[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 14, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5067]
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  SA 2239. Ms. WARREN 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; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Beginning on page 53, strike line 6 and all that follows 
     through line 3 on page 54 and insert the following:
       ``(i)(I) Annually establishes State-designed ambitious but 
     achievable goals for all students and separately for each of 
     the categories of students in the State. Such goals shall 
     expect accelerated academic gains from the categories of 
     students who are the farthest away from reaching the State-
     determined multi-year goals as described in subclause (II) 
     and the graduation rate goals as described in subclause (III) 
     and shall include, at a minimum--

       ``(aa) academic achievement, which may include student 
     growth, on the State assessments under paragraph (2); and
       ``(bb) high school graduation rates, including--

       ``(AA) the 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate; and
       ``(BB) at the State's discretion, the extended-year 
     adjusted cohort graduation rate.
       ``(II) Sets multi-year goals that are consistent with the 
     challenging State academic standards under subsection 
     (b)(1)(A) to ensure that all students graduate prepared to 
     enter the workforce or postsecondary education without the 
     need for postsecondary remediation.
       ``(III) Sets a multi-year graduation rate goal of not less 
     than 90 percent.
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