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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2029 

To use amounts provided for the Fund for the Improvement of Education 

to establish a pilot program that supports year-round public elementary 

schools and secondary schools. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 12, 2014 

Mr. KIRK (for himself and Mr. BOOKER) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 

Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To use amounts provided for the Fund for the Improvement 

of Education to establish a pilot program that supports 

year-round public elementary schools and secondary 

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 ‘‘All Year School Study 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. YEAR-ROUND SCHOOL PILOT PROGRAM. 

2 (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—Section 5411 of the 

3 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

4 U.S.C. 7243) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (b)— 

6 (A) by redesignating paragraph (9) as 

7 paragraph (10); and 

8 (B) by inserting after paragraph (8) the 

9 following: 

10 ‘‘(9) Activities to establish or expand programs 

11 providing year-round education at public elementary 

12 schools or secondary schools that— 

13 ‘‘(A) focus on raising student achievement, 

14 using research- and evidence-based practices; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(B) may include increasing the salaries of 

17 teachers who agree to work in the year-round 

18 education programs by an amount not to exceed 

19 100 percent.’’; and 

20 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(e) PILOT PROGRAM FOR YEAR-ROUND SCHOOL

22 ACTIVITIES.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts de24 scribed in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall carry 

25 out a multi-year pilot program that awards 4 grants, 

26 to eligible entities described in paragraph (3), to 


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1 carry out the activities described in subsection 

2 (b)(9). 

3 ‘‘(2) FUNDING LIMIT FOR THE PILOT PRO4 GRAM.— 

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

6 use, from the amounts provided under section 

7 5401 for fiscal years 2015 through 2018 for 

8 this subpart, a total of $4,000,000 to carry out 

9 the pilot program described in paragraph (1), 

10 subject to subparagraph (B). 

11 ‘‘(B) RESERVATION.—The Secretary shall 

12 reserve 5 percent of the total amount of funds 

13 made available under subparagraph (A) to 

14 carry out the independent evaluation described 

15 in paragraph (5). 

16 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Entities described 

17 in subsection (a), except for institutions of higher 

18 education or private entities, shall be eligible for 

19 grants under this subsection. 

20 ‘‘(4) AWARD BASIS.—In awarding grants under 

21 paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— 

22 ‘‘(A) give a priority to eligible entities 

23 that— 

24 ‘‘(i) propose to use grant funds to 

25 carry out year-round education activities 


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1 that emphasize science, technology, engi2 neering, and mathematics; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) target the year-round education 

4 activities to be carried out under the grant 

5 to— 

6 ‘‘(I) areas with large populations, 

7 or high concentrations, of low-income 

8 individuals; and 

9 ‘‘(II) low-performing schools; and 

10 ‘‘(B) ensure an equitable distribution of 

11 such grants across diverse geographic areas. 

12 ‘‘(5) INDEPENDENT EVALUATION.—The Sec13 retary shall enter into a contract with an entity to— 

14 ‘‘(A) provide an independent evaluation of 

15 the effectiveness of the pilot program carried 

16 out under this subsection; and 

17 ‘‘(B) prepare and submit a report to the 

18 Secretary and Congress, by not later than 180 

19 days after the conclusion of the pilot program 

20 under this subsection, that summarizes the re21 sults of the evaluation. 

22 ‘‘(6) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

23 this subsection shall be construed to alter or other24 wise affect the rights, remedies, and procedures af25 forded to school or school district employees under 


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1 Federal, State, or local laws (including applicable 

2 regulations, court orders, or requirements that 

3 school districts negotiate, or meet and confer, in 

4 good faith) or under the terms of collective bar5 gaining agreements, memoranda of understanding, 

6 or other agreements between such employers and 

7 their employees.’’. 

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