[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 14, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5086-S5087]
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  SA 2252. Mr. BENNET 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:

       On page 746, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
       (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking clause (iv) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(iv)(I) In the case of a local educational agency that 
     has a total student enrollment

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     of fewer than 1,000 students and that has a per-pupil 
     expenditure that is less than the average per-pupil 
     expenditure of the State in which the agency is located or 
     less than the average per-pupil expenditure of all the 
     States, the total percentage used to calculate threshold 
     payments under clause (i) shall not be less than 40 percent.
       ``(II) In the case of a local educational agency that, on 
     the date of enactment of the Every Child Achieves Act of 
     2015, met the description in subclause (I) and whose total 
     student enrollment increases for a subsequent year to--
       ``(aa) more than 999 but not more than 1,100 students, the 
     total percentage used to calculate threshold payments under 
     clause (i) shall not be less than 30 percent, unless such 
     local educational agency would receive a larger payment under 
     subsection (e); or
       ``(bb) more than 1,100 but not more than 1,200 students, 
     the total percentage used to calculate threshold payments 
     under clause (i) shall not be less than 20 percent, unless 
     such local educational agency would receive a larger payment 
     under subsection (e).'';
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