113 HR 1802 IH: Sandra Day O’Connor Civic Learning Act of 2013
U.S. House of Representatives
2013-04-26
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1.This Act may be cited as the
Sandra Day O’Connor Civic Learning Act
of 2013
.
2.It is the sense of
Congress that the Commissioner for Education Statistics, in administering the
National Assessment of Educational Progress, should increase the sample size of
students tested to improve disaggregation and analysis of data regarding
progress in history and civics.
3.
(a)Subpart 3 of part C
of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6711 et seq.) is amended—
(1)by repealing
sections 2341 through 2344 and inserting the following:
2341.
(a)The Secretary may
award competitive grants to eligible entities for the development and
implementation of programs to promote civic learning and engagement.
(b)An eligible entity shall use a grant received under this
section to develop and implement a program to promote civic learning and
engagement through instruction, professional development, and evaluation
activities that promote any of the following:
(1)Equity through
access to funding and program benefits, including—
(A)programs that meet
the needs of students with divergent learning styles, students of varying
ethnic, racial, and socio-economic backgrounds, and students who are English
language learners; and
(B)resources that
serve student populations that have not traditionally received opportunities
for high quality, engaging civic learning, with a special emphasis on
inner-city and rural underserved students.
(2)Innovation through
design, settings, and delivery, including service learning, interactive on-line
programming, and other approaches to engaging students in active learning and
civic participation.
(3)Scalability
through broad, cost-effective implementation and institutionalization,
including—
(A)use of the latest
technological developments;
(B)an emphasis on
programs designed to address relevant State and National educational standards;
and
(C)utilization of low
per-participant cost models of expanding the number of active students and
teachers.
(4)Accountability
through assessment and identification of best practice models,
including—
(A)independent
research and evaluation to help assess the effects of civic education programs
on students’ knowledge, skills, and traits of character essential for the
preservation and improvement of constitutional democracy;
(B)identifying
techniques that succeed with traditionally underserved student populations;
and
(C)evaluation of
teachers’ knowledge and the adequacy of the teaching facility.
(c)Definition of
eligible entityIn this section, the term eligible
entity means a nonprofit educational
organization.
;
and
(2)by redesignating
sections 2345 and 2346 as sections 2342 and 2343, respectively.
(b)
(1)Section 2342 of
such Act (20 U.S.C. 6715), as redesignated by subsection (a)(2), is
amended—
(A)in subsection
(a)—
(i)by
striking organizations described in section 2343(a)(3)
each
place it appears and inserting organizations experienced in the
development of curricula and programs in civics and government education and
economic education for students in elementary schools and secondary schools in
countries other than the United States
; and
(ii)by striking use funds made available
under grants or contracts under section 2343 to
;
(B)in subsection (b),
by striking the Center for Civic Education, the National Council on
Economic Education, and organizations described in section 2343(a)(3)
and inserting an entity specified in subsection (a)
;
(C)in subsection (e),
by striking described in section 2343
and inserting
specified in subsection (a)
; and
(D)in subsection
(f)(2), by striking the Center for Civic Education, the National Council
on Economic Education, or organizations described in section 2343(a)(3)
and inserting an entity specified in subsection (a)
.
(2)The table of
contents of such Act (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended by striking the items
relating to sections 2341 through 2346 and inserting the following:
2341. Civic learning grants.
2342. Cooperative civic education and
economic education exchange programs.
2343. Authorization of
appropriations.
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(c)Authorization of
appropriationsSection 2343
of such Act (20 U.S.C. 6716), as redesignated by subsection (a)(2), is amended
to read as follows:
2343.Authorization
of appropriationsThere are
authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2015 through
2020—
(1)$28,500,000 for
grants under section 2341; and
(2)$1,500,000 for
programs under section
2342.
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