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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · S. 1177 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves. · Sec. 6003

Sec. 6003. Rural education initiative

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Part B of title VI ( 20 U.S.C. 7341 et seq. ) is amended— in section 6211— in subsection (a)(1), by striking subparagraphs
(A)through
(E)and inserting the following: Part A of title I. Part A of title II. Title III. Part A or B of title IV. Part G of title V. ; in subsection (b)(1)— in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 7 or 8, as determined by the Secretary; or and inserting 41, 42, or 43, as determined by the Secretary; ; in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and by adding at the end the following: the local educational agency is a member of an educational service agency that does not receive funds under this subpart and the local educational agency meets the requirements of this part. ; and in subsection (c), by striking paragraphs
(1)through
(3)and inserting the following: Part A of title II. Part A of title IV. ; in section 6212— in subsection (a), by striking paragraphs
(1)through
(5)and inserting the following: Part A of title I. Part A of title II. Title III. Part A or B of title IV. Part G of title V. ; in subsection (b)— by striking paragraph
(1)and inserting the following: Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Secretary shall award a grant under subsection
(a)to a local educational agency eligible under section 6211(b) for a fiscal year in an amount equal to the initial amount determined under paragraph
(2)for the fiscal year minus the total amount received by the agency under the provisions of law described in section 6211(c) for the preceding fiscal year. For a local educational agency that is eligible under section 6211 and is a member of an educational service agency, the Secretary may determine the award amount by subtracting from the initial amount determined under paragraph (2), an amount that is equal to that local educational agency’s per-pupil share of the total amount received by the educational service agency under titles II and IV, as long as a determination under this subparagraph would not disproportionately affect any State. ; by striking paragraph
(2)and inserting the following: The initial amount referred to in paragraph
(1)is equal to $100 multiplied by the total number of students in excess of 50 students, in average daily attendance at the schools served by the local educational agency, plus $20,000, except that the initial amount may not exceed $60,000. For any fiscal year in which the amount made available to carry out this part is $252,000,000 or more, subparagraph
(A)shall be applied— by substituting $25,000 for $20,000 ; and by substituting $80,000 for $60,000 . ; and by adding at the end the following: For a local educational agency that is not eligible under this subpart but met the eligibility requirements under section 6211(b) as such section was in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015, the agency shall receive— for fiscal year 2016, 75 percent of the amount such agency received for fiscal year 2015; for fiscal year 2017, 50 percent of the amount such agency received for fiscal year 2015; and for fiscal year 2018, 25 percent of the amount such agency received for fiscal year 2015. ; and by striking subsection (d); by striking section 6213 and inserting the following: Each local educational agency that uses or receives funds under this subpart for a fiscal year shall administer an assessment that is consistent with section 1111(b)(2). ; in section 6221— in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking 6, 7, or 8 and inserting 32, 33, 41, 42, or 43 ; and in subsection (c)(1), by striking Bureau of Indian Affairs and inserting Bureau of Indian Education ; in section 6222(a), by striking paragraphs
(1)through
(7)and inserting the following: Activities authorized under part A of title I. Activities authorized under part A of title II. Activities authorized under title III. Activities authorized under part A of title IV. Parental involvement activities. Activities authorized under part G of title V. ; in section 6223— in subsection (a), by striking at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information and inserting at such time and in such manner ; and by striking subsection
(b)and inserting the following: Each application submitted under subsection
(a)shall include information on— program objectives and outcomes for activities under this subpart, including how the State educational agency or specially qualified agency will use funds to help all students meet the challenging State academic standards under section 1111(b); if the State educational agency or specially qualified agency will competitively award grants to eligible local educational agencies, as described in section 6221(b)(2)(A), the application under the section shall include— the methods and criteria the State educational agency or specially qualified agency will use for reviewing applications and awarding funds to local educational agencies on a competitive basis; and how the State educational agency or specially qualified agency will notify eligible local educational agencies of the grant competition; and a description of how the State educational agency or specially qualified agency will provide technical assistance to eligible local educational agencies to help such agencies implement the activities described in section 6222. ; in section 6224— in subsection (a)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting or specially qualified agency after Each State educational agency ; by striking paragraph
(1)and inserting the following: if the report is submitted by a State educational agency, the method the State educational agency used to award grants to eligible local educational agencies, and to provide assistance to schools, under this subpart; ; and by striking paragraph
(3)and inserting the following: the degree to which progress has been made toward meeting the objectives and outcomes described in the application submitted under section 6223, including having all students in the State or the area served by the specially qualified agency, as applicable, meet the challenging State academic standards under section 1111(b). ; by striking subsection
(b)and
(c)and inserting the following: The Secretary shall prepare a summary of the reports under subsection
(a)and submit a biennial report to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives. ; by redesignating subsection
(d)as subsection (c); in subsection (c), as redesignated by subparagraph (C), by striking assessment that is consistent with section 1111(b)(3) and inserting assessment that is consistent with section 1111(b)(2) ; and by striking subsection (e); by inserting after section 6224 the following: If a local educational agency is eligible for funding under both subparts 1 and 2 of this part, such local educational agency may receive funds under either subpart 1 or subpart 2 for a fiscal year, but may not receive funds under both subparts for such fiscal year. A local educational agency eligible for funding under both subparts 1 and 2 of this part shall notify the Secretary and the State educational agency under which of such subparts the local educational agency intends to receive funds for a fiscal year by a date that is established by the Secretary for the notification. ; and in section 6234, by striking $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years, and inserting such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2016 through 2021, .
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