[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 325 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 325

 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

                            January 30, 2015

 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 Schools Support 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, which 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.--The Secretary 
        shall use, from the amounts provided under section 5401 for 
        fiscal years 2016 through 2019 for this subpart, a total of 
        $4,000,000 to carry out the pilot program described in 
        paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Eligible entities.--Entities described in subsection 
        (a), except for institutions of higher education, 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 
                        areas with high populations of low-income 
                        individuals and to low-performing schools; and
                    ``(B) ensure an equitable distribution of such 
                grants across diverse geographic areas.''.
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