ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT

Amendments

Dept. of Education: making continuing appropriations for Impact Aid Program (H.J. Res. 83), consideration (H. Res. 371), H6251, H6253 [4OC]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H4629, H4679, H4680, H4693, H4694, H4696, H4697, H4705, H4706, H4707, H4708, H4710, H4717, H4718, H4720 [18JY], H4731, H4732, H4734, H4736, H4738 [19JY]

Articles and editorials

Lakeland Girl Commite Suicide After Being Bullied Online, S6629 [19SE]

Police—Florida Girl Who Committed Suicide Had Been Bullied for Months by as Many as 15 Girls, S6628 [19SE]

Bills and resolutions

Children and youth: promote minimum State requirements for prevention and treatment of concussions caused by participation in school sports (see S. 1546), S6885 [24SE] (see H.R. 3532), H7252 [19NO]

Dept. of Education: aid gifted and talented and high-ability learners by empowering teachers (see S. 512), S1592 [11MR] (see H.R. 2338), H3356 [12JN]

——— 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. 3401), H6952 [30OC]

——— allow State teacher and personnel training and recruitment funds to be used to train school personnel how to recognize child sexual abuse (see S. 756), S2749 [17AP]

——— amend the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Rural and Low-Income School Program (see S. 1222), S5149 [25JN]

——— amend the weighted child count used to determine targeted grant amounts and education finance incentive grant amounts for local educational agencies (see H.R. 2658), H4482 [11JY]

——— assure comparability of opportunity for educationally disadvantaged students (see H.R. 379), H279 [23JA]

——— authorize grants to prepare and train principals on effective core competencies and in instructional leadership skills (see H.R. 1514), H1956 [11AP]

——— authorize national elementary and secondary service-learning program that promotes student academic achievement (see H.R. 2268), H3215 [5JN]

——— authorize use of funds for inclusion in domestic violence education programs of information on legal rights available to teenage victims of dating violence (see H.R. 3297), H6643 [16OC]

——— 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. 2930), H5342 [1AU]

——— award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see S. 1126), S4058 [10JN]

——— collect information from coeducational elementary and secondary schools on equality in athletic programs (see S. 217), S469 [4FE] (see H.R. 455), H341 [4FE]

——— create a demonstration project to fund additional secondary school counselors in certain troubled schools to reduce dropout rates (see H.R. 3435), H6953 [30OC]

——— ensure children are ready for college or a career by providing more State and local control over student, school, and teacher evaluations and achievements (see S. 1101), S3987 [6JN]

——— establish a new counseling program (see S. 282), S657 [12FE]

——— establish a partnership program in foreign languages (see S. 1036), S3843 [23MY] (see H.R. 2170), H2953 [23MY]

——— establish a program to provide professional development activities for educators (see S. 441), S1088 [4MR]

——— establish a program to support the modernization, renovation, or repair of career and technical education facilities (see S. 439), S1088 [4MR]

——— establish a Volunteer Teacher Advisory Committee (see H.R. 2759), H4825 [19JY]

——— establish an alternative accountability model for elementary and secondary schools to measure student progress (see S. 943), S3429 [14MY] (see H.R. 1977), H2603 [14MY]

——— establish teacher evaluation programs (see S. 1112), S4021 [7JN] (see H.R. 768), H594 [15FE]

——— foster community involvement of students (see H.R. 2184), H2954 [23MY]

——— fund directed development projects through Advanced Research Projects Agency-Education Program to support breakthroughs in teaching and learning (see H.R. 700), H545 [14FE]

——— improve programs operated by local educational agencies with high numbers of children from low-income families (see S. 1110), S3987 [6JN]

——— improve teacher and principal quality (see S. 1063), S3844 [23MY] (see H.R. 2173), H2954 [23MY]

——— increase assessment accuracy to better measure student achievement and provide States with greater flexibility on assessment design (see H.R. 2228), H3014 [3JN]

——— increase percentage of low-income student assistance funding reserved for outlying areas and the Dept. of the Interior (see H.R. 403), H280 [23JA]

——— integrate engineering education into elementary and secondary instruction and curriculum and support research on engineering education (see S. 1178), S4585 [18JN] (see H.R. 2426), H3759 [18JN]

——— invest in innovation for education (see S. 283), S657 [12FE] (see H.R. 3433), H6953 [30OC]

——— make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 320), H176 [18JA]

——— making continuing appropriations for Impact Aid Program (see H.J. Res. 83), H6223 [3OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for Impact Aid Program (H.J. Res. 83), consideration (see H. Res. 371), H6223 [3OC]

——— modify the High School Graduation Initiative (School Dropout Prevention Program) (see S. 1109), S3987 [6JN]

——— prohibit use of funds relative to multistate academic content standards (see H.R. 3339), H6774 [24OC]

——— promote environmental education (see S. 1306), S5708 [16JY] (see H.R. 2702), H4523 [16JY]

——— promote student physical health and well-being, nutrition, and fitness (see H.R. 3122), H5654 [18SE]

——— provide grants for core curriculum development (see H.R. 2897), H5260 [31JY]

——— provide grants for innovative teacher retention programs (see H.R. 2878), H5260 [31JY]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (see S. 1407), S6126 [31JY] (see H.R. 2536), H4142 [27JN] (see H.R. 2982), H5396 [2AU]

——— provide grants to States to ensure that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors (see S. 708), S2589 [11AP] (see H.R. 2316), H3287 [11JN]

——— provide grants to States to establish a comprehensive school counseling program (see H.R. 2317), H3287 [11JN]

——— reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (see S. 1127), S4058 [10JN] (see H.R. 2515), H4078 [26JN]

——— reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see S. 1108), S3987 [6JN] (see H.R. 2296), H3251 [6JN] (see H.R. 2378), H3652 [14JN]

——— recruit, prepare, and support principals through capacity-building measures that will improve student academic achievement in high-need schools (see S. 840), S3029 [25AP] (see H.R. 1736), H2350 [25AP]

——— require local educational agencies to implement a policy on allergy bullying (see H.R. 3660), H7566 [5DE]

——— require States and local educational agencies to report on the achievement of military-connected students (see H.R. 2933), H5342 [1AU]

——— strengthen connections to early childhood education programs (see H.R. 791), H595 [15FE]

——— support Promise Neighborhoods (see H.R. 2195), H2954 [23MY]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (see H.R. 5), H3250 [6JN]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), consideration (see H. Res. 303), H4597 [17JY]

——— support teacher and school professional training on awareness of student mental health conditions (see S. 648), S2146 [21MR]

——— support teacher and school professional training on awareness of student mental health conditions and suicide prevention efforts (see H.R. 3536), H7252 [19NO]

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. 1007), H1319 [6MR]

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. 2394), H3687 [17JN]

——— award grants to prepare individuals for the 21st century workplace and increase global competitiveness (see H.R. 2653), H4482 [11JY]

——— 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. 347), H222 [22JA]

——— improve early education (see S. 519), S1592 [11MR] (see H.R. 1041), H1330 [11MR]

——— improve student achievement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects (see S. 854), S3029 [25AP]

——— prohibit Federal grants and regulation waivers from being contingent upon whether States are using a certain curriculum or assessment policies (see H.R. 2089), H2910 [22MY]

——— 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. 1043), S3843 [23MY]

——— restore State sovereignty over public education and parental rights over the education of their children (see H.R. 2710), H4597 [17JY]

——— support the community schools model (see S. 844), S3029 [25AP]

Financial literacy: provide grants to promote (see S. 829), S3028 [25AP] (see S. 1532), S6647 [19SE] (see H.R. 2920), H5342 [1AU]

Native Americans: improve education (see S. 1131), S4212 [11JN] (see H.R. 2367), H3591 [13JN]

Native Hawaiian Education Act: strengthen (see S. 1107), S3987 [6JN] (see H.R. 2287), H3250 [6JN]

Reauthorize and amend (see S. 1094), S3954 [4JN]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see S. 403), S1011 [28FE] (see H.R. 1199), H1427 [14MR]

——— direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters only if the student’s parent provides written request for the release (see H.R. 392), H280 [23JA]

——— encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (see S. 88), S213 [23JA]

——— require criminal background checks for school employees (see S. 1596), S7615 [29OC] (see H.R. 2083), H2910 [22MY]

Factsheets

Jackson Lee Amendment to H.R. 5, Student Success Act, on Dept. of Education Report on Advisability of State Education Authorities Closing School Districts, H4735 [19JY]

——— North Forest, TX, Independent School District, H4735 [19JY]

Letters

Dept. of Education Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Rural and Low-Income School Program amendment: Cornelia Brown, Maine School Management Association, S5150 [25JN]

Native Hawaiian Education Act reauthorization: Camille Rockett, H4693 [18JY]

——— Dee Jay Mailer, Kamehameha Schools, H4691 [18JY]

——— Jane R. Best, Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (organization) Pacific Center for Changing the Odds, H4691 [18JY]

——— Joe Fraser, Kaho‘wai—Center for Adult Teaching and Learning, H4692 [18JY]

——— Ka‘iulani Pahi’o̅, Na̅ Lei Na’ auao Native Hawaiian Charter School Alliance, H4692 [18JY]

——— Lisá Boyce, Dolores Doré Eccles Center for Early Care & Education, H4693 [18JY]

——— Momi Akana, Keiki O Ka Aina Family Learning Centers (organization), H4691 [18JY]

——— Taffi Wise, Kanu o ka ‘A̅ina Learning ’Ohana (organization), H4692 [18JY]

——— Taffi Wise, Kanu o ka ‘A̅ina New Century Public Charter School, H4692 [18JY]

——— Wendy Roylo Hee, Native Hawaiian Education Council, H4692 [18JY]

Student Success Act: Barbara Trader, TASH (organization), H4704 [18JY]

——— Curt Decker, National Disability Rights Network, H4701 [18JY]

——— Deborah A. Ziegler, Council for Exceptional Children, H4702 [18JY]

——— James H. Wendorf, National Center for Learning Disabilities, H4703 [18JY]

——— Jess Butler, Autism National Committee, Inc., H4703 [18JY]

——— Karen K. Garza, Fairfax County, VA, Public Schools Superintendent, H4628 [18JY]

——— Katherine Beh Neas, Easter Seals, Inc., H4702 [18JY]

——— Laura Kaloi, Cindy Smith, and Katherine Beh Neas, Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities Education Task Force, H4699 [18JY]

——— Marty Ford, The Arc of the U.S. (organization), H4703 [18JY]

——— several Collaboration To Promote Self-Determination (organization) national partners, H4700 [18JY]

Motions

Dept. of Education: support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H4808 [19JY]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Education: allow charter schools to use Federal funds for professional development, teacher training, instructional materials, and minor facilities costs, H4716, H4717 [18JY], E1098 [19JY]

——— allow local educational agencies to enter contracts with other organizations to implement programs for at-risk-youth, H4706, H4707 [18JY]

——— allow redistribution of education funds to allow such funds to follow low-income students to the school of their choice, H4736–H4738 [19JY]

——— allow State and local educational agencies to use multiple measures to identify school academic performance, H4705, H4706 [18JY]

——— amend the weighted child count used to determine targeted grant amounts and education finance incentive grant amounts for local educational agencies (H.R. 2658), H4374 [11JY]

——— authorize use of funds for inclusion in domestic violence education programs of information on legal rights available to teenage victims of dating violence (H.R. 3297), H6695 [23OC]

——— clarify that Federal funds may be used for teacher professional development in computer science education, H4715, H4716 [18JY]

——— collect information from coeducational elementary and secondary schools on equality in athletic programs (H.R. 455), E85 [4FE]

——— encourage States to include the number of enrolled public secondary school students attaining career and technical education proficiencies in its annual State report card, H4706 [18JY]

——— ensure continued support for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian education programs, H4690–H4693, H4695 [18JY], H4813 [19JY]

——— establish teacher evaluation programs (H.R. 768), H4610, H4709 [18JY]

——— exempt local educational agencies serving high percentage of students from families with income below the poverty line from changes to funding formula, H4710, H4711 [18JY]

——— Impact Aid Program funding, H6610 [16OC]

——— impact of Government shutdown on Impact Aid Program, H6360 [8OC]

——— increase assessment accuracy to better measure student achievement and provide States with greater flexibility on assessment design (H.R. 2228), E774 [3JN]

——— increase percentage of low-income student assistance funding reserved for outlying areas and the Dept. of the Interior, E1107 [22JY]

——— make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (H.R. 320), H487 [13FE]

——— making continuing appropriations for Impact Aid Program (H.J. Res. 83), consideration (H. Res. 371), H6244–H6254 [4OC]

——— prohibit Federal funds to State and local educational agencies who facilitate the transfer of an employee they know or have probable cause to believe has engaged in sexual misconduct, H4733, H4734 [19JY]

——— prohibit Federal mandate requiring States to institute teacher evaluation programs, H4709, H4710, H4712 [18JY]

——— prohibit grant funds from bypassing States and going directly to local school districts, H4711, H4712 [18JY]

——— provide grants for innovative teacher retention programs (H.R. 2878), E1175 [31JY]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education, H4612 [18JY]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (H.R. 2536), H7633, H7637 [11DE]

——— report on advisability of State education authorities closing school districts over local opposition, and the monitoring, supervising, and controlling of underperforming school districts, H4734–H4736 [19JY]

——— require State educational agencies to consult with private sector employers and entrepreneurs as part of education plan and require appointment of representatives from private sector to peer-review process, H4697 [18JY]

——— require States receiving insufficient grants to prioritize funding for schools serving neglected, delinquent, migrant students, English learners, at-risk students, and Native Americans, H4696, H4697 [18JY], E1099 [19JY]

——— restore greater authority and governance to local educational agencies, strengthen opportunities for parental input, and assess affect of regulations on local school districts, H4707, H4708 [18JY]

——— support professional development for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, H4715 [18JY]

——— support Promise Neighborhoods, H2288 [24AP]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H4321 [10JY], H4475 [11JY], H4532 [17JY], H4607, H4610, H4619–H4722 [18JY], H4730, H4731–H4814 [19JY], H5076 [25JY], E1097, E1098, E1099 [19JY], E1107, E1110, E1111 [22JY], E1116 [23JY], E1136 [25JY], E1147 [26JY], E1193 [1AU]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), motion to recommit, H4812, H4813 [19JY]

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. 347), E45 [22JA]

——— ensure States and local educational agencies maintain rights and responsibilities of determining educational curriculum, programs of instruction, and assessments for elementary and secondary education, H4694–H4696 [18JY], E1098 [19JY]

——— restore State sovereignty over public education and parental rights over the education of their children, H4731, H4732 [19JY]

Financial literacy: require financial literacy and economic education counseling for student borrowers, H2935 [23MY]

Native Hawaiian Education Act: strengthen (H.R. 2287), H4321 [10JY]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students, H81 [14JA]

——— require criminal background checks for school employees, H4733 [19JY]

——— require criminal background checks for school employees (H.R. 2083), H2843 [22MY], H6647–H6651, H6655 [22OC]

Remarks in Senate

Children and youth: promote minimum State requirements for prevention and treatment of concussions caused by participation in school sports (S. 1546), S6882 [24SE]

Dept. of Education: allow redistribution of education funds to allow such funds to follow low-income students to the school of their choice, S2121 [21MR], S2280 [22MR]

——— amend the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Rural and Low-Income School Program (S. 1222), S5150 [25JN]

——— award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (S. 1126), S4060 [10JN]

——— ensure children are ready for college or a career by providing more State and local control over student, school, and teacher evaluations and achievements (S. 1101), S3988 [6JN]

——— establish a new counseling program (S. 282), S7995 [13NO]

——— establish a program to provide professional development activities for educators (S. 441), S7995 [13NO]

——— establish a program to support the modernization, renovation, or repair of career and technical education facilities (S. 439), S7995 [13NO]

——— Impact Aid Program funding, S2123 [21MR]

——— improve programs operated by local educational agencies with high numbers of children from low-income families (S. 1110), S4401 [12JN]

——— improve teacher and principal quality (S. 1063), S3857 [23MY]

——— invest in innovation for education (S. 283), S7995 [13NO]

——— modify the High School Graduation Initiative (School Dropout Prevention Program) (S. 1109), S4401 [12JN]

——— promote environmental education (S. 1306), S5712 [16JY]

——— reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (S. 1127), S4060 [10JN]

Education: improve early education, S2247 [22MR]

——— improve early education (S. 519), S1595 [11MR]

Reauthorize and amend (S. 1094), S3957 [4JN]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (S. 403), S6627–S6629 [19SE]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.J. Res. 75–80 and 82–85, Various Federal Agencies and Programs Continuing Appropriations and H.R. 3223, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 371) (H. Rept. 113–242), H6223 [3OC]

Consideration of H.R. 5, Student Success Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 303) (H. Rept. 113–158), H4597 [17JY]

Strengthening America’s Schools Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1094) (S. Rept. 113–113), S7414 [11OC]

Student Success Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 5) (H. Rept. 113–150), H4482 [11JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 303, consideration of H.R. 5, Student Success Act, H4610 [18JY]

H. Res. 371, consideration of H.J. Res. 75–80 and 82–85, various Federal agencies and programs continuing appropriations and H.R. 3223, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act, H6244 [4OC]

H.R. 5, Student Success Act, H4629–H4679 [18JY]

H.R. 2083, Protecting Students From Sexual and Violent Predators Act, H6647 [22OC]

S. 1546, Protecting Student Athletes From Concussions Act, S6887 [24SE]