H.R. 10421
Transforming Education for the Future Act
Sponsor: Suzanne Bonamici
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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
(a) School improvement. Section 1003(a)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6303(a)(1)) is amended by striking 7 percent and inserting 10 percent.
(b) Continued support for school and LEA improvement. Section 1111(d)(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(d)(3)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively;
(2) by striking State, the State educational agency and inserting the following:
State—
(A) the Secretary shall—
(i) beginning on the date of enactment of this subparagraph, and every 3 school years thereafter, conduct audits of how States are using funds received under this part, and resource allocation reviews required under paragraph (3)(A)(ii);
(ii) submit the results of such audits to Congress; and
(iii) publish the results of such audits on a publicly available website of the Department;
(3) in subparagraph (B), as so redesignated—
(A) by inserting the State educational agency before shall;
(B) in clause (i)—
(i) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking establish statewide exit criteria for and inserting with respect to statewide exit criteria, establish;
(ii) by redesignating subclause (II) as subclause (III);
(iii) by striking subclause (I) and inserting the following:
(I) such criteria for when a school is no longer identified by the State for comprehensive support and improvement under subsection (c)(4)(D)(i) or targeted support and improvement under subsection (c)(4)(C), where such requirements include that such school must improve outcomes, for no less than 2 consecutive years for the lowest-performing subgroups at such school; and
(II) specific steps that such State educational agency will take to assist schools that do not meaningfully improve student subgroup outcomes within 3 years of entering comprehensive support and improvement under subsection (c)(4)(D)(i) or targeted support and improvement under subsection (c)(4)(C), which may include more rigorous State-determined action, such as the implementation of interventions (which may include addressing school-level operations); and
; and
(iv) in subclause (III), as so redesignated, by inserting such criteria for before schools described in;
(C) in clause (ii)—
(i) by striking periodically and inserting not less than once every 3 years, before review resource allocation; and
(ii) in subclause (II), by striking and at the end;
(D) in clause (iii)(II), by striking and at the end; and
(E) by adding at the end the following:
(iv) publish on a publicly accessible website of the State educational agency—
(aa) evidence-based school improvement strategies; and
(bb) information with respect to how such agency will support local educational agencies and schools in developing comprehensive support and improvement plans under paragraph (1) or targeted support and improvement plans under paragraph (2), respectively;
(v) explain how such agency will work with schools served by such agency described in subclauses (II) and (III) of clause (ii), and the local educational agencies that serve such schools, to implement improvement efforts related to comprehensive support and improvement under subsection (c)(4)(D)(i) or targeted support and improvement under subsection (c)(4)(C); and
(vi) an assurance that State educational agencies will require local educational agencies to provide additional funding to schools identified for comprehensive support and improvement under subsection (c)(4)(D)(i) or targeted support and improvement under subsection (c)(4)(C) than such schools were provided prior to the designation, as practicable.
; and
(4) in subparagraph (C), as so redesignated, by inserting the State educational agency before may.
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