3.0.0 1758 2021-09-28T20:40:26Z 2021-09-28T20:40:26Z House H HR 2009-03-26 111 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Referred to 2009-05-14T14:27:11Z Referred to 2009-03-26T14:04:48Z 2009-05-14 hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Committee 2009-03-26 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2009-03-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001034 Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] MICHAEL HONDA D CA M. 15 N H001042 Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2 2009-03-26 True G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2009-03-26 True F000043 Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] CHAKA FATTAH D PA 2 2009-03-26 True C001061 Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] Emanuel Cleaver D MO 5 2009-03-26 True S001173 Rep. Space, Zachary T. [D-OH-18] Zachary Space D OH T. 18 2009-03-26 True H001040 Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17] Phil Hare D IL 17 2009-04-23 False S001169 Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7] Joe Sestak D PA 7 2009-06-23 False M000933 Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] JAMES MORAN D VA P. 8 2009-06-23 False C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2009-10-08 False Education Advisory bodies Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Government studies and investigations State and local finance Education 00 2009-03-26 Introduced in House 2009-04-22T15:41:17Z The Educational Opportunity and Equity Commission Act of 2009 - Establishes the Educational Opportunity and Equity Commission, composed of the Secretary of Education and 14 individuals appointed by the Secretary who are educational stakeholders or have relevant experience or knowledge.

Tasks the Commission with conducting a study and reporting to Congress on ways to enable all students to achieve their academic potential, with particular emphasis on: (1) ensuring that schools receive adequate resources; (2) developing methods for assessing students' educational needs; and (3) creating innovative strategies for state and local educational agencies to follow to enable students to achieve their academic potential, and to enable such agencies to participate in school funding reform efforts that result in educational equity.

Directs the Commission to conduct outreach programs with communities throughout the nation to engage them in a public dialogue on how to ensure that their schools enable all students to achieve their academic potential.

]]> Educational Opportunity and Equity Commission Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Educational Opportunity and Equity Commission Act of 2009 Display Title Educational Opportunity and Equity Commission Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To provide for the establishment of a commission to stimulate and engage in an informed, national, and public dialogue about how to ensure that each student in the United States receives an equitable education that enables the student to achieve his or her maximum academic potential. Introduced in House 2009-03-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr1758ih/xml/BILLS-111hr1758ih.xml 2009-05-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. 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.