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                                                 Union Calendar No. 449
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6418

                          [Report No. 118-540]

    To modify the program of grants to support high-quality charter 
                                schools.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 15, 2023

  Ms. Letlow (for herself, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. James, and Mr. Ciscomani) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                      Education and the Workforce

                              June 4, 2024

            Additional sponsors: Mrs. Houchin and Mr. Kiley

                              June 4, 2024

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           November 15, 2023]


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                                 A BILL


 
    To modify the program of grants to support high-quality charter 
                                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 ``Empower Charter School Educators to 
Lead Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS TO SUPPORT HIGH-QUALITY CHARTER SCHOOLS.

    Section 4303 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7221b) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ``and'' after 
                the semicolon; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by inserting ``which may include 
                        assistance in locating and accessing a 
                        facility, and technical assistance in assessing 
                        financial options, prior to an eligible 
                        applicant receiving a subgrant under this 
                        section,'' after ``paragraph (1),''; and
                            (ii) by striking the period at the end and 
                        inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) provide pre-charter planning subgrants (in amounts of 
        no more than $100,000 per prospective applicant) to charter 
        school developers that--
                    ``(A) intend to submit an application--
                            ``(i) to an authorized public chartering 
                        agency to operate a charter school; or
                            ``(ii) to nonprofit or public entities for 
                        the provision of financial support to such 
                        developers;
                    ``(B) are led by educators who--
                            ``(i) have not less than 54 months of 
                        school-based experience (which may include 
                        experience in teaching in or administering 
                        after school or summer school programs); and
                            ``(ii) have demonstrated leadership 
                        competencies and success with students, as 
                        determined by the State entity; and
                    ``(C) have successfully completed the development 
                of an initial plan for opening a charter school, as 
                evidenced by a description of the educational needs of 
                the community in which the proposed charter school will 
                be located and how the proposed charter school will be 
                suited to meet those needs.'';
            (2) in subsection (c)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``90 percent'' 
                and inserting ``82 percent'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) by striking ``not less than 7 percent'' 
                        and inserting ``not more than 10 percent''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``and'' after the 
                        semicolon;
                    (C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
                subparagraph (D); and
                    (D) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 
                following:
                    ``(C) reserve not more than 5 percent of such funds 
                to carry out the activities described in subsection 
                (b)(3); and'';
            (3) in subsection (d)(1)(B), by striking ``this section'' 
        and inserting ``subsection (b)(1)'';
            (4) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ``this section'' and 
        inserting ``subsection (b)(1)'';
            (5) in subsection (f)(1)(A)(vi)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by 
                inserting ``under subsection (b)(1)'' after 
                ``program''; and
                    (B) in subclause (II), by striking ``subgrant funds 
                under this section'' and inserting ``subgrant funds 
                under subsection (b)(1)''; and
            (6) in subsection (h), in the matter preceding paragraph 
        (1), by striking ``this section'' and inserting ``subsection 
        (b)(1)''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 449

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 6418

                          [Report No. 118-540]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

    To modify the program of grants to support high-quality charter 
                                schools.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              June 4, 2024

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed