitive and social-emotional skills; and (3) prepare such at-risk students for success in high school, postsecondary education, and the workforce. 3. School-based mentoring program Part C of title I of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 20 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 136. Distribution of funds for school-based mentoring programs (a) Definitions In this Act: (1) At-risk student The term at-risk student means a student who— (A) is failing academically or at risk of dropping out of school; (B) is pregnant or a parent; (C) is a gang member; (D) is a child or youth in foster care or a youth who has been emancipated from foster care but is still enrolled in high school; (E) is or has recently been a homeless child or youth; (F) is chronically absent; (G) has changed schools three or more times in the past 6 months; (H) has come in contact with the juvenile justice system in the past; (I) has a history of multiple suspensions or disciplinary actions; (J) is an English learner; (K) has one or both parents incarcerated; (L) has experienced one or more adverse childhood experiences, traumatic events, or toxic stressors, as assessed through an evidence-based screening; or (M) lives in a high-poverty area with a high rate of community violence. (2) Eligible entity The term eligible entity — (A) means a high-need local educational agency, high-need school, or local government entity