3.0.0 686 2022-02-03T06:02:54Z 2022-02-03T06:02:54Z Senate S S 2011-03-30 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-03-30T19:59:20Z 2011-03-30 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2011-03-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA N B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2011-03-30 True C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2011-03-30 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2011-03-30 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2011-03-30 True H001049 Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] Kay Hagan D NC R. 2011-03-30 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2011-03-30 True Education Academic performance and assessments Accounting and auditing Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Licensing and registrations Performance measurement School administration Education 00 2011-03-30 Introduced in Senate 2011-04-04T18:49:03Z Charter School Quality Act of 2011 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to add to the criteria the Secretary of Education is to consider when deciding whether to give a state priority in the receipt of public charter school grants.

Favors states that ensure that public charter schools are held to the student performance standards set forth in their performance contracts, and: (1) have a statewide authorized public chartering agency; (2) work with authorized public chartering agencies to streamline data collection and reporting; (3) ensure that those agencies follow high-quality standards that reflect best practices; (4) have a transparent process for accrediting, training, or evaluating those agencies; and/or (5) make student achievement a primary factor in decisions to approve, renew, or revoke school charters.

Directs the Secretary, when assessing a state's grant application, to consider the rigor of the process it establishes to ensure that subgrants are awarded only to high-quality applicants that are likely to create high-performing charter schools.

Directs the Secretary to award grants to successful public charter schools, high-quality public chartering agencies, and experienced nonprofit organizations to: (1) disseminate information about successful innovations in education; or (2) assist other schools, chartering agencies, charter support organizations, and nonprofit organizations in utilizing such innovations.

Requires public charter schools to: (1) conduct an annual, independent, and timely financial audit that is filed with their chartering agency; (2) have a written, legally-binding performance contract or charter with an authorized public chartering agency in their state; and (3) be governed by a board that is independent from the chartering agency and has autonomy over decisions.

Requires authorized public chartering agencies or authorizers to use student performance and growth at the whole school level and for certain student subgroups as a primary factor in assessing public charter schools and determining whether to renew or revoke their charters.

]]> Charter School Quality Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Charter School Quality Act of 2011 Display Title Charter School Quality Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve public charter schooling by addressing quality issues. Introduced in Senate 2011-03-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s686is/xml/BILLS-112s686is.xml 2011-03-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.