1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Developing Innovative Partnerships and Learning Opportunities that Motivate Achievement Act or the DIPLOMA Act . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. Sec. 3. Purposes. Sec. 4. Definitions. Sec. 5. Demonstration program authorized; allotment to States. Sec. 6. State child and youth strategy. Sec. 7. Coordinating body; State applications. Sec. 8. State use of funds. Sec. 9. Local consortium application; local child and youth strategy. Sec. 10. Local use of funds. Sec. 11. Construction. Sec. 12. Accountability and transparency. Sec. 13. Authorization of appropriations. 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The future strength of the Nation’s democracy, as well as the Nation’s economy, is dependent upon the investments made in children and youth today. (2) Evidence demonstrates that effective partnerships among schools and communities increase student achievement by addressing the academic needs of students as well as the challenges the students face outside the classroom. For example: (A) Chicago Public Schools leads one of the Nation’s largest community school initiatives and found that students in grades 9 to 12 have 61 percent fewer school-day absences than their non-community school counterparts. When compared to non-community school counterparts, students in grades 9 to 12 were found to have more positive educational experiences; students in grades 4 to 8 had higher Emotional Health scores on the survey