H.R. 10421

Transforming Education for the Future Act

Sponsor: Suzanne Bonamici

16 cosponsors
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I Support for All Schools to Provide a Well-Rounded Education

A Innovative Teaching and Learning

1 Project-Based Learning Grants

2 Arts Education for All

3 Black History is American History

4 Teaching Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander History

5 Teaching Hispanic and Latino and American Indian History

6 Holocaust Education and Antisemitism Lessons

7 Full-Service Community Schools Expansion

8 Reading Excellence and Achievement for Development

B High-Quality Assessments and Accountability

1 Promoting Innovative and Holistic Assessment Models

2 State Accountability System Reform

II Support for School Climate and Safety

A Civil Rights

B Educator and Staff Support

1 Professional Development

2 American Teachers

3 Preparing and Retaining All Paraeducators

4 Supporting the Mental Health of Educators and Staff

C School Climate and Safety

1 Fentanyl Awareness for Children and Teens in Schools

A Definitions

B Partnership Grants for Local and State Educational Agencies

C Establishment of Interagency Task Force

D Amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

E Amendments to Department of Education Data Collection

F School-Based Health Centers and Reporting

2 Protecting Our Students in Schools

A Purposes; Definitions

B Prohibition of Corporal Punishment

C State Activities and Grant Program

D Additional Provisions

3 Keeping All Students Safe

A Prohibition on Restraint and Seclusion; Additional Requirements

B State Plan; Reporting Requirements; Grants for State Educational Agencies

C General Provisions

4 Safe Schools Improvement

5 School Violence Prevention

6 Expanding Access to Mental Health Services in Schools

7 Right to Read

Sec. 23702. Amendments to title I

(a) State plans. Section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)(4)(A)(ii)(I)(aa), by inserting (including school librarians) after teachers; and

(2) in subsection (g)—

(A) in paragraph (1)—

(i) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as subparagraph (H);

(ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking and after the semicolon;

(iii) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following:

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(G) how the State will work to ensure that low-income students, minority students, students with disabilities, and English learners are not disproportionally enrolled in schools that lack an effective school library, and the measures the State educational agency will use to evaluate and publicly report the progress of the State educational agency with respect to ensuring access to an effective school library; and

; and

(iv) in subparagraph (H), as redesignated by clause (i), by inserting , including the development of digital literacy and information literacy skills after academic standards; and

(B) in paragraph (2)—

(i) in subparagraph (J), by inserting (including school librarians) after teachers;

(ii) in subparagraph (M), by striking and after the semicolon;

(iii) in subparagraph (N), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and

(iv) by adding at the end the following:

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(O) the State educational agency has a policy regarding the right to read and will notify local educational agencies, Indian tribes and tribal organizations, schools, teachers, school librarians, principals, other school leaders, specialized support personnel, parents, and the public of such policy.

(b) Local educational agency plans. Section 1112 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6312) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by inserting (including school librarians) after teachers; and

(2) in subsection (b)—

(A) in paragraph (12)(B), by striking and after the semicolon;

(B) by striking paragraph (13); and

(C) by adding at the end the following:

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(13) how the local educational agency will—

(A) support and improve effective school libraries by supporting the work of State-certified school librarians to ensure that students have equitable access to such libraries; and

(B) assist schools in developing effective school libraries to provide students an opportunity to develop digital literacy and information literacy skills and improve academic achievement;

(14) the policies the local educational agency has in place to protect the right to read; and

(15) any other information on how the local educational agency proposes to use funds to meet the purposes of this part, and that the local educational agency determines appropriate to provide, which may include a description of how the local educational agency will assist schools in identifying and serving gifted and talented students.

D Education Research and Development

1 New Essential Education Discoveries

2 National Education Technology Clearinghouse

III Support for Addressing Socioeconomic Barriers to Learning

1 Protecting Public Education

A Protecting Public Schools

B Championing Honest and Responsible Transparency in Education Reform

2 Preschool for All

3 School Meals for All

A Universal School Meals Program

B Mitigating Electronic Access Losses for Students