EMPOWERING PARENTS THROUGH QUALITY CHARTER SCHOOLS ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 2218), H5986, H5993, H5996, H5998, H5999, H6000, H6001, H6002, H6003 [8SE]

———consideration (H. Res. 392), H5986 [8SE]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (see S. 1566), S5684 [15SE]

Enact (H.R. 2218): consideration (see H. Res. 392), H5963 [7SE]

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]

Lists

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

Motions

Enact (H.R. 2218), H6120 [13SE]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Education: establish a competitive grant program to foster expansion and replication of excellent public charter schools, E1620 [14SE]

———give priority in awarding grants to States that use green school building practices in charter school facilities, H6002 [8SE], E1628 [14SE]

Economy: importance of job creation, H5985 [8SE]

Enact (H.R. 2218), H5958 [7SE], H5976, H5988-H6005 [8SE], H6105, H6119-H6123 [13SE], E1573 [9SE], E1620, E1622, E1628, E1634 [14SE]

———consideration (H. Res. 392), H5979-H5988 [8SE]

———motion to recommit, H6121 [13SE]

Schools: allow charter schools to be recognized as local education agencies for purposes of Federal funding, H5986 [8SE]

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

———give priority in awarding grants to States that establish alternative charter school authorizers, H6000, H6001 [8SE]

———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]

———remove eligibility of State Governors to apply for Federal grant funding to oversee charter school operations, H6001 [8SE]

———require charter schools to demonstrate successful operation data for no less than three years to be eligible for expansion grants, H5999 [8SE]

———require charter schools to include in grant application a description of how the program would share best practices in instruction and professional development in science, math, technology, and engineering education, H5999, H6000 [8SE]

———support innovation in public education to prepare students to compete in the global economy, H5998 [8SE]

Remarks in Senate

Enact (S. 1566), S5641, S5644, S5648 [15SE], S5736 [20SE]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 2218, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 392) (H. Rept. 112-200), H5963 [7SE]

Provisions: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2218) (H. Rept. 112-178), H5398 [22JY]

Summaries

Provisions (S. 1566), S5646 [15SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 392, consideration of H.R. 2218, provisions, H5979 [8SE]