[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
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[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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