3.0.0 144 2023-01-11T13:28:53Z 2023-01-11T13:28:53Z Senate S 2015-01-09 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-01-09T16:12:55Z 2015-01-09 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-01-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID N C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2015-01-09 True L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2015-01-09 True L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2015-01-09 True P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2015-01-09 True R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2015-01-09 True S000320 Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] Richard Shelby R AL C. 2015-01-09 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2015-01-27 False C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2015-02-25 False Education Academic performance and assessments Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Intergovernmental relations School administration State and local government operations Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2015-01-09 Introduced in Senate 2015-01-29T20:30:25Z Local Leadership in Education Act

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to prohibit a federal officer or employee, either directly or indirectly through grants, contracts, or other cooperative agreements under ESEA, from:

  • mandating, directing, or controlling a state's, local educational agency's (LEA's), or school's academic standards, curriculum, program of instruction, or allocation of state or local resources;
  • mandating a state or subdivision to spend any funds or incur any costs not paid for under ESEA;
  • incentivizing a state's, LEA's, or school's adoption of any specific academic standards or a specific curriculum or program of instruction;
  • conditioning the availability of financial support on such an entity's adoption of specific instructional content, academic standards, or curricula, or on the administration of assessments or tests, even if such requirements are specified in ESEA; or
  • mandating or requiring states to administer assessments or tests to students.

Requires the school improvement program under part A of title I of ESEA to be carried out without regard to any requirement that a state carry out academic assessments or that LEAs and elementary and secondary schools make adequate yearly progress.

Prohibits the Secretary of Education from conditioning the provision of a statutory or regulatory waiver under ESEA on a state, LEA, Indian tribe, or school: (1) getting their academic standards approved by the federal government, or (2) administering assessments or tests to students. Makes that prohibition applicable to future and previously issued waivers.

Amends the General Education Provisions Act to prohibit a department, agency, officer, or federal employee from: (1) exercising any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum (including its development), program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution, school, or school system or over the selection of library resources, textbooks, or other printed or published instructional materials by any educational institution or school system; or (2) requiring the assignment or transportation of students or teachers in order to overcome racial imbalance.

Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to prohibit the use of Race to the Top funds to develop, pilot test, field test, implement, administer, or distribute any assessment or testing materials.

]]> Local Leadership in Education Act Display Title Local Leadership in Education Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit the Federal Government from mandating, incentivizing, or making financial support conditioned upon a State, local educational agency, or school's adoption of specific instructional content, academic standards, or curriculum, or on the administration of assessments or tests, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Local Leadership in Education Act Introduced in Senate 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s144is/xml/BILLS-114s144is.xml 2015-01-09 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.