3.0.0 2312 2023-01-11T14:50:58Z 2023-01-11T14:50:58Z Senate S S 2007-11-06 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-11-06T20:00:10Z 2007-11-06 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13993-13995) IntroReferral 2007-11-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13991-13993, S13995-13996) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-11-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN N Education Academic performance Administrative procedure Congressional reporting requirements Data banks Department of Education Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Educational accountability Educational innovations Educational tests Federal aid to education Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Higher education Law School districts Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Education 00 2007-11-06 Introduced in Senate 2008-02-15T22:19:43Z Amends title VI (Flexibility and Accountability) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to set forth a new Part C: State Student Achievement Contracts.

Allows the Secretary of Education to enter into five-year student achievement contracts with up to 12 states, authorizing them to: (1) waive the statutory or regulatory requirements that accompany any ESEA formula grant program for states; (2) use funds, or allow their local educational agencies (LEAs) to use funds, received under specified ESEA programs for implementing one or more of such programs or programs under part A of title I of the ESEA; and (3) require their LEAs that are not meeting state student proficiency targets to use such funds for corrective intervention activities.

Requires contract applicants to demonstrate that their academic standards, assessments, accountability systems, objectives, and data systems meet specified minimum requirements under such contracts.

Establishes alternative ESEA program waivers for states participating in the contract program that do not meet such minimum academic standards and assessment requirements but have a plan, approved by the Secretary, for doing so.

Requires participating states to report annually on how they have used federal funds under the contract to improve academic achievement, narrow the achievement gap, and improve educational opportunities for the disadvantaged.

Provides for the early termination of program participation by states not abiding by the terms of their contracts.

Requires an independent five-year evaluation of this program's success in improving student academic achievement.

]]> A bill to amend title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide for State student achievement contracts. Display Title A bill to amend title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide for State student achievement contracts. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide for State student achievement contracts. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill State Student Achievement Contracts Act Introduced in Senate 2007-11-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2312is/xml/BILLS-110s2312is.xml 2007-11-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13993-13995) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.