[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6239 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6239

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to suspend 
 temporarily the process of identifying schools and local educational 
 agencies as in need of improvement and of imposing sanctions on such 
                schools and local educational agencies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 2008

   Mr. Graves (for himself and Mr. Walz of Minnesota) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                                 Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to suspend 
 temporarily the process of identifying schools and local educational 
 agencies as in need of improvement and of imposing sanctions on such 
                schools and local educational agencies.

    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 ``NCLB Recess Until Reauthorization 
Act''.

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF IDENTIFYING SCHOOLS AND LOCAL 
              EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES AS IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENT AND OF 
              IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON SUCH SCHOOLS AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL 
              AGENCIES.

    Section 1116 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 6316) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) Temporary Suspension.--
            ``(1) Suspension.--Subject to paragraph (2), during the 
        2008-2009 school year, the following shall apply:
                    ``(A) No new identifications for improvement or 
                sanctions.--A school or local educational agency shall 
                not be identified for improvement under this section, 
                and a sanction shall not be imposed by reason of being 
                so identified. However, a school or local educational 
                agency that was, as of such date, identified for 
                improvement may continue to be so identified and may 
                continue to be subject to any specific sanction that 
                was, as of such date, being imposed.
                    ``(B) No new corrective actions or 
                restructurings.--A school or local educational agency 
                shall not be identified for corrective action or 
                restructuring under this section, and a corrective 
                action or restructuring shall not be required by reason 
                of being so identified. However, a school or local 
                educational agency that was, as of such date, 
                identified for corrective action or restructuring may 
                continue to be so identified and may continue to be 
                subject to any specific corrective action or 
                restructuring that was, as of such date, being 
                required.
            ``(2) Sunset.--Paragraph (1) shall cease to apply beginning 
        on the earlier of--
                    ``(A) the last day of the 2008-2009 school year; or
                    ``(B) the date of the enactment of an Act 
                containing an authorization of appropriations for this 
                title for fiscal year 2009.''.
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