[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2259 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2259

 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow 
         for data collection about military-connected students.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 28, 2014

Mrs. Murray (for herself, Ms. Cantwell, and Mr. Cardin) 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 amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow 
         for data collection about military-connected students.

    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 ``Helping Military Children Succeed in 
Schools Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT.

    Section 1111(h)(1)(C) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(h)(1)(C)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (vii) by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in clause (viii) by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (viii) the following:
                            ``(ix) information regarding the number of 
                        military-connected students which, for the 
                        purposes of this clause, shall mean students 
                        with a parent who serves in the Armed Forces, 
                        including the National Guard and Reserve 
                        Forces, and information regarding academic 
                        achievement for such students, except that such 
                        information shall not be used for school or 
                        local educational agency accountability 
                        purposes under section 1116.''.
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