[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2029 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2029
To use amounts provided for the Fund for the Improvement of Education
to establish a pilot program that supports year-round public elementary
schools and secondary schools.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 12, 2014
Mr. Kirk (for himself and Mr. Booker) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions
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A BILL
To use amounts provided for the Fund for the Improvement of Education
to establish a pilot program that supports year-round public elementary
schools and secondary schools.
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 ``All Year School Study Act''.
SEC. 2. YEAR-ROUND SCHOOL PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) Program Authorized.--Section 5411 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7243) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph
(10); and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:
``(9) Activities to establish or expand programs providing
year-round education at public elementary schools or secondary
schools that--
``(A) focus on raising student achievement, using
research- and evidence-based practices; and
``(B) may include increasing the salaries of
teachers who agree to work in the year-round education
programs by an amount not to exceed 100 percent.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Pilot Program for Year-Round School Activities.--
``(1) In general.--From the amounts described in paragraph
(2), the Secretary shall carry out a multi-year pilot program
that awards 4 grants, to eligible entities described in
paragraph (3), to carry out the activities described in
subsection (b)(9).
``(2) Funding limit for the pilot program.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall use, from
the amounts provided under section 5401 for fiscal
years 2015 through 2018 for this subpart, a total of
$4,000,000 to carry out the pilot program described in
paragraph (1), subject to subparagraph (B).
``(B) Reservation.--The Secretary shall reserve 5
percent of the total amount of funds made available
under subparagraph (A) to carry out the independent
evaluation described in paragraph (5).
``(3) Eligible entities.--Entities described in subsection
(a), except for institutions of higher education or private
entities, shall be eligible for grants under this subsection.
``(4) Award basis.--In awarding grants under paragraph (1),
the Secretary shall--
``(A) give a priority to eligible entities that--
``(i) propose to use grant funds to carry
out year-round education activities that
emphasize science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics; and
``(ii) target the year-round education
activities to be carried out under the grant
to--
``(I) areas with large populations,
or high concentrations, of low-income
individuals; and
``(II) low-performing schools; and
``(B) ensure an equitable distribution of such
grants across diverse geographic areas.
``(5) Independent evaluation.--The Secretary shall enter
into a contract with an entity to--
``(A) provide an independent evaluation of the
effectiveness of the pilot program carried out under
this subsection; and
``(B) prepare and submit a report to the Secretary
and Congress, by not later than 180 days after the
conclusion of the pilot program under this subsection,
that summarizes the results of the evaluation.
``(6) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection
shall be construed to alter or otherwise affect the rights,
remedies, and procedures afforded to school or school district
employees under Federal, State, or local laws (including
applicable regulations, court orders, or requirements that
school districts negotiate, or meet and confer, in good faith)
or under the terms of collective bargaining agreements,
memoranda of understanding, or other agreements between such
employers and their employees.''.
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