3.0.0 213 2023-01-11T13:46:40Z 2023-01-11T13:46:40Z Senate S 2021-02-03 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-02-03T21:50:47Z TRUE EQUITY Act 117 779 HR 2021-02-03 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Identical bill CRS 2021-02-03 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-02-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2021-02-03 True Education Academic performance and assessments Disability and paralysis Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Educational guidance Elementary and secondary education Employment and training programs Foreign language and bilingual programs Higher education Licensing and registrations Minority education Preschool education School administration Special education State and local government operations Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula Vocational and technical education Education 00 2021-02-03 Introduced in Senate 2021-04-13T20:29:23Z Transformational Reforms and Updates to Ensure Educational Quality and Urgent Investments in Today's Youth Act of 2021 or the TRUE EQUITY Act

This bill establishes various grant programs to address educational inequities in elementary and secondary schools.

Specifically, the bill creates grant programs related to (1) early childhood education, (2) high-quality and diverse teachers and leaders, (3) college and career readiness pathways, and (4) additional resources for at-risk students. For each grant program, the Department of Education (ED) must award a single grant to an eligible state.

To be eligible for a grant, a state must establish an independent state oversight board. The oversight board must, among other duties (1) determine whether the state and its local educational agencies (LEAs) have met state educational equity goals, and (2) hold them accountable for failing to meet those goals. ED may renew a grant if the oversight board determines the state has met its goals.

In addition, for each grant program, the bill outlines the activities authorized under the program, maintenance-of-effort requirements, and matching fund requirements.

Finally, the bill permits ED to enter into a local flexibility demonstration agreement, through which a state educational agency may use funds to develop and implement a school funding system based on weighted per-pupil allocations for low-income and disadvantaged students. (Currently, ED may enter into these agreements with LEAs.)

]]> TRUE EQUITY Act Display Title TRUE EQUITY Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for a Federal partnership to ensure educational equity and quality. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced TRUE EQUITY Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Transformational Reforms and Updates to Ensure Educational Quality and Urgent Investments in Today's Youth Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s213is/xml/BILLS-117s213is.xml 2021-02-03 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.