| 1 | 1 | | I |
|---|
| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
|---|
| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 847 |
|---|
| 5 | 5 | | To repeal certain formula grants under the Elementary and Secondary Edu- |
|---|
| 6 | 6 | | cation Act of 1965 and use such funds to award block grants to States, |
|---|
| 7 | 7 | | except as otherwise appropriated by Congress. |
|---|
| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
|---|
| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY31, 2025 |
|---|
| 10 | 10 | | Mr. B |
|---|
| 11 | 11 | | URCHETTintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
|---|
| 12 | 12 | | Committee on Education and Workforce |
|---|
| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
|---|
| 14 | 14 | | To repeal certain formula grants under the Elementary and |
|---|
| 15 | 15 | | Secondary Education Act of 1965 and use such funds |
|---|
| 16 | 16 | | to award block grants to States, except as otherwise |
|---|
| 17 | 17 | | appropriated by Congress. |
|---|
| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
|---|
| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
|---|
| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
|---|
| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Building Lasting Op-4 |
|---|
| 22 | 22 | | portunities for Community K–12 Act’’ or the ‘‘BLOCK 5 |
|---|
| 23 | 23 | | Act’’. 6 |
|---|
| 24 | 24 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:43 Feb 27, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H847.IH H847 |
|---|
| 25 | 25 | | ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 |
|---|
| 26 | 26 | | •HR 847 IH |
|---|
| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES. 1 |
|---|
| 28 | 28 | | Beginning with fiscal year 2026, and each succeeding 2 |
|---|
| 29 | 29 | | fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of Education shall 3 |
|---|
| 30 | 30 | | award block grants to each State in an amount that the 4 |
|---|
| 31 | 31 | | State received under the provisions listed in section 3 for 5 |
|---|
| 32 | 32 | | fiscal year 2025, except as otherwise appropriated by Con-6 |
|---|
| 33 | 33 | | gress. 7 |
|---|
| 34 | 34 | | SEC. 3. REPEAL OF CERTAIN FORMULA GRANTS UNDER 8 |
|---|
| 35 | 35 | | THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDU-9 |
|---|
| 36 | 36 | | CATION ACT OF 1965. 10 |
|---|
| 37 | 37 | | On October 1, 2025, the following provisions of the 11 |
|---|
| 38 | 38 | | Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 12 |
|---|
| 39 | 39 | | U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) shall be repealed: 13 |
|---|
| 40 | 40 | | (1) Grants to local educational agencies under 14 |
|---|
| 41 | 41 | | part A of title I (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.). 15 |
|---|
| 42 | 42 | | (2) State Assessment Grants under part B of 16 |
|---|
| 43 | 43 | | title I (20 U.S.C. 6361 et seq.). 17 |
|---|
| 44 | 44 | | (3) Migrant Education under part C of title I 18 |
|---|
| 45 | 45 | | (20 U.S.C. 6391 et seq.). 19 |
|---|
| 46 | 46 | | (4) Neglected and Delinquent under part D of 20 |
|---|
| 47 | 47 | | title I (20 U.S.C. 6421 et seq.). 21 |
|---|
| 48 | 48 | | (5) Supporting Effective Instruction State 22 |
|---|
| 49 | 49 | | Grants under part A of title II (20 U.S.C. 6611 et 23 |
|---|
| 50 | 50 | | seq.). 24 |
|---|
| 51 | 51 | | (6) English Language Acquisition under part A 25 |
|---|
| 52 | 52 | | of title III (20 U.S.C. 6811 et seq.). 26 |
|---|
| 53 | 53 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:43 Feb 27, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H847.IH H847 |
|---|
| 54 | 54 | | ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 3 |
|---|
| 55 | 55 | | •HR 847 IH |
|---|
| 56 | 56 | | (7) Student Support and Academic Enrichment 1 |
|---|
| 57 | 57 | | Grants under part A of title IV (20 U.S.C. 7111 et 2 |
|---|
| 58 | 58 | | seq.). 3 |
|---|
| 59 | 59 | | (8) The 21st Century Community Learning 4 |
|---|
| 60 | 60 | | Centers under part B of title IV (20 U.S.C. 7171 5 |
|---|
| 61 | 61 | | et seq.). 6 |
|---|
| 62 | 62 | | (9) Rural Education under part B of title V (20 7 |
|---|
| 63 | 63 | | U.S.C. 7341 et seq.). 8 |
|---|
| 64 | 64 | | (10) Indian Education Formula Grants to 9 |
|---|
| 65 | 65 | | Local Educational Agencies under subpart 1 of part 10 |
|---|
| 66 | 66 | | A of title VI (20 U.S.C. 7421 et seq.). 11 |
|---|
| 67 | 67 | | SEC. 4. DEFINITION OF STATE. 12 |
|---|
| 68 | 68 | | In this Act, the term ‘‘State’’ means the 50 States, 13 |
|---|
| 69 | 69 | | the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. 14 |
|---|
| 70 | 70 | | Æ |
|---|
| 71 | 71 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:43 Feb 27, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H847.IH H847 |
|---|
| 72 | 72 | | ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS |
|---|