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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mrs. LAWRENCE:H.R. 416.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, clause 3--The Congress shall havePower To  . .  regulate Commerce with foreign nations, andamong the several States, and with Indian Tribes;[Page H300]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Raising Accountability to Improve School Excellence Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to: (1)&nbsp;require a charter school grant application to include additional information and assurances related to oversight&nbsp;of&nbsp;authorizing activity by a public chartering agency; and (2) expand grant selection criteria and priorities to include consideration of the number of times a state entity has applied for, and been denied, such a grant.</p>]]></text>
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