[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3072 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3072

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 18, 2023

Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Scott 
 of South Carolina, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Braun, and Mr. Schatz) 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 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;
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by inserting ``which may include 
                        assistance in locating and accessing a facility 
                        and funding a revolving loan fund or a similar 
                        mechanism for expenses under subsection (h) 
                        prior to an eligible applicant receiving 
                        reimbursement,'' after ``paragraph (1),''; and
                            (ii) by striking the period at the end and 
                        inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) 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 have not yet submitted an application 
        for a charter to an authorized public chartering agency, or to 
        nonprofit or public entities for the provision of financial 
        support to such developers, provided that such developers--
                    ``(A) are led by educators--
                            ``(i) with 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) that have demonstrated leadership 
                        competencies and success with students, as 
                        determined by the State entity; and
                    ``(B) have successfully completed the development 
                of an initial plan for opening a public 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 planned charter school will 
                be suited to meet those needs.''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``90 percent'' 
                and inserting ``80 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);
                    (D) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (C), by striking ``3 percent'' and 
                inserting ``5 percent''; and
                    (E) 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''.
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