3.0.0 7989 2026-07-06T15:47:07Z 2026-07-06T15:47:07Z House H HR 2026-03-18 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7989 [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania:H.R. 7989.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.[Page H2597]]]> hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee House Standing Referred To 2026-03-18T14:00:15Z 2026-03-18 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee 2026-03-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2026-03-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000467 Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] Glenn Thompson R PA 15 N P000613 Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] Jimmy Panetta D CA 19 2026-03-18 True Education Education 2026-04-02T17:07:35Z 00 2026-03-18 Introduced in House 2026-07-06T15:43:39Z All Children are Equal Act or the ACE Act

This bill revises the funding formulas for distributing Targeted Grants and Education Finance Incentive Grants (EFIG) to local educational agencies (LEAs).

Under current law, both the Targeted Grant and EFIG formulas use a weighted formula child count to increase aid to LEAs with the highest numbers or percentages of poor and other disadvantaged children (commonly referred to as formula children). Generally, children counted in these formulas are assigned weights based on (1) each LEA's percentage of formula children (commonly referred to as percentage weighting), and (2) each LEA's number of formula children (commonly referred to as number weighting). The higher of the two weighted formula child counts is then used in the formula for determining grants for an LEA.

Under this bill, beginning in FY2026 and for each succeeding fiscal year after, the weighted formula child count used to determine an LEA's Targeted Grant must be based only on the percentage weighting. Additionally, the weighted formula child count used to determine an LEA's EFIG must be based only on the number weighting.

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]]> ACE Act Display Title 45 ACE Act 2026-03-31T06:38:25Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 ACE Act 2026-03-31T06:38:24Z Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 All Children are Equal Act 2026-03-31T06:38:24Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend the weights used to determine amounts for targeted grants and education finance incentive grants for local educational agencies under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 2026-03-31T06:33:36Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2026-03-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr7989ih/xml/BILLS-119hr7989ih.xml 2026-03-18 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. 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.