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

D Education Research and Development

1 New Essential Education Discoveries

2 National Education Technology Clearinghouse

Sec. 24201. Establishment of National Education Technology Clearinghouse

Part D of title I of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9561 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

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174A. National Education Technology Clearinghouse

(a) In general. There is established in the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance a National Education Technology Clearinghouse that shall—

(1) conduct research to identify, on a periodic basis and to the extent practicable, the most commonly used education technology vendors, products, and services;

(2) establish and publish a transparent evaluation framework, developed by the Secretary, to assess such vendors, products, and services, which shall examine—

(A) the quality assurance of the technology, based on the extent to which the technology supports vendor claims and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness for intended educational outcomes, where such evidence is available;

(B) the technology’s compliance with applicable Federal and State student data privacy and security laws related to student, family, educator, and school staff data protection;

(C) technology vendor data practices, including the use, sharing, or monetization of student or educator data;

(D) the safety and grade-level appropriateness of included content for students, if applicable;

(E) public disclosure of sources of revenue of the vendor, including any targeted advertising and the sale of any student, educator, or school staff data to third parties; and

(F) the extent to which products and services undermine or promote the cognitive development and critical thinking skills of students; and

(3) disseminate research findings to State educational agencies and make such findings available on a publicly accessible website, which shall include—

(A) a list of education technology vendors that have been found to provide safe, evidence-based products and services;

(B) a list of education technology vendors that have been found to have concerning practices or that provide products and services that have not been proven effective according to available evidence; and

(C) a rating or classification system of such education technology vendors based on the criteria described in paragraph (2).

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