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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1968 

To allow States to let Federal funds for the education of disadvantaged 

children follow low-income children to the accredited or otherwise Stateapproved public school, private school, or supplemental educational services program they attend. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 28, 2014 

Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself, Mr. COATS, Mr. CORNYN, and Mr. VITTER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To allow States to let Federal funds for the education of 

disadvantaged children follow low-income children to the 

accredited or otherwise State-approved public school, private school, or supplemental educational services program 

they attend. 

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 ‘‘Scholarships for Kids 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

2 The purpose of this Act is to improve the academic 

3 achievement of the disadvantaged by encouraging State ef4 forts to expand the educational choices available to low5 income students. 

6 SEC. 3. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR KIDS PROGRAM. 

7 Subpart 2 of part A of title I of the Elementary and 

8 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6331 et 

9 seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 1128. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR KIDS PROGRAM. 

11 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE CHILD.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible 

14 child’ means a child residing in a participating 

15 State who— 

16 ‘‘(i) is not older than 21; 

17 ‘‘(ii) is entitled to a free public edu18 cation through grade 12; and 

19 ‘‘(iii)(I) is from a family with an in20 come below the poverty level on the basis 

21 of the most recent satisfactory data pub22 lished by the Department of Commerce; or 

23 ‘‘(II) is a child described in subpara24 graph (B). 

25 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION FOR CONTINUING ELIGI26 BILITY.—A participating State may elect to 


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1 serve a child as an eligible child under an ap2 proved program under this section if— 

3 ‘‘(i) such child was an eligible child 

4 described in subparagraph (A) during the 

5 previous fiscal year; 

6 ‘‘(ii) such child is from a family with 

7 an income that is not greater than 200 

8 percent of the poverty level on the basis of 

9 the most recent satisfactory data published 

10 by the Department of Commerce for the 

11 preceding year; and 

12 ‘‘(iii) the State educational agency has 

13 determined that the child qualifies for con14 tinuing eligibility, as defined by the partici15 pating State in its declaration of intent 

16 under subsection (d). 

17 ‘‘(C) CRITERIA OF POVERTY.—In deter18 mining if a family has an income below the pov19 erty level for purposes of this section, a State 

20 shall use the poverty threshold, for the most re21 cently completed calendar year, most recently 

22 published by the Bureau of the Census. 

23 ‘‘(2) PARTICIPATING STATE.—The term ‘par24 ticipating State’ means a State whose declaration of 

25 intent to exercise the State option for a Scholarships 


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1 for Kids program is approved by the Secretary as 

2 described in subsection (d). 

3 ‘‘(3) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 

4 the several States of the United States, the District 

5 of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

6 ‘‘(4) SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

7 PROGRAM.—The term ‘supplemental educational 

8 services program’ means a program providing sup9 plemental educational services, as defined in section 

10 1116(e)(12). 

11 ‘‘(b) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR KIDS PROGRAM AUTHOR12 IZED.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

14 provision of law and to the extent permitted under 

15 State law, a participating State may use the funds 

16 made available under this subpart to carry out a 

17 Scholarships for Kids program in accordance with 

18 subsection (c). 

19 ‘‘(2) INAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER REQUIRE20 MENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

21 this part or any other law, a participating State car22 rying out a Scholarships for Kids program that 

23 meets the requirements of this section, and the local 

24 educational agencies in such State, shall not be re25 quired to meet any other requirements under this 


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1 Act or any other law, except as provided in para2 graph (3), in order to receive the State’s funds 

3 under this subpart. 

4 ‘‘(3) ACADEMIC STANDARDS, ACADEMIC ASSESS5 MENTS, AND REPORTING ON PERFORMANCE

6 DISAGGREGATED BY STUDENT SUBGROUP.—A par7 ticipating State carrying out a Scholarships for Kids 

8 program that meets the requirements of this section, 

9 and the local educational agencies within such State, 

10 shall comply with paragraphs (1), (3), (6), and (7) 

11 of subsection (b), and subsection (h), of section 

12 1111, and with the requirements of subpart 2 of 

13 part E of title IX (except for section 9521). 

14 ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) STUDENT GRANTS.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each participating 

17 State shall use the funds made available under 

18 section 1122 and not reserved under paragraph 

19 (2) or (3) to carry out a Scholarships for Kids 

20 program, under which the State shall— 

21 ‘‘(i) establish a per-pupil amount for 

22 the grants under this section, based on the 

23 number of eligible children in the State, as 

24 described in subparagraph (B); and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) make a grant available on behalf 

2 of each eligible child, in the amount deter3 mined under such subparagraph, that the 

4 parents of the eligible child may use for 

5 any of the following purposes, as allowed 

6 by State law: 

7 ‘‘(I) To supplement the budget of 

8 any public school the eligible child is 

9 able to attend without fees. 

10 ‘‘(II) To pay for all, or a portion, 

11 of any fees required to attend another 

12 public school in the participating 

13 State. 

14 ‘‘(III) To pay for all, or a por15 tion, of the tuition and fees required 

16 to attend an accredited or otherwise 

17 State-approved private school. 

18 ‘‘(IV) To pay for all, or a por19 tion, of the fees required to partici20 pate in a State-approved supplemental 

21 educational services program. 

22 ‘‘(B) CALCULATION OF GRANT

23 AMOUNTS.—Each participating State shall cal24 culate the amount of the grant to be awarded 

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1 viding the allocation to the participating State 

2 under this subpart remaining after the partici3 pating State reserves any funds under para4 graph (2) or (3), by the total number of eligible 

5 children, as determined by the participating 

6 State. 

7 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—A partici8 pating State may reserve not more than 3 percent 

9 of its allocation under section 1122 for administra10 tive costs associated with carrying out the partici11 pating State’s duties and functions under this sec12 tion, including— 

13 ‘‘(A) certifying the eligibility of children 

14 living in the participating State; 

15 ‘‘(B) disseminating information to parents 

16 of eligible children about public schools, private 

17 schools, and programs of supplemental edu18 cational services that are available to eligible 

19 children in the participating State; 

20 ‘‘(C) paying the costs of administering any 

21 tests required to be administered to eligible 

22 children participating in the program; and 

23 ‘‘(D) providing subgrants to local edu24 cational agencies in the participating State for 

25 any of these purposes. 


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1 ‘‘(3) TRANSPORTATION FOR ELIGIBLE CHIL2 DREN.—A participating State may reserve not more 

3 than 2 percent of its allocation under section 1122 

4 to provide transportation for eligible children to the 

5 public school, private school, or supplemental edu6 cational services program the eligible children attend 

7 in accordance with paragraph (1)(A)(ii). 

8 ‘‘(d) STATE DECLARATION OF INTENT.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to carry out a 

10 Scholarships for Kids program under this section, a 

11 State educational agency shall submit a declaration 

12 of intent to exercise the State option for a Scholar13 ships for Kids program to the Secretary that satis14 fies the requirements of this subsection. 

15 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each declaration of intent 

16 submitted under paragraph (1) shall provide the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(A) A description of the program to be 

19 administered under this section, including the 

20 per-student amount calculated under subsection 

21 (c)(1)(B) that will follow each eligible child to 

22 the school or supplemental educational services 

23 program the eligible child attends. 


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1 ‘‘(B) An assurance that funds made avail2 able under this section will be spent in accord3 ance with the requirements of this section. 

4 ‘‘(C)(i) An assurance that the State will 

5 provide a parent of each eligible child within the 

6 State who receives or is offered a grant under 

7 this section with the option to use grant funds 

8 for 1 (or more than 1 if the parent so chooses) 

9 of any of the following, as allowed by State law: 

10 ‘‘(I) To supplement the budget of any 

11 public school the eligible child is able to at12 tend without fees. 

13 ‘‘(II) To pay for all, or a portion, of 

14 any fees required to attend another public 

15 school in the participating State. 

16 ‘‘(III) To pay for all, or a portion, of 

17 the tuition and fees to attend an accredited 

18 or otherwise State-approved private school. 

19 ‘‘(IV) To pay for all, or a portion, of 

20 the fees required to participate in a supple21 mental educational services program. 

22 ‘‘(ii) A description of the procedures the 

23 State will implement to carry out the require24 ments of clause (i), including any accreditation 

25 or other method by which the State will approve 


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1 private schools and providers of supplemental 

2 educational services programs to accept grant 

3 funds under this section. 

4 ‘‘(D) An assurance that the State will pub5 lish, in a widely read or distributed medium, an 

6 annual report that contains— 

7 ‘‘(i) the number of students, schools, 

8 and providers of programs of supplemental 

9 educational services that participated in 

10 the program assisted under this section; 

11 ‘‘(ii) information regarding the aca12 demic progress of students receiving a 

13 grant under this section in meeting chal14 lenging State student academic achieve15 ment standards under section 1111(b)(1), 

16 if the State requires that students receiv17 ing a grant participate in the academic as18 sessments administered under section 

19 1111(b)(3); and 

20 ‘‘(iii) such other information as the 

21 State may require. 

22 ‘‘(E) A description of how the State will 

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1 arships for Kids program for the preceding 

2 year, in accordance with subsection (a)(1)(B). 

3 ‘‘(F) An assurance that the State will as4 sist each local educational agency, public school, 

5 and participating private school affected by the 

6 State declaration of intent to meet the require7 ments of this section. 

8 ‘‘(G) An assurance that the State will use 

9 Federal funds awarded as grants to eligible 

10 children under this section to supplement any 

11 funds from non-Federal sources that would, in 

12 the absence of such Federal funds, be made 

13 available to such students or to the schools or 

14 programs of supplemental educational services 

15 the students attend, and not to supplant such 

16 funds. 

17 ‘‘(H) An assurance that the State will 

18 comply with the requirements of paragraphs 

19 (1), (3), (6), and (7) of subsection (b), and sub20 section (h), of section 1111. 

21 ‘‘(I) An assurance that the State will par22 ticipate in biennial State academic assessments 

23 in grades 4 and 8 in reading and mathematics 

24 under the National Assessment of Educational 

25 Progress carried out under section 303(b)(3) of 


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1 the National Assessment of Educational 

2 Progress Authorization Act if the Secretary 

3 pays the costs of administering such assess4 ments. 

5 ‘‘(3) REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE SEC6 RETARY.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 

8 ‘‘(i) establish a process to review the 

9 declarations of intent received from States 

10 under this subsection; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) by not later than 30 days after 

12 the submission of a State declaration of in13 tent, approve the State declaration or, if 

14 the Secretary clearly demonstrates that the 

15 State declaration of intent does not meet 

16 the requirements of this subsection, carry 

17 out the requirements of paragraph (4). 

18 ‘‘(B) STANDARD AND NATURE OF RE19 VIEW.—The Secretary shall conduct a good 

20 faith review of State declarations of intent in 

21 their totality and in deference to State and local 

22 judgments, with the goal of promoting parental 

23 choice. 

24 ‘‘(4) STATE DECLARATION OF INTENT DETER25 MINATION, DEMONSTRATION, AND REVISION.—If the 


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1 Secretary determines that a State declaration of in2 tent does not meet the requirements of this sub3 section, the Secretary shall, prior to disapproving 

4 the declaration of intent— 

5 ‘‘(A) immediately notify the State of the 

6 determination; 

7 ‘‘(B) provide to the State a detailed de8 scription of the specific requirements of this 

9 subsection that the Secretary determined were 

10 not met in the declaration of intent; 

11 ‘‘(C) offer the State an opportunity to re12 vise and resubmit its declaration of intent with13 in 30 days of the determination; 

14 ‘‘(D) provide technical assistance, upon re15 quest of the State, in order to assist the State 

16 in meeting the requirements of this subsection; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(E) provide an opportunity for a public 

19 hearing not later than 30 days after receiving 

20 from the State a revised declaration of intent, 

21 with public notice provided not less than 15 

22 days before the hearing. 

23 ‘‘(5) STATE DECLARATION OF INTENT DIS24 APPROVAL.—The Secretary shall have the authority 

25 to disapprove a State declaration of intent if— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the State has been notified and of2 fered an opportunity to revise and resubmit the 

3 declaration of intent with technical assistance, 

4 in accordance with paragraph (4); and 

5 ‘‘(B)(i) the State does not submit a revised 

6 declaration of intent; or 

7 ‘‘(ii) the State submits a revised declara8 tion of intent that the Secretary determines, 

9 after an opportunity for a hearing conducted in 

10 accordance with paragraph (4)(E), does not 

11 meet the requirements of this subsection. 

12 ‘‘(6) RECOGNITION BY OPERATION OF LAW.—If 

13 the Secretary fails to take action on a declaration of 

14 intent submitted by a State within the time specified 

15 in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), the declaration of intent, as 

16 submitted, shall be deemed to be approved. 

17 ‘‘(7) LIMITATIONS.—The Secretary shall not 

18 have the authority to require a State, as a condition 

19 of approval of the State declaration of intent under 

20 this subsection, to— 

21 ‘‘(A) submit any standards for academic 

22 content or student academic achievement for re23 view or approval; 

24 ‘‘(B) enter into a voluntary partnership 

25 with another State to develop and implement 


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1 academic assessments, State academic content 

2 standards, and accountability systems; 

3 ‘‘(C) include in, or delete from, such a dec4 laration of intent any criterion that specifies, 

5 describes, or prescribes any standard or meas6 ure that the State uses to establish, implement, 

7 or improve— 

8 ‘‘(i) State standards; 

9 ‘‘(ii) assessments; 

10 ‘‘(iii) State accountability systems; 

11 ‘‘(iv) systems that measure student 

12 growth; 

13 ‘‘(v) measures of other academic indi14 cators; or 

15 ‘‘(vi) teacher and principal evaluation 

16 systems; or 

17 ‘‘(D) require the collection, publication, or 

18 transmission to the Department of individual 

19 student data that is not expressly required to 

20 be collected under this Act. 

21 ‘‘(e) ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ACADEMIC PROGRESS.— 

22 A participating State may require each eligible child re23 ceiving a grant under this section to take academic assess24 ments implemented by the State educational agency under 

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1 by the State educational agency of the participating State, 

2 if the participating State pays any costs associated with 

3 administering the assessment. 

4 ‘‘(f) NONDISCRIMINATION AND OTHER REQUIRE5 MENTS FOR SCHOOLS AND PROVIDERS OF SUPPLE6 MENTAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES PROGRAMS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) NONDISCRIMINATION.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

9 subparagraph (B), a school or provider of a 

10 supplemental educational services program that 

11 participates in a program under this section by 

12 accepting grant funds under this section on be13 half of an eligible child under this section shall 

14 agree to not discriminate against program par15 ticipants or applicants on the basis of race, 

16 color, national origin, religion, or sex. 

17 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.— 

18 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 

19 any other provision of law, the prohibition 

20 of sex discrimination in subparagraph (A) 

21 shall not apply to a participating school 

22 that is operated by, supervised by, con23 trolled by, or connected to a religious orga24 nization to the extent that the application 


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1 of subparagraph (A) is inconsistent with 

2 the religious tenets or beliefs of the school. 

3 ‘‘(ii) SINGLE-SEX SCHOOL, CLASS, OR

4 ACTIVITY.—Notwithstanding subparagraph 

5 (A) or any other provision of law, a parent 

6 may choose, and a school may offer, a sin7 gle-sex school, class, or activity. 

8 ‘‘(C) APPLICABILITY.—Section 909 of the 

9 Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 

10 1688) shall apply to this section as if such sec11 tion 909 were part of this section. 

12 ‘‘(2) CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.—Nothing 

13 in this section shall be construed to alter or modify 

14 the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. 

15 ‘‘(3) RULES OF CONDUCT AND OTHER SCHOOL

16 POLICIES.—A participating school or provider of 

17 supplemental educational services may require eligi18 ble children attending the school or receiving the 

19 services, respectively, to abide by any rules of con20 duct or other requirements applicable to all other 

21 students served by the school or the provider of sup22 plemental educational services. 

23 ‘‘(4) RELIGIOUSLY AFFILIATED SCHOOLS AND

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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 

2 other provision of law, a school or provider of 

3 supplemental educational services participating 

4 in a program under this section that is operated 

5 by, supervised by, controlled by, or connected 

6 to, a religious organization may exercise its 

7 right in matters of employment consistent with 

8 title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 

9 U.S.C. 2000e–1 et seq.), including the exemp10 tions in such title. 

11 ‘‘(B) MAINTENANCE OF PURPOSE.—Not12 withstanding any other provision of law, funds 

13 made available under this section to eligible stu14 dents that are received by a participating school 

15 or supplemental educational services provider, 

16 as a result of their parents’ choice, shall not, 

17 consistent with the first amendment of the Con18 stitution of the United States— 

19 ‘‘(i) necessitate any change in the par20 ticipating school’s teaching mission; 

21 ‘‘(ii) require any participating school 

22 to remove religious art, icons, scriptures, 

23 or other symbols; or 

24 ‘‘(iii) preclude any participating school 

25 from retaining religious terms in its name, 


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1 selecting its board members on a religious 

2 basis, or including religious references in 

3 its mission statements and other char4 tering or governing documents. 

5 ‘‘(g) NATIONAL PROGRAM ASSESSMENT.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 

7 through the Director of the Institute of Education 

8 Sciences, shall carry out a national assessment of 

9 activities carried out with Federal funds under this 

10 section in order— 

11 ‘‘(A) to determine the effectiveness of this 

12 section in achieving the purposes of this section; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(B) to provide timely information to the 

15 President, Congress, the States, local edu16 cational agencies, and the public on how to im17 plement this section more effectively, including 

18 recommendations for legislative and administra19 tive action that can achieve the purposes of this 

20 section more effectively. 

21 ‘‘(2) SCOPE OF ASSESSMENT.—The national as22 sessment shall assess activities supported under this 

23 section, including— 

24 ‘‘(A) the implementation of programs as25 sisted under this section by participating States 


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1 and the impact of such programs on improving 

2 the academic achievement of low-income chil3 dren to meet the challenging academic content 

4 and student academic achievement standards 

5 adopted by the participating States under sec6 tion 1111(b)(1), based on the State academic 

7 assessments adopted under section 1111(b)(3), 

8 to the extent applicable; 

9 ‘‘(B) the types of programs and services in 

10 participating States that have demonstrated the 

11 greatest effectiveness in helping low-income stu12 dents reach the challenging academic content 

13 and student academic achievement standards 

14 developed by the participating States; and 

15 ‘‘(C) the effectiveness of States, local edu16 cational agencies, schools, and other recipients 

17 of assistance under this section in achieving the 

18 purposes of this section, by— 

19 ‘‘(i) improving the academic achieve20 ment of low-income children and their per21 formance on State assessments, where ap22 plicable, as compared with other children; 

23 and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) improving the participation of 

2 parents of low-income children in the edu3 cation of their children. 

4 ‘‘(3) SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND DATA

5 COLLECTION.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In conducting the as7 sessment under this subsection, the Secretary 

8 shall— 

9 ‘‘(i) analyze existing data from States 

10 required for reports under this Act and the 

11 Individuals with Disabilities Education 

12 Act, and summarize major findings from 

13 such reports; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) analyze data from the National 

15 Assessment of Educational Progress car16 ried out under section 303(b)(2) of the 

17 National Assessment of Educational 

18 Progress Authorization Act. 

19 ‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE.—The information 

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1 quirements, data elements, or information to be 

2 reported to the Secretary not otherwise explic3 itly authorized by any other Federal law. 

4 ‘‘(4) REPORTS.— 

5 ‘‘(A) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than 3 

6 years after the date of enactment of the Schol7 arships for Kids Act, the Secretary shall trans8 mit to the President, the Committee on Edu9 cation and the Workforce of the House of Rep10 resentatives, and the Committee on Health, 

11 Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, 

12 an interim report on the national assessment 

13 conducted under this subsection. 

14 ‘‘(B) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 5 

15 years after the date of enactment of the Schol16 arships for Kids Act, the Secretary shall trans17 mit to the President, the Committee on Edu18 cation and the Workforce of the House of Rep19 resentatives, and the Committee on Health, 

20 Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, 

21 a final report on the national assessment con22 ducted under this subsection. 

23 ‘‘(h) PROHIBITION AGAINST FEDERAL MANDATES, 

24 DIRECTION, OR CONTROL.—Nothing in this subsection 

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1 officer or employee of the Federal Government to man2 date, direct, control, or exercise any direction or super3 vision over the instructional content or materials, cur4 riculum, program of instruction, academic content and 

5 student academic achievement standards, or academic as6 sessments of a State, local educational agency, elementary 

7 school or secondary school, or provider of supplemental 

8 educational services.’’. 

9 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

10 Section 1002 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu11 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6302) is amended to read 

12 as follows: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 1002. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

14 ‘‘For the purpose of carrying out part A, there are 

15 authorized to be appropriated $23,955,840,000 for fiscal 

16 year 2015 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.’’. 

17 SEC. 5. PROGRAM CONSOLIDATION. 

18 (a) CONSOLIDATION OF CERTAIN FEDERAL EDU19 CATION PROGRAMS.—The following provisions are re20 pealed: 

21 (1) Section 1003 and parts B, C, D, E, F, G, 

22 and H of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 

23 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.). 

24 (2) Titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the Ele25 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 


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1 U.S.C. 6601 et seq., 6801 et seq., 7101 et seq., 

2 7301 et seq., 7401 et seq.). 

3 (3) Clauses (iii) and (iv) of section 105(f)(1)(B) 

4 of the Compact of Free Association Amendments 

5 Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(B)(iii) and 

6 (iv)). 

7 (4) The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 

8 Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.). 

9 (5) Subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney10 Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11431 et 

11 seq.). 

12 (6) The Educational Technical Assistance Act 

13 of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.). 

14 (7) Part A of title II of the Higher Education 

15 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1022 et seq.). 

16 (8) Sections 402B and 402C of the Higher 

17 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–12, 

18 1070a–13). 

19 (9) Section 410 of the Agricultural Research 

20 Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 

21 U.S.C. 7630). 

22 (10) Section 1417(j) of the National Agricul23 tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act 

24 of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)). 


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1 (11) Section 4101 of the Patient Protection and 

2 Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 280h–4 note). 

3 (12) Section 9 of the National Science Founda4 tion Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n). 

5 (13) Section 399Z–1 of the Public Health Serv6 ice Act (42 U.S.C. 280h–5). 

7 (14) Sections 14005, 14006, and 14007 of the 

8 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 

9 (Public Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 282). 

10 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall take ef11 fect on October 1, 2015. 

12 (c) ADDITIONAL CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—After consultation with the 

14 appropriate committees of Congress and the Direc15 tor of the Office of Management and Budget, each 

16 applicable Secretary shall prepare recommended leg17 islation containing technical and conforming amend18 ments to reflect the changes made by this Act. 

19 (2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 

20 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 

21 each applicable Secretary shall submit the rec22 ommended legislation referred to under paragraph 

23 (1) to the appropriate committees of Congress. 

24 (3) DEFINITION OF APPLICABLE SECRETARY.— 

25 For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘applicable 


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1 Secretary’’ means a Secretary with authority over a 

2 program or provision of law described in subsection 

3 (a). 

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