[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6402 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6402

    To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
            establish grants to increase student attendance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 2008

  Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas (for herself, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. 
 Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Blumenauer, 
 Mr. Sestak, Mrs. Lowey, and Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas) 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 
            establish grants to increase student attendance.

    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 ``Increasing Student Achievement 
through School Attendance Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS TO INCREASE STUDENT ATTENDANCE.

    (a) In General.--Subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7131 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 4131. GRANTS TO INCREASE STUDENT ATTENDANCE.

    ``(a) In General.--Subject to the availability of appropriations, 
the Secretary shall award grants from funds made available to carry out 
this section to eligible entities for the purpose increasing student 
attendance at school by developing innovative policies, programs, and 
practices to prevent, provide alternatives to, and resolve truancy, 
suspension, expulsion among students.
    ``(b) Eligible Entities.--For purposes of this section, the term 
`eligible entity' means--
            ``(1) a local educational agency;
            ``(2) a State educational agency; or
            ``(3) an Indian tribe.
    ``(c) Use of Funds.--Funds received under this section may be 
used--
            ``(1) to foster collaboration between school systems, law 
        enforcement, courts, juvenile justice, child welfare, 
        community-based organizations, including faith-based 
        organizations, and social service systems for the purpose of 
        this section;
            ``(2) to train school system personnel in positive 
        behavioral interventions and supports and graduated discipline 
        policies and practices;
            ``(3) to support innovative policies, programs and 
        practices determined by the Secretary to be effective at 
        increasing student attendance at school, such as dedicated 
        attendance workers, home visitation, truancy courts, youth 
        courts, and mediation; and
            ``(4) to provide opportunities for student support services 
        personnel to staff in-school suspension and expulsion programs.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2008 through 2013.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 4003(2) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
7103) is amended by inserting ``(excluding section 4131)'' before the 
period at the end.
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