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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 83
5	5	To amend part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education
6	6	Act of 1965 to allow States, in accordance with State law, to let Federal
7	7	funds for the education of disadvantaged children follow low-income chil-
8	8	dren to the public school, charter school, accredited private school, or
9	9	supplemental educational service program they attend, and for other
10	10	purposes.
11	11	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
12	12	JANUARY3, 2025
13	13	Mr. B
14	14	IGGSof Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
15	15	Committee on Education and Workforce
16	16	A BILL
17	17	To amend part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary
18	18	Education Act of 1965 to allow States, in accordance
19	19	with State law, to let Federal funds for the education
20	20	of disadvantaged children follow low-income children to
21	21	the public school, charter school, accredited private
22	22	school, or supplemental educational service program they
23	23	attend, and for other purposes.
24	24	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
25	25	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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29	29	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
30	30	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ending Common Core 2
31	31	and Expanding School Choice Act’’. 3
32	32	SEC. 2. STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY GRANTS TO ELIGI-4
33	33	BLE CHILDREN. 5
34	34	(a) I
35	35	NGENERAL.—Part A of title I of the Elemen-6
36	36	tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7
37	37	6311 et seq.) is amended to read as follows: 8
38	38	‘‘PART A—STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY GRANTS 9
39	39	TO ELIGIBLE CHILDREN 10
40	40	‘‘SEC. 1111. ALLOCATIONS TO STATES. 11
41	41	‘‘(a) I
42	42	NGENERAL.—For each fiscal year, the Sec-12
43	43	retary shall allocate the amount appropriated to carry out 13
44	44	this part among State education agencies based on the 14
45	45	number of eligible children residing in each State. 15
46	46	‘‘(b) E
47	47	LIGIBLECHILD.—In this section, the term ‘eli-16
48	48	gible child’ means a child aged 5 to 17, inclusive, from 17
49	49	a family with an income below the poverty level on the 18
50	50	basis of the most recent satisfactory data published by the 19
51	51	Department of Commerce. 20
52	52	‘‘(c) C
53	53	RITERIA OFPOVERTY.—In determining the 21
54	54	families with incomes below the poverty level for the pur-22
55	55	poses of this section, a State educational agency shall use 23
56	56	the criteria of poverty used by the Census Bureau in com-24
57	57	piling the most recent decennial census, as the criteria 25
58	58	have been updated by increases in the Consumer Price 26
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62	62	Index for All Urban Consumers, published by the Bureau 1
63	63	of Labor Statistics. 2
64	64	‘‘SEC. 1112. FUNDS FOLLOWING ELIGIBLE CHILDREN. 3
65	65	‘‘(a) C
66	66	ALCULATION OF PERPUPILAMOUNT.—For 4
67	67	each fiscal year, the State educational agency shall cal-5
68	68	culate the per pupil amount by dividing the amount made 6
69	69	available to the agency under section 1111 by the number 7
70	70	of eligible children (as defined in section 1111(b)) residing 8
71	71	in the State. 9
72	72	‘‘(b) U
73	73	SE OFFUNDS.—Each State educational agen-10
74	74	cy shall use each per pupil amount calculated under sub-11
75	75	section (a) for qualified elementary and secondary edu-12
76	76	cation expenses and in a manner directed by State law. 13
77	77	‘‘(c) F
78	78	UNDSDISTRIBUTED TOPARENTS.—In a case 14
79	79	in which State law directs a State educational agency to 15
80	80	distribute all or a portion of a per pupil amount to a par-16
81	81	ent of an eligible child, the agency also shall determine, 17
82	82	consistent with State law, how the agency will verify that 18
83	83	funds are being used in accordance with this section and 19
84	84	whether to require the parent to establish an educational 20
85	85	savings account or other dedicated account to maintain 21
86	86	such funds. 22
87	87	‘‘(d) D
88	88	EFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘quali-23
89	89	fied elementary and secondary education expenses’, when 24
90	90	used with respect to a child, means any of the following: 25
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94	94	‘‘(1) Expenses within the budget of the local 1
95	95	educational agency having jurisdiction over the geo-2
96	96	graphic area in which the child resides. 3
97	97	‘‘(2) Expenses within the budget of the public 4
98	98	or charter school the child may attend without pay-5
99	99	ing tuition or fees. 6
100	100	‘‘(3) Tuition and fees required to be paid in 7
101	101	order for the child to attend a public or charter 8
102	102	school in the State in which the child resides. 9
103	103	‘‘(4) Tuition and fees required to be paid in 10
104	104	order for the child to attend an accredited or other-11
105	105	wise State-approved private school in the State in 12
106	106	which the child resides. 13
107	107	‘‘(5) Fees required to be paid for the child to 14
108	108	participate in a State-approved supplemental edu-15
109	109	cational services program. 16
110	110	‘‘SEC. 1113. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 17
111	111	‘‘(a) I
112	112	NGENERAL.—No officer or employee of the 18
113	113	Federal Government shall, through grants, contracts, or 19
114	114	other cooperative agreements, mandate, direct, or control 20
115	115	a State, local educational agency, or school’s specific in-21
116	116	structional content, academic standards and assessments, 22
117	117	curricula, or program of instruction (including any re-23
118	118	quirement, direction, or mandate to adopt the Common 24
119	119	Core State Standards developed under the Common Core 25
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123	123	State Standards Initiative, any other academic standards 1
124	124	common to a significant number of States, or any assess-2
125	125	ment, instructional content, or curriculum aligned to such 3
126	126	standards), nor shall anything in this Act be construed 4
127	127	to authorize such officer or employee to do so. 5
128	128	‘‘(b) N
129	129	OREQUIREMENT TOIMPLEMENT ASSESS-6
130	130	MENTS, STANDARDS, ORACCOUNTABILITYSYSTEMS.—An 7
131	131	officer or employee of the Federal Government shall not 8
132	132	require a State educational agency, local educational agen-9
133	133	cy, school, or Indian Tribe to implement an annual assess-10
134	134	ment, academic standard, or accountability system, or 11
135	135	condition funds made available under this part upon such 12
136	136	implementation.’’. 13
137	137	(b) C
138	138	ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 14
139	139	(1) R
140	140	EPEAL OF STATE ASSESSMENT GRANTS .— 15
141	141	Part B of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 16
142	142	Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.) is 17
143	143	repealed. 18
144	144	(2) A
145	145	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .— 19
146	146	Section 1002 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 6302) is 20
147	147	amended— 21
148	148	(A) by striking the subsection heading for 22
149	149	subsection (a) and inserting ‘‘S
150	150	TATEEDU-23
151	151	CATIONALAGENCYGRANTS FOR ELIGIBLE 24
152	152	C
153	153	HILDREN’’; and 25
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157	157	(B) by striking subsection (b). 1
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