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|  ![](media/i    | g | | **H.R. 1539---'A PLUS' Act**             |  | |
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|  th="1.04166666 | 5 | | **Action Requested:**\                   |  | |
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|  ![](media/     | ) | | **Background:**\                         |  | |
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|  image4.gif){wi | { | | The "A PLUS" Act, also known as the      |  | |
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|  dth="1.5625in" | w | | "Academic Partnerships Lead Us to        |  | |
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|  hei            | i | | Success Act," is a bill that will allow  |  | |
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|  ght="0.5208333 | d | | a state to submit a declaration of       |  | |
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|  333333334in"}\ | t | | intent to the Secretary of Education to  |  | |
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|  ![](media/i    | h | | combine certain funds to improve the     |  | |
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|  mage2.png){wid | = | | academic achievement of students. The    |  | |
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|  th="1.04166666 | " | | purpose is to give states and local      |  | |
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|  66666666e-2in" | 1 | | communities maximum flexibility to       |  | |
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|  heigh          | . | | determine how to improve academic        |  | |
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|  t="1.041666666 | 0 | | achievement and implement education      |  | |
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|  6666666e-2in"} | 4 | | reforms as well as to reduce the         |  | |
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|                 | 1 | | administrative costs and compliance      |  | |
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|    -----------  | 6 | | burden of federal education programs in  |  | |
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|    **Quick      | 6 | | order to focus federal resources on      |  | |
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|    Menu**       | 6 | | improving academic achievement. It will  |  | |
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|                 | 6 | | also make states and communities         |  | |
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|    -----------  | 6 | | accountable to the public (includes      |  | |
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|                 | 6 | | parents and other taxpayers) for         |  | |
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|                 | 6 | | advancing the academic achievement of    |  | |
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|   ------------- | 6 | | all students, especially disadvantaged   |  | |
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|  -------------- | 6 | | children.                                |  | |
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|  -------------- | 6 | | This bill is almost identical to S. 893  |  | |
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|  -------------- | 6 | | introduced in the Senate.                |  | |
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