[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4810 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4810

To amend the provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 relating to 
   Academic Competitiveness Grants to preserve State authority over 
                      secondary school curricula.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 28, 2006

Mr. Bishop of Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
              the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 relating to 
   Academic Competitiveness Grants to preserve State authority over 
                      secondary school curricula.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO RECOGNIZE RIGOROUS SECONDARY SCHOOL PROGRAMS OF 
              STUDY.

    Section 401A(c)(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as added by 
section 8003 of the Higher Education Reconciliation Act of 2005, is 
amended by striking ``established by a State or local educational 
agency and recognized as such by the Secretary'' each place it appears 
in subparagraphs (A)(i) and (B)(i) and inserting ``recognized as such 
by the chief State school officer of the State within which such 
secondary school is located''.
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