[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 7, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4690-S4691]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2078. Mr. ROUNDS (for himself and Mr. Udall) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. 
Alexander (for himself and Mrs. Murray) to the bill S. 1177, to 
reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
ensure that every child achieves; as follows:

       On page 723, after line 23, insert the following:

     SEC. 7006. REPORT ON ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION IN 
                   RURAL OR POVERTY AREAS OF INDIAN COUNTRY.

       (a) In General.--By not later than 90 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education, in 
     collaboration with the Secretary of the Interior, shall 
     conduct a study regarding elementary and secondary education 
     in rural or poverty areas of Indian country.
       (b) Report.--By not later than 270 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education, in 
     collaboration with the Secretary of the Interior, shall 
     prepare and submit to Congress a report on the study 
     described in subsection (a) that--
       (1) includes the findings of the study;
       (2) identifies barriers to autonomy that Indian tribes have 
     within elementary schools and secondary schools funded or 
     operated by the Bureau of Indian Education;
       (3) identifies recruitment and retention options for highly 
     effective teachers and school administrators for elementary 
     school and secondary schools in rural or poverty areas of 
     Indian country;
       (4) identifies the limitations in funding sources and 
     flexibility for such schools; and
       (5) provides strategies on how to increase high school 
     graduation rates in such schools, in order to increase the 
     high school graduation rate for students at such schools.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) ESEA definitions.--The terms ``elementary school'', 
     ``high school'', and ``secondary school'' shall have the 
     meanings given the terms in section 9101 of the Elementary 
     and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
       (2) Indian country.--The term ``Indian country'' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 1151 of title 18, United 
     States Code.
       (3) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-
     Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b).

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