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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3072 

To modify the program of grants to support high-quality charter schools. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 18, 2023 

Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. CASSIDY, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. 

SCOTT of South Carolina, Mr. BENNET, Mr. BRAUN, and Mr. SCHATZ) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To modify the program of grants to support high-quality 

charter schools. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Empower Charter 

5 School Educators to Lead Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANTS TO SUPPORT HIGH-QUALITY CHARTER 

7 SCHOOLS. 

8 Section 4303 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu9 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7221b) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (b)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

2 after the semicolon; 

3 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

4 (i) by inserting ‘‘which may include 

5 assistance in locating and accessing a facil6 ity and funding a revolving loan fund or a 

7 similar mechanism for expenses under sub8 section (h) prior to an eligible applicant re9 ceiving reimbursement,’’ after ‘‘paragraph 

10 (1),’’; and 

11 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

12 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

13 (iii) by adding at the end the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(3) provide pre-charter planning subgrants (in 

16 amounts of no more than $100,000 per prospective 

17 applicant) to charter school developers that have not 

18 yet submitted an application for a charter to an au19 thorized public chartering agency, or to nonprofit or 

20 public entities for the provision of financial support 

21 to such developers, provided that such developers— 

22 ‘‘(A) are led by educators— 

23 ‘‘(i) with not less than 54 months of 

24 school-based experience (which may include 

25 experience in teaching in or administering 


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1 after school or summer school programs); 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(ii) that have demonstrated leader4 ship competencies and success with stu5 dents, as determined by the State entity; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(B) have successfully completed the devel8 opment of an initial plan for opening a public 

9 charter school, as evidenced by a description of 

10 the educational needs of the community in 

11 which the proposed charter school will be lo12 cated and how the planned charter school will 

13 be suited to meet those needs.’’; and 

14 (2) in subsection (c)(1)— 

15 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘90 

16 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘80 percent’’; 

17 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

18 (i) by striking ‘‘not less than 7 per19 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘not more than 10 

20 percent’’; and 

21 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi22 colon; 

23 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 

24 subparagraph (D); 


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1 (D) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated 

2 by subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘3 percent’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘5 percent’’; and 

4 (E) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘(C) reserve not more than 5 percent of 

7 such funds to carry out the activities described 

8 in subsection (b)(3); and’’. 

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