[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 888 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 888

 To amend title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 to provide financial assistance to local educational agencies that 
educate alien children admitted to the United States as citizens of one 
                    of the Freely Associated States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 2011

Ms. Bordallo (for herself, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Sablan, Mr. Pierluisi, 
 Mr. Honda, and Ms. Hanabusa) introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 to provide financial assistance to local educational agencies that 
educate alien children admitted to the United States as citizens of one 
                    of the Freely Associated States.

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

SECTION 1. PAYMENTS RELATING TO ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION OF 
              CITIZENS OF FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.

    (a) Purpose.--Section 8001 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7701) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``or'';
            (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) educate alien children admitted to the United States 
        as citizens of one of the Freely Associated States.''.
    (b) Payments for Eligible Federally Connected Children.--Section 
8003(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7703(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(H) resided in the United States pursuant to an 
                admission into the United States as a citizen of the 
                Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States 
                of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(G) Multiply the number of children described in 
                paragraph (1)(H) by a factor of 1.25.''.
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