EVERY CHILD ACHIEVES ACT
Amendments
Enact (S. 1177), S4675, S4676, S4690, S4691, S4692, S4693, S4694, S4777, S4780, S4782, S4783, S4790, S4792, S4794, S4795, S4796, S4797, S4798, S4799, S4800, S4801 [7JY], S4827, S4828, S4845, S4846, S4847, S4849, S4851, S4852, S4853, S4854, S4856, S4859, S4862, S4863, S4864, S4872, S4874, S4875, S4876, S4879, S4880, S4881, S4882, S4884, S4885, S4886, S4887 [8JY], S4906, S4909, S4912, S4913, S4923, S4924, S4925, S4964, S4965, S4967, S4968, S4969, S4971, S4972, S4973, S4974, S4975, S4976, S4977, S4978, S4979, S4984 [9JY], S5012, S5013, S5015, S5016, S5018 [13JY], S5033, S5038, S5039, S5064, S5065, S5066, S5067, S5068, S5069, S5078, S5080, S5082, S5085, S5086, S5087 [14JY], S5094, S5095, S5096, S5097, S5098, S5099, S5102, S5103, S5104, S5131 [15JY]
——— consideration of conference report (H. Res. 542), H8882 [2DE]
——— insert H.R. 5 language in lieu and request conference (H. Res. 526), H8257 [17NO]
Appointments
Conferees: S. 1177, provisions, S8034 [18NO], H8272 [17NO]
Articles and editorials
Education Law Everyone Wants To Fix, S4905 [9JY]
Young Black High School Grads Face Astonishing Underemployment, S4822 [8JY]
Bills and resolutions
Enact (see S. 1177), S2568 [30AP]
Enact (S. 1177): consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 542), H8859 [1DE]
——— insert H.R. 5 language in lieu and request conference (see H. Res. 526), H8239 [16NO]
Cloture motions
Enact (S. 1177), S5002 [13JY], S5098 [15JY], S5149 [16JY], S8030, S8033 [18NO]
——— conference report, S8425 [3DE], S8453 [8DE]
Conference reports
Provisions (S. 1177), H8444–H8634 [30NO]
Letters
State education accountability systems requirement to provide additional resources to schools with low graduation rates, low-performing subgroups, or well-below average achievement: Mary Kusler, National Education Association (excerpt), S5117 [15JY]
Lists
Organizations supporting Casey amendment to S. 1177, provisions, on improved early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children, S4933 [9JY]
Organizations supporting conference report on S. 1177, provisions, H8891 [2DE]
Motions
Enact (S. 1177), S8029 [18NO], H8271 [17NO]
Remarks in House
Dept. of Education: ensure funds received by States under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act may not be used to fill prior unfunded liability shortfalls in teacher pension programs, H8868 [2DE]
——— establish a full-service community schools grant program, H8888 [2DE]
——— establish a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Master Teacher Corps program, H8887 [2DE]
——— provide for additional disaggregation of data for local education agencies with larger populations of Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander students, E1745 [9DE]
Dept. of Justice: provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention, H8885 [2DE]
Enact (S. 1177), H5337 [22JY], H8271 [17NO]
——— conference report, H8438 [30NO], H8868, H8874, H8884–H8894 [2DE], H9002 [3DE], H9216 [10DE], H9677 [17DE], E1702, E1704 [3DE], E1736 [8DE], E1741, E1745 [9DE], E1764 [10DE]
——— consideration of conference report (H. Res. 542), H8875–H8884 [2DE]
——— insert H.R. 5 language in lieu and request conference (H. Res. 526), H8254–H8259 [17NO]
Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students, E1745 [9DE]
——— end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools, E1745 [9DE]
Remarks in Senate
Children and youth: promote minimum State requirements for prevention and treatment of concussions caused by participation in school sports, S4990 [13JY]
——— streamline process and provide for additional means of certifying children, youth, parents, and families as homeless, S4909, S4915 [9JY]
Climate: provide States and local educational agencies with resources on climate theory to promote improved science education., S5115 [15JY]
Congress: accomplishments of the 114th Congress, S8181, S8182 [30NO], S8507 [9DE]
——— legislative priorities, S8183 [30NO]
Dept. of Education: add career and technical education as a core academic subject, S4914, S4915 [9JY]
——— allow flexibility in establishing charter school authorizer standards, S5147 [16JY]
——— allow funds to be used for a site resource coordinator, S4913 [9JY], S4991 [13JY]
——— allow schools, districts, nonprofits, and small businesses to develop proposals based on the specific needs of the community, S4671 [7JY]
——— allow States and local governments to renegotiate contracts and to reallocate money and policies in more effective ways, S4672 [7JY]
——— allow States to let Federal funds for the education of disadvantaged children follow low-income children to accredited or otherwise State-approved schools or supplemental educational services program, S4819, S4831 [8JY], S5027, S5028 [14JY], S5167 [16JY]
——— allow States to opt out of certain programmatic requirements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement, S4821 [8JY], S4910–S4913 [9JY]
——— allow States to use consolidated administration funds to pay for fiscal support teams, S4670 [7JY]
——— allow States to use Pay for Success initiatives funding to improve quality and coordination of early learning and care services, S4671 [7JY], S5143 [16JY]
——— allow use of funds by States to pay for efficiency reviews of schools, S4935 [9JY]
——— allow use of funds for programs and activities that promote volunteerism and community service, S4908, S4915 [9JY]
——— amend definitions of eligible technology and technology readiness survey and provide a restriction on funds, S5144 [16JY]
——— authorize American Dream Accounts to establish longitudinal personal college readiness and savings online platforms for low-income students, S5048 [14JY], S5140 [16JY]
——— award grants for support of full-service community schools, S5142 [16JY]
——— award grants to educational agencies and schools to utilize technology to improve student achievement, college and career readiness, teacher skills, and the education system, S4671 [7JY]
——— award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities, S4673 [7JY], S8457 [8DE]
——— award grants to States to improve delivery of high quality assessments, S5114 [15JY]
——— clarify when certain academic assessments shall be administered, S5026 [14JY]
——— create a competitive high school redesign program to increase number and percentage of students who graduate from high school ready for college and a career, S8460 [8DE]
——— diversion of public education funding to private schools in the form of vouchers to allow for school choice, S4823–S4825 [8JY]
——— encourage States to reform accountability system to include measures that demonstrate students are ready for postsecondary education or the workforce, S4997, S4998 [13JY]
——— ensure local governance of education, S4915 [9JY]
——— ensure States have resources necessary to enforce Title IX, promoting gender equality, S4895 [8JY]
——— ensure States will ensure unique needs of students at all levels of schooling, S5144 [16JY]
——— ensure student data handled by private companies is protected, S4992 [13JY]
——— ensure timely and meaningful consultation between State educational agencies and Governors in the development of State plans, S4915 [9JY]
——— establish a commission to develop procedures to regulate use of, and ensure protection of student personal data, S4672 [7JY], S4992, S4996, S4998 [13JY]
——— establish a pilot grant program to support career and technical education exploration programs in middle schools, S4928 [9JY]
——— establish a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Master Teacher Corps program, S4936 [9JY]
——— establish competitive grant program for States to develop and improve educational materials and teacher training on climate change science and solutions, S5115 [15JY]
——— establish grants to support evidence-based social and emotional learning programming, S4896 [8JY]
——— establish partnerships between schools, businesses, universities, and nonprofit organizations to improve student learning in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) subjects, S4936 [9JY]
——— establish Promise Neighborhoods program, S5143 [16JY]
——— expand Project School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV) program to include violence prevention activities, S5143, S5144 [16JY]
——— expand science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) funding, S4920 [9JY], S5148 [16JY]
——— extend eligibility for Federal student loans to certain short-term career and technical education programs, S8460 [8DE]
——— include specialized instructional support personnel in literacy development of children, S5143 [16JY]
——— make grants to support early college high schools and other dual enrollment programs, S8561 [9DE]
——— prohibit Federal education mandates, S4990 [13JY]
——— promote advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs, S4936 [9JY]
——— provide educators with training to identify mental illness in students and services for those at risk, S4896 [8JY]
——— provide for a study on increasing the effectiveness of existing services and programs intended to benefit children, S4831 [8JY]
——— provide for additional disaggregation of data for local education agencies with larger populations of Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander students, S4809, S4826, S4830 [8JY]
——— provide for early college high school and dual or concurrent enrollment opportunities, S5035 [14JY]
——— provide for State accountability in provision of access to core resources for learning, S4673 [7JY], S4817, S4824 [8JY], S4933 [9JY], S5116 [15JY], S5147 [16JY], S8457 [8DE]
——— provide grants to integrate behavior and mental health programs into schools, S5116 [15JY]
——— provide resources needed to study and review Native American language medium schools and programs, S5144 [16JY]
——— reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program, S4673 [7JY], S4814, S4815 [8JY], S8457 [8DE]
——— reform Alaska Native Education Equity program, S5055 [14JY]
——— reform induction, professional development, and systems for professional growth and improvement for teachers, librarians, and principals, S4673 [7JY]
——— reform parental notification and opt-out of certain required educational assessments, S5038, S5039, S5045, S5046 [14JY]
——— require institutions of higher education to have an independent advocate for campus sexual assault prevention and response, S4929 [9JY]
——— require State accountability systems to provide additional resources and support to schools with low graduation rates, low-performing subgroups, or well-below average achievement, S5098, S5114, S5117 [15JY]
——— require State plans to include support for the education of children facing substance abuse in the home, S5143, S5145 [16JY]
——— require State report cards to include information about postsecondary enrollment rates at public and State institutions, S4989, S4991 [13JY]
——— require State report cards to include information on graduation rates of homeless children and children in foster care, S5034 [14JY]
——— require State report cards to include rates of enrollment in postsecondary education, and remediation rates, for high schools, S5144 [16JY]
——— require States to identify and support students at risk of dropping out of middle school, S5056 [14JY]
——— require States to provide an assurance regarding cross-tabulation of student data, S5144 [16JY]
——— restore certain Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native education programs, S4830 [8JY], S5026 [14JY]
——— Rural Education Achievement Program funding, S8458 [8DE]
——— substance abuse recovery support services for students funding, S4909, S4915 [9JY]
——— support professional development to help students prepare for postsecondary education and the workforce, S5143 [16JY]
——— support State assessments of school facilities, S5143 [16JY]
Dept. of HHS: revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs, S4935 [9JY]
Dept. of Labor: provide grants to States and local governments for summer and year-round employment opportunities for economically disadvantaged youth and for academic and occupational learning programs, S5112 [15JY], S5139, S5140 [16JY]
Depts. of Education and the Interior: conduct study on elementary and secondary education in rural or poverty areas of Indian country to identify Federal barriers that restrict tribes from implementing regional policies, S4814 [8JY]
Education: allow local educational agencies to use parent and family engagement funds for financial literacy activities, S5049 [14JY], S5144 [16JY]
——— establish innovation schools that operate without local, State, and Federal regulations, S5056 [14JY], S5206, S5207 [21JY]
——— improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children, S4929–S4933, S4936 [9JY], S5025, S5029–S5033, S5044 [14JY], S5098, S5111, S5114 [15JY], S5149 [16JY]
——— improve public school system by implementing local control funding formulas, expanding charter schools, and providing support services to at-risk students, S5124 [15JY]
——— improve student achievement in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) subjects, S4820, S4821 [8JY], S4926 [9JY]
——— improve teacher and principal retention in schools serving Indian and Alaska Native students, S4920 [9JY]
——— include community partners and intermediaries in the planning and delivery of education and related programs, S5056 [14JY]
——— partner with current and recently retired science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professionals and tailor educational resources to engage students and teachers in STEM, S5143 [16JY]
——— promote local authority over school districts in both regulatory and guidance process and limit role of Federal Government, S4678 [7JY]
——— provide for State-determined assessment and accountability systems for testing, S5139 [16JY]
——— provide professional development and training to schools to ensure teachers and principals have necessary knowledge and skills to address chronic absenteeism, S4920 [9JY]
——— reauthorize 21st century community learning centers, S4936 [9JY], S5054 [14JY]
——— require local educational agencies to inform parents of any State or local agency policy, procedure, or parental right regarding student participation in mandated assessments for that school year, S5039, S5040, S5045 [14JY]
——— require States to establish a limit on the aggregate amount of time spent on assessments, S5045 [14JY], S5114 [15JY], S7536 [27OC]
——— support provision of safe relationship behavior education and training, S4927 [9JY], S8460 [8DE]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: allow use of Title I funds for dual or concurrent enrollment programs at eligible schools, S5144 [16JY]
——— amend accountability provisions, S5106–S5110 [15JY]
——— Title I funding formula reform, S4825 [8JY], S5030, S5035, S5038, S5044, S5051–S5054 [14JY], S5108, S5117 [15JY], S5141, S5148 [16JY]
Enact (S. 1177), S4659, S4661–S4680 [7JY], S4805–S4831, S4895 [8JY], S4901, S4902, S4904–S4915, S4920–S4937, S4940, S4984 [9JY], S4989–S4998, S5001, S5018, S5019 [13JY], S5022–S5057, S5090 [14JY], S5091–S5104, S5106–S5117, S5120–S5125 [15JY], S5133–S5154, S5167 [16JY], S5206, S5207 [21JY], S7536 [27OC], S7557 [28OC]
——— conference report, S8237 [1DE], S8425, S8426 [3DE], S8445, S8450–S8454, S8457–S8471, S8476, S8504 [8DE], S8507–S8514, S8523–S8525, S8528, S8532–S8535, S8561 [9DE], S8564, S8565, S8596 [10DE]
——— House amendment, S8029–S8034 [18NO]
——— unanimous-consent agreement, S4608 [24JN], S4913 [9JY], S5097, S5115, S5125 [15JY], S5143 [16JY]
Families and domestic relations: strengthen families’ engagement in the education of their children, S4673 [7JY], S5035, S5036 [14JY], S8457 [8DE]
Financial literacy: encourage greater public-private sector collaboration to promote for students and young adults, S8561 [9DE]
FTC: prohibit the marketing of electronic cigarettes to children, S4929 [9JY]
Immigration: prohibit receipt of Federal financial assistance by sanctuary cities that interfere with the enforcement of Federal immigration law, S5031 [14JY]
Native Americans: promote academic achievement of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children with the establishment of a Native American language grant program, S4936 [9JY], S5055 [14JY]
NSF: support afterschool science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs, S4820 [8JY]
Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students, S5041 [14JY], S5111 [15JY]
——— end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools, S4937 [9JY], S4991, S5001 [13JY], S5025, S5040, S5044, S5046, S5047 [14JY], S5111 [15JY], S5167 [16JY]
——— ensure that smoking bans include electronic cigarettes, S4929 [9JY]
——— reform induction, professional development, and systems for professional growth and improvement for teachers, librarians, and principals, S8457 [8DE]
——— require criminal background checks for school employees, S4673, S4676 [7JY], S4825, S4828 [8JY], S4907, S4908, S4914 [9JY], S8476 [8DE]
——— require schools to collect and report data on interscholastic sports to ensure that girls have equal opportunity to participate in sports, S4827, S4831 [8JY]
Senate: legislative process, S5022–S5025 [14JY]
——— tribute to staff who worked on S. 1177, Every Child Achieves Act, S5151, S5152 [16JY]
Reports filed
Consideration of Conference Report on S. 1177, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 542) (H. Rept. 114–359), H8859 [1DE]
Insert H.R. 5 Language in Lieu and Request Conference on S. 1177, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 526) (H. Rept. 114–340), H8239 [16NO]
Provisions: Committee of Conference (S. 1177) (H. Rept. 114–354), H8644 [30NO]
——— Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1177), S2566 [30AP]
Statements
Provisions: Representatives Rokita and Kline, S8237 [1DE], H8894 [2DE]
Summaries
Safe, Healthy, and Ready To Learn Report: Futures Without Violence (organization), S5042 [14JY]
Tables
Five-year estimates of Federal allotments and number of children served by improved early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children, S4932 [9JY]
Texts of
H. Res. 526, insert H.R. 5 language in lieu and request conference on S. 1177, provisions, H8254 [17NO]
H. Res. 542, consideration of conference report on S. 1177, provisions, H8875 [2DE]