ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT

Amendments

Schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 10), H4023, H4028, H4029, H4031, H4032, H4033, H4034, H4037, H4038, H4039, H4040 [9MY]

——— encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 10), consideration (H. Res. 576), H3968 [8MY]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Education: allow for portability of funds for programs improving the academic achievement of the disadvantaged (see S. 2998), S6626 [11DE]

——— allow State teacher and personnel training and recruitment funds to be used to train school personnel how to recognize child sexual abuse (see H.R. 5127), H6351 [16JY]

——— amend the Rural and Low-Income School Program to include professional development in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education (see H.R. 4973), H5768 [25JN]

——— authorizing appropriations for improving basic programs operated by local educational agencies (see H.R. 5661), H7886 [18SE]

——— award grants for support of full-service community schools (see H.R. 5168), H6744 [23JY]

——— award grants to establish STEM Innovation Networks (see H.R. 4828), H5248 [10JN]

——— award grants to States to improve delivery of high quality assessments (see H.R. 5807), H8867 [8DE]

——— establish a ‘‘Grow Your Own Teacher’’ program (see H.R. 5839), H9044 [10DE]

——— establish a Master Teacher Corps program (see H.R. 5704), H7979 [13NO]

——— establish grant program to enhance existing secondary education programs teaching high school students about the U.S. Constitution and State constitutions (see H.R. 5501), H7674 [17SE]

——— improve teacher and principal effectiveness by investing in evidence-based best practices in training, evaluation, and support (see H.R. 4269), H2484 [14MR]

——— improve 21st Century Community Learning Centers (see H.R. 4086), H1937 [25FE]

——— prohibit Federal education mandates (see S. 1974), S654 [30JA] (see H.R. 4008), H1686 [6FE]

——— promote innovative education practices, help educational agencies ensure high-quality English proficiency instruction, and provide college and career knowledge to English learners (see H.R. 5219), H6976 [28JY]

——— provide career education pathways in manufacturing (see H.R. 4815), H5185 [9JN]

——— provide for State accountability in provision of access to core resources for learning (see S. 2557), S4154 [26JN] (see H.R. 5001), H5817 [26JN]

——— provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage female students to pursue studies and careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4515), H3291 [29AP]

——— reduce testing requirements for certain struggling learners (see H.R. 5612), H7885 [18SE]

——— require States and local educational agencies to report on the achievement of military-connected students (see S. 2259), S2424 [28AP]

——— require that annual State report cards reflect the same race groups as the decennial census of population (see H.R. 5343), H7182 [31JY]

Education: award grants to improve childhood care and education for local governments and local educational agencies (see H.R. 4965), H5767 [25JN]

——— improve the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, expand educational choices for the disabled, and establish a scholarship program for military children (see S. 1909), S223 [9JA] (see H.R. 4773), H5022 [29MY]

——— include community partners and intermediaries in the planning and delivery of education and related programs (see S. 2968), S6262 [2DE] (see H.R. 5569), H7883 [18SE]

——— prohibit the Federal mandating, incentivizing, or coercing of States to adopt Common Core State Standards or any other specific academic standards, content, or curricula (see S. 2967), S6262 [2DE]

——— support State authority and flexibility in establishing student academic standards and denounce the President’s coercion of States into adopting the Common Core State Standards (see S. Res. 345), S821 [6FE] (see H. Res. 476), H1770 [11FE]

——— support the community schools model (see H.R. 3873), H223 [14JA]

Financial literacy: encourage greater public-private sector collaboration to promote for students and young adults (see H. Res. 721), H7454 [11SE]

Native Americans: promote academic achievement of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children with the establishment of a Native American language grant program (see S. 1948), S439 [16JA] (see H.R. 4214), H2360 [12MR]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 3911), H1241 [16JA]

Schools: clarify when certain academic assessments shall be administered (see H.R. 4172), H2256 [6MR]

——— encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (see S. 2304), S2796 [7MY] (see H.R. 10), H2801 [1AP]

——— encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 10), consideration (see H. Res. 576), H3939 [7MY]

Letters

Success and Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Act: Mary Kusler, National Education Association, H4035 [9MY]

——— Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers, H4035 [9MY]

Proposals

Protecting Student Safety Act, S5943 [12NO]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Education: amend the Rural and Low-Income School Program to include professional development in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education (H.R. 4973), H7050 [30JY]

——— award grants for support of full-service community schools (H.R. 5168), H6659, H6660 [23JY]

——— award grants to establish STEM Innovation Networks (H.R. 4828), H6634 [22JY]

——— award grants to States to improve delivery of high quality assessments, H8276 [3DE]

——— collect information from coeducational elementary and secondary schools on equality in athletic programs (H.R. 455), H5502 [19JN]

——— include comprehensive career counseling to criteria used when prioritizing grants to high-performing charter schools, H4038, H4039 [9MY]

——— include in reporting requirements of State education entities information on how charter schools which receive funding are supporting and enhancing community involvement, H4040 [9MY]

——— include in reporting requirements of State education entities information on if the sharing of best practices of charter schools with public schools led to adoption of such practices by public schools, H4039, H4040 [9MY], E746 [13MY]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (H.R. 2536), H1218 [16JA]

——— provide grants to States to establish a comprehensive school counseling program (H.R. 2317), E1636 [19NO]

——— 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), H3961, H4003 [8MY], H6673 [23JY]

Education: award grants to improve childhood care and education for local governments and local educational agencies (H.R. 4965), H5736 [25JN]

——— support State authority and flexibility in establishing student academic standards, H3279 [29AP]

Rural School and Community Trust: release of ‘‘Why Rural Matters 2013–2014’’ report, H6110 [11JY]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (H.R. 1199), H5728 [25JN]

——— encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 10), H3393 [1MY], H3453 [7MY], H4001–H4009 [8MY], H4020, H4021, H4023–H4046 [9MY], H7113 [30JY], E735, E738 [9MY], E745, E746 [13MY]

——— encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 10), consideration (H. Res. 576), H3961–H3968 [8MY]

——— ensure States require charter schools to collect and disclose same data required of public schools so parents can make informed decision on educational options, H4037, H4038 [9MY]

——— require charter schools post on their websites the requirements and policies on student recruitment, orientation, enrollment, discipline, behavior, parental contract, and extracurricular fees, H4034–H4037 [9MY], E746 [13MY]

——— require States explain process for encouraging Charter School Program grantees to open, replicate, and expand high quality secondary charter schools, H4033, H4034 [9MY]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Education: provide for State accountability in provision of access to core resources for learning (S. 2557), S4160 [26JN]

Education: improve the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, expand educational choices for the disabled, and establish a scholarship program for military children, S3483 [9JN]

Reauthorize and amend (S. 1094), S3483 [9JN]

Schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (S. 2304), S2787 [7MY], S3775 [18JN]

——— require criminal background checks for school employees (H.R. 2083), S5939–S5944 [12NO]

——— require criminal background checks for school employees (H.R. 2083), unanimous-consent request, S5940 [12NO]

——— require criminal background checks for school employees (S. 1596), S920 [12FE], S2308 [9AP], S2346–S2350 [10AP], S4607–S4609 [17JY]

——— require criminal background checks for school employees (S. 1596), unanimous-consent request, S2348 [10AP]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 10, Success and Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 576) (H. Rept. 113–444), H3939 [7MY]

Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1948), S5373 [8SE]

——— Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1948) (S. Rept. 113–265), S5918 [12NO]

Success and Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 10) (H. Rept. 113–423), H3291 [29AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 576, consideration of H.R. 10, Success and Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Act, H3961 [8MY]

H.R. 10, Success and Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Act, H4023–H4028 [9MY]

S. Res. 345, support State authority and flexibility in establishing student academic standards and denounce the President’s coercion of States into adopting the Common Core State Standards, S823 [6FE]