H.R. 10421
Transforming Education for the Future Act
Sponsor: Suzanne Bonamici
Official summary
No official summary yet.
Text of the bill
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
Section 2225 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6645), as amended by section 5, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
(d) NAEP reporting to States
(1) In general. Not later than 5 days after the date described in paragraph (2), the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, acting through the Commissioner for Education Statistics, shall make available to the public and submit a public report to each State (including, to the greatest extent practicable, the Governor, the State educational agency, and State legislators) a report that contains easily accessible information on each of the following:
(A) The academic outcomes of students in the State.
(B) The State’s ranking compared to other States based on proficiency levels of each academic assessment conducted.
(C) The State's ranking compared to other States on the following basis, to the greatest extent practicable:
(i) Proficiency levels adjusted for poverty or similar demographics.
(ii) Magnitude of achievement gaps, including between subgroups of students and gaps between the highest and lowest performing students in the State.
(iii) Percentage of students at below basic achievement levels.
(D) Relevant trend or longitudinal data, such as whether the State’s outcomes are increasing, decreasing, or stagnant, or whether cohorts of students demonstrate any significant achievement trends.
(2) Date. The date described in this paragraph is the date that the Commissioner for Education Statistics releases the results of the biennial State academic assessments in reading and mathematics in grades 4 and 8 of the National Assessment of Educational Progress carried out under section 303(b)(3) of the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act.
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
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