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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [&lt;a href="https://www.gpo.gov"&gt;www.gpo.gov&lt;/a&gt;]By Mr. BURCHETT:H.R. 847.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H433]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Building Lasting Opportunities for Community K–12 Act or the BLOCK Act&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This bill repeals on October 1, 2025, specified formula grants for programs&amp;nbsp;administered by the Department of Education (ED). Beginning with FY2026, ED must instead provide&amp;nbsp;block grants for these programs to each state based on amounts received in FY2025.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Specifically, the bill repeals the following allocation formulas for programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;the Education for the Disadvantaged program (which includes Basic Grants, Concentration Grants, Targeted Grants, and Education Finance Incentive Grants);&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;State Assessment Grants;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;the Migrant Education Program;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;English Language Acquisition State Grants;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;the Rural Education Achievement Program (which includes both the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Rural and Low-Income School Program); and&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Indian Education Formula Grants.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</text>
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