[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 14, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5086]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2251. 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 367, by striking ``using'' on line 9 and all that 
     follows through line 23 and inserting ``by calculating--
       ``(i) the sum of--

       ``(I) 75 percent of the number of individuals age 5 to 21 
     who speak English less than very well in the State, as 
     determined from 3 year estimates through data available from 
     the American Community Survey conducted by the Department of 
     Commerce; and
       ``(II) 25 percent of the number of students who are 
     determined not to be English proficient on the basis of the 
     State's English language proficiency assessment under section 
     1111(b)(2)(G) (which may be multiyear estimates); or

       ``(ii) another combination of the data derived from the 
     sources described in subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (i), 
     except that such combination of data shall include not less 
     than 25 percent of the number of students described in clause 
     (i)(II);
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