[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6034 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6034

To provide demonstration grants to States for the purpose of extending 
  the length of the academic year at elementary and secondary schools 
                           within the State.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 6, 2006

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide demonstration grants to States for the purpose of extending 
  the length of the academic year at elementary and secondary schools 
                           within the State.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Classroom Commitment Partnership Act 
of 2006''.

SEC. 2. DEMONSTRATION GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--From amounts made available to carry out this Act, 
the Secretary of Education shall make demonstration grants to States 
for the purpose of extending the length of the academic year at 
elementary and secondary schools within the State to not fewer than 200 
academic days of not fewer than 7 hours each.
    (b) Period of Grant.--A grant under this section shall be awarded 
for a period of 3 consecutive academic years. The provision of payments 
under such a grant is subject to annual approval by the Secretary and 
subject to the availability of appropriations for the fiscal year 
involved to make the payments.
    (c) Eligibility.--To be eligible for a grant under this Act, a 
State must, for the entire period covered by the grant, have in effect 
laws and policies that ensure that each elementary and secondary school 
in the State uses an academic year of not fewer than 200 academic days, 
with each such academic day of not fewer than 7 hours devoted to actual 
instruction.
    (d) Application.--To receive a grant under this Act, a State must 
submit to the Secretary an application that contains--
            (1) assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the State 
        will be eligible for the grant for the entire period covered by 
        the grant;
            (2) a description of the State's plan for using the grant 
        amounts to carry out the purpose of the grant program; and
            (3) an estimate of the cost of the plan.
    (e) Selection.--In selecting States to receive grants under this 
Act, the Secretary shall select only those States that do not use an 
academic year of not fewer than 200 academic days of not fewer than 7 
hours devoted to actual instruction.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this Act $500,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2007 through 2009.
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