ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT

Amendments

Schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 2218), H5986, H5993, H5996, H5998, H5999, H6000, H6001, H6002, H6003 [8SE]

———encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 2218), consideration (H. Res. 392), H5986 [8SE]

Bills and resolutions

Children and youth: help keep students safe on school-run, overnight, off-premises field trips (see H.R. 788), H1177 (see H.R. 788), H1197 [17FE]

———improve academic content standards for physical education (see S. 576), S1676 [15MR]

Dept. of Education: allow a State to opt out of K-12 educational grant programs and the requirements of those programs and provide a tax credit to taxpayers in such a State (see H.R. 3176), H6919 [13OC]

———allow certain Armed Forces members who served on active duty to be eligible to participate in the Troops-to-Teachers Program (see H.R. 1947), H3342 [23MY]

———allow local educational agencies to use certain grants for professional development activities that train school personnel about restorative justice and conflict resolution (see H.R. 415), H468 [25JA]

———allow State and local educational agencies and schools to make greater use of positive behavior supports and other early intervening services (see S. 541), S1546 [10MR] (see H.R. 3165), H6853 [12OC]

———amend the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Rural and Low-Income School Program (see S. 567), S1600 [14MR]

———amend the weighted child count used to determine distribution of low-income student assistance funding to local educational agencies (see H.R. 2485), H4850 [11JY]

———assure comparability of opportunity for educationally disadvantaged students (see S. 701), S2046 [31MR] (see H.R. 1294), H2214 [31MR]

———authorize State and local educational agencies to carry out teacher exchanges (see H.R. 863), H1454 [1MR]

———authorizing appropriations for improving basic programs operated by local educational agencies (see H.R. 864), H1455 [1MR]

———award grants for support of full-service community schools (see S. 585), S1677 [15MR] (see H.R. 1090), H1841 [15MR]

———award grants to establish, expand, or support an existing school-based mentoring program to assist at-risk middle school students with transition to high school (see H.R. 853), H1454 [1MR]

———award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see S. 393), S870 [17FE] (see H.R. 820), H1250 (see H.R. 820), H1362 [18FE]

———create a demonstration project to fund additional secondary school counselors in certain troubled schools to reduce dropout rates (see H.R. 667), H723 [11FE]

———develop State statistical literacy plans and make grants for statistics-related teacher professional development and statistics education improvement (see H.R. 1817), H3160 [10MY]

———eliminate the Ready To Learn program (see H.R. 3456), H7828 [17NO]

———encourage and support parent, family, and community involvement in schools, provide needed services and supports to children, and ensure that schools are centers of communities (see S. 1462), S5191 [1AU] (see H.R. 2691), H5733 [28JY]

———encourage implementation or expansion of prekindergarten programs (see H.R. 3469), H7829 [17NO]

———establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see H.R. 1377), H2327 [5AP]

———establish a partnership program in foreign languages (see S. 1015), S3052 [17MY] (see H.R. 1966), H3409 [24MY]

———establish an alternative accountability model for elementary and secondary schools to measure student progress (see S. 1654), S6090 [4OC]

———establish expanded learning time initiatives (see S. 851), S2507 [14AP] (see H.R. 1636), H2912 [15AP]

———establish teacher evaluation programs (see S. 763), S2266 [7AP] (see H.R. 1368), H2327 [5AP]

———establish the National Education Innovation Network and National Innovation Corps (see H.R. 2326), H4527 [23JN]

———foster community involvement of students (see H.R. 2565), H5125 [15JY]

———implement ready school needs reviews (see S. 1439), S5017 [28JY]

———improve academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 1057), H1796 [14MR]

———improve 21st Century Community Learning Centers (see S. 1311), S4292 [30JN]

———increase percentage of low-income student assistance funding reserved for outlying areas and the Dept. of the Interior (see H.R. 2430), H4671 [6JY]

———invest in innovation for education (see S. 895), S2731 [5MY]

———modify the High School Graduation Initiative (School Dropout Prevention Program) (see S. 1495), S5251 [2AU]

———promote environmental education (see S. 1372), S4608 [14JY] (see H.R. 2547), H5086 [14JY]

———provide effective science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teaching and learning (see S. 463), S1120 [2MR]

———provide flexibility to school districts to integrate academics with career and technical education programs (see S. 1686), S6461 [12OC] (see H.R. 3154), H6853 [12OC]

———provide grants for core curriculum development (see H.R. 1531), H2665 [13AP]

———provide grants for innovative teacher retention programs (see H.R. 1794), H3114 [6MY]

———provide grants to States for repair, renovation, and construction of elementary and secondary schools (see S. 902), S2731 [5MY]

———provide grants to States to ensure that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors (see S. 833), S2506 [14AP] (see H.R. 1547), H2854 [14AP]

———provide Impact Aid Program assistance to local educational agencies that educate alien children admitted to the U.S. as citizens of one of the Freely Associated States (see H.R. 888), H1524 [2MR]

———provide States and local educational agencies with maximum flexibility in using certain Federal education funds (see S. 1569), S5684 [15SE] (see H.R. 2445), H4748 [7JY]

———reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (see S. 1328), S4394 [6JY]

———reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 472), H507 [26JA] (see H.R. 1342), H2291 [4AP]

———reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers (see S. 1661), S6330 [6OC]

———require payment of certain Impact Aid Program payments to eligible local educational agencies within 3 years (see S. 595), S1751 [16MR] (see H.R. 2094), H3985 [2JN]

———strengthen connections to early childhood education programs (see S. 1677), S6390 [11OC] (see H.R. 2794), H5895 [5AU]

———support Promise Neighborhoods (see S. 1004), S2992 [16MY] (see H.R. 2098), H3985 [2JN]

———support secondary school reentry programs (see S. 1019), S3105 [18MY]

———suspend temporarily the process of imposing restructuring sanctions on certain schools and local educational agencies (see H.R. 3175), H6853 [12OC]

Diseases: provide grants to schools for the development of asthma management plans and the purchase of asthma medications and devices for emergency use (see H.R. 1692), H2998 [3MY]

Education: aid gifted and talented learners, including high-ability learners not formally identified as gifted (see S. 857), S2507 [14AP] (see H.R. 1674), H2933 [2MY]

———allow States to establish college- and career-readiness goals, identify lowest-peforming schools, establish teacher licensure and certification requirements, and reduce paperwork (see S. 1571), S5684 [15SE]

———assist State and local educational agencies to prepare, train, and recruit effective teachers and principals (see S. 1567), S5684 [15SE]

———award grants to prepare individuals for the 21st century workplace and increase global competitiveness (see H.R. 3036), H6413 [22SE]

———develop 21st century readiness initiatives that assist students in acquiring skills to think critically and solve problems, communicate, collaborate with others, and create and innovate (see H.R. 2536), H5085 [14JY]

———ensure schools have physical education programs that meet minimum requirements for physical education (see H.R. 422), H469 [25JA]

———improve calculation, reporting, and accountability for high school graduation rates (see S. 767), S2266 [7AP] (see H.R. 1419), H2533 [7AP]

———improve early education, including early English proficiency education (see S. 1722), S6600 [17OC]

———improve student achievement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects (see S. 1675), S6330 [6OC]

———improve teacher and principal quality (see S. 1674), S6330 [6OC]

———improve teacher quality and increase access to effective teachers (see S. 1716), S6600 [17OC]

———include geography in certain education reform proposals, provide funding for geography education, and enhance geography teacher training (see H. Res. 249), H3061 [4MY]

———promote innovative education practices, help States and local educational agencies ensure high-quality English proficiency instruction, and provide college and career knowledge to English learners (see S. 1158), S3613 [8JN]

———provide flexibility and improvements in elementary and secondary education (see S. 280), S544 [3FE]

———provide for a system of professional learning to continuously improve educator effectiveness, student achievement, and overall school and system performance (see H.R. 2211), H4326 [16JN]

———support the community schools model (see S. 616), S1826 [17MR]

Federal aid programs: provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage girls and minorities to pursue studies and careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 1903), H3301 [13MY]

Financial literacy: provide grants to promote (see S. 787), S2387 [12AP] (see S. 853), S2507 [14AP] (see S. 865), S2580 [2MY] (see H.R. 1918), H3301 [13MY]

———require financial literacy and economic education counseling for student borrowers (see S. 1260), S4024 [22JN] (see H.R. 2535), H5085 [14JY]

Government regulations: improve waiver authority available to State and local agencies relative to statutory or regulatory requirements (see S. 1568), S5684 [15SE]

Health: increase public awareness and create educational programs concerning eating disorders (see H.R. 36), H34 [5JA]

Native Americans: improve education (see S. 1262), S4075 [23JN] (see S. 1519), S5386 [7SE] (see H.R. 3568, 3569), H8186 [6DE]

No Child Left Behind Act: amend relative to highly qualified teachers, growth models, adequate yearly progress, Native American language programs, and parental involvement (see S. 1724), S6600 [17OC]

———reform accountability system for elementary and secondary schools (see S. 1725), S6600 [17OC]

Puerto Rico: increase maximum amount of Federal funding available for English-language instruction in public schools (see H.R. 1721), H3060 [4MY]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see S. 506), S1406 [8MR] (see H.R. 1648), H2912 [15AP]

———direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 458), H507 [26JA]

———direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters unless the student's parent provides written request against the release (see H.R. 637), H680 [10FE]

———encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (see S. 92), S124 [25JA] (see H.R. 2218), H4326 [16JN]

———encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 2218), consideration (see H. Res. 392), H5963 [7SE]

———expand successful models, reduce administrative burdens, improve funding, allow direct agency application to the Federal Government, and encourage sharing of best practices relative to charter schools (see S. 1566), S5684 [15SE]

———improve public charter schooling by addressing quality issues (see S. 686), S1976 [30MR]

Science: consider role of science education in the educational accountability system relative to reauthorization of such Act (see H. Res. 378), H5733 [28JY]

Factsheets

Elementary and Secondary Education—How Has the Environment Changed Over the Past 10 Years, S5644 [15SE]

How To Fix ``No Child Left Behind'', S5644, S5645 [15SE]

What the Nation Has Learned From No Child Left Behind—Good and Bad, S5644 [15SE]

Why We Need To Fix No Child Left Behind, S5644 [15SE]

Letters

Allow grants to high quality charter schools that do not include every subgroup of students classified as disadvantaged: Curt Decker, National Disability Rights Network, H6004 [8SE]

———Deborah A. Ziegler, Council for Exceptional Children, H6003 [8SE]

———James H. Wendorf, National Learning Center for Learning Disabilities, H6004 [8SE]

———Katy Beh Neas, Easter Seals Inc., H6004 [8SE]

———National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, H6003 [8SE]

No Child Left Behind Act reform: Senator Alexander, S6572 [17OC]

Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Rural and Low-Income School Program: Terry McCabe, Maine School Management Association, S1605 [14MR]

Lists

Organizations opposed to King of Iowa amendment to H.R. 2218, Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act, on allowing grants to charter schools that do not include every subgroup of students classified as disadvantaged, H6003 [8SE]

Memorandums

Colorado-Tennessee Working Group on Effective Regulation and Assessment Systems for Public Education, S1792 [17MR]

Motions

Schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 2218), H6120 [13SE]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Education: allow certain Armed Forces members who served on active duty to be eligible to participate in the Troops-to-Teachers Program, H3706 [26MY], E972 [27MY]

———allow certain Armed Forces members who served on active duty to be eligible to participate in the Troops-to-Teachers Program (H.R. 1947), E922 [23MY]

———authorize State and local educational agencies to carry out teacher exchanges (H.R. 863), H3811 [1JN]

———encourage implementation or expansion of prekindergarten programs (H.R. 3469), E2085 [17NO]

———improve academic content standards for physical education (H.R. 1057), E1721 [23SE]

———promote environmental education (H.R. 2547), E1321 [14JY], E1687 [22SE]

———provide grants for innovative teacher retention programs, E825 [5MY]

———provide Impact Aid Program assistance to local educational agencies that educate alien children admitted to the U.S. as citizens of one of the Freely Associated States (H.R. 888), E404 [2MR]

———reauthorize Impact Aid Program (H.R. 1342), H2276 [4AP], E625 [4AP]

———strengthen connections to early childhood education programs (H.R. 2794), E1513 [9AU]

Diseases: provide grants to schools for the development of asthma management plans and the purchase of asthma medications and devices for emergency use (H.R. 1692), E800 [3MY]

Education: develop 21st century readiness initiatives that assist students in acquiring skills to think critically and solve problems, communicate, collaborate with others, and create and innovate (H.R. 2536), E1322 [14JY]

———improve calculation, reporting, and accountability for high school graduation rates (H.R. 1419), E666 [7AP]

———science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) program funding, H745, H750 [14FE]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of special needs students, H1803 [15MR]

———address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (H.R. 1648), E1641 [15SE], E2093 [18NO]

———allow grants to high quality charter schools that do not include every subgroup of students classified as disadvantaged, H6003-H6005 [8SE]

———direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (H.R. 458), E129 [26JA]

———direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters unless the student's parent provides written request against the release (H.R. 637), E195 [10FE]

———encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 2218), H5958 [7SE], H5976, H5988-H6005 [8SE], H6105, H6119-H6123 [13SE], E1573 [9SE], E1620, E1622, E1628, E1634 [14SE]

———encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 2218), consideration (H. Res. 392), H5979-H5988 [8SE]

———encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 2218), motion to recommit, H6121 [13SE]

———promote use of goods made in the U.S. for the construction and enhancement of charter schools, H5985, H5986 [8SE]

———provide that States receiving charter school grants require criminal background checks for charter school employees, H6121 [13SE]

Remarks in Senate

Appropriations: authorizing, S6717-S6724 [19OC], S7349-S7351 [10NO]

Dept. of Defense: terminate Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary School System, transfer students to local school systems, and provide Impact Aid Program funding to such systems, S7957 [29NO]

Dept. of Education: amend the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Rural and Low-Income School Program (S. 567), S1603-S1605 [14MR]

———award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (S. 393), S888 [17FE]

———establish an alternative accountability model for elementary and secondary schools to measure student progress (S. 1654), S6093 [4OC]

———establish expanded learning time initiatives (S. 851), S2529 [14AP]

———establish teacher evaluation programs (S. 763), S2273 [7AP]

———implement ready school needs reviews (S. 1439), S5067 [29JY]

———improve academic content standards for physical education (S. 576), S1678 [15MR]

———modify the High School Graduation Initiative (School Dropout Prevention Program) (S. 1495), S5263 [2AU]

———promote environmental education (S. 1372), S4612 [14JY]

———provide grants to States for repair, renovation, and construction of elementary and secondary schools (S. 902), S2740 [5MY]

———provide grants to States to ensure that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors (S. 833), S2520 [14AP]

———provide States and local educational agencies with maximum flexibility in using certain Federal education funds (S. 1569), S5641, S5642, S5648 [15SE], S5735 [20SE]

———reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (S. 1328), S4395 [6JY]

———support Promise Neighborhoods (S. 1004), S2997 [16MY]

Education: aid gifted and talented learners, including high-ability learners not formally identified as gifted (S. 857), S2532 [14AP]

———allow States to establish college- and career-readiness goals, identify lowest-peforming schools, establish teacher licensure and certification requirements, and reduce paperwork (S. 1571), S5641, S5642 [15SE]

———assist State and local educational agencies to prepare, train, and recruit effective teachers and principals (S. 1567), S5641 [15SE]

———improve calculation, reporting, and accountability for high school graduation rates (S. 767), S2277 [7AP]

———improve early education, including early English proficiency education (S. 1722), S6604 [17OC]

———improve teacher and principal quality (S. 1674), S6342 [6OC]

———provide flexibility and improvements in elementary and secondary education (S. 280), S549 [3FE]

———provide flexibility in assessing the best vehicles used to measure adequate yearly progress of special needs students, S5642 [15SE]

———support the community schools model (S. 616), S1791, S1792 [17MR]

Financial literacy: require financial literacy and economic education counseling for student borrowers (S. 1260), S4040 [23JN]

Government regulations: improve waiver authority available to State and local agencies relative to statutory or regulatory requirements (S. 1568), S5641 [15SE]

Native Americans: improve education (S. 1262), S4077 [23JN]

———improve education (S. 1519), S5388 [7SE]

No Child Left Behind Act: reform, S2007-S2009 [31MR], S5641-S5644, S5648-S5650 [15SE], S5874-S5876 [22SE], S6571 [17OC], S6654-S6656 [18OC], S6717-S6724 [19OC], S7349-S7351 [10NO]

Schools: expand successful models, reduce administrative burdens, improve funding, allow direct agency application to the Federal Government, and encourage sharing of best practices relative to charter schools (S. 1566), S5641, S5644, S5648 [15SE], S5736 [20SE]

———improve public charter schooling by addressing quality issues (S. 686), S2751 [5MY]

Senate: legislative priorities, S3802 [15JN]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 2218, Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act and H.R. 1892, Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 392) (H. Rept. 112-200), H5963 [7SE]

Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2218) (H. Rept. 112-178), H5398 [22JY]

State and Local Funding Flexibility Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2445) (H. Rept. 112-180), H5488 [25JY]

Summaries

Allow States to Establish College- and Career-Readiness Goals, Identify Lowest-Performing Schools, Establish State Teacher Licensure and Certification Requirements, and Reduce Paperwork (S. 1571), S5645 [15SE]

Empowering Local Educational Decisionmaking Act (S. 1569), S5645 [15SE]

Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act (S. 1566), S5646 [15SE]

State Innovation Pilot Act (S. 1568), S5646 [15SE]

Teacher and Principal Improvement Act (S. 1567), S5645 [15SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 392, consideration of H.R. 2218, Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act and H.R. 1892, intelligence services appropriations, H5979 [8SE]

S. 393, Prescribe a Book Act, S889 [17FE]

S. 567, Dept. of Education Small, Rural School Achievement Program and Rural and Low-Income School Program amendments, S1604 [14MR]

S. 576, Fitness Integrated With Teaching Kids (FIT Kids) Act, S1678-S1680 [15MR]

S. 763, Securing Teacher Effectiveness, Leaders, Learning, And Results (STELLAR Student) Act, S2274-S2276 [7AP]

S. 767, Every Student Counts Act, S2278-S2281 [7AP]

S. 902, School Building Fairness Act, S2741-S2743 [5MY]

S. 1260, College Literacy in Finance and Economics (College LIFE) Act, S4032 [22JN]

S. 1262, Native Culture, Language, and Access for Success in Schools Act, S4078-S4096 [23JN]

S. 1328, Strengthening Kids' Interest in Learning and Libraries (SKILLs) Act, S4395-S4397 [6JY]

S. 1372, No Child Left Inside Act, S4613-S4615 [14JY]

S. 1654, Growth to Excellence Act, S6093-S6095 [4OC]

S. 1674, Effective Teaching and Leading Act, S6342-S6347 [6OC]