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Union Calendar No. 449 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6418 

[Report No. 118–540] 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 15, 2023 

Ms. LETLOW (for herself, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. JAMES, and Mr. CISCOMANI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

JUNE 4, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mrs. HOUCHIN and Mr. KILEY

JUNE 4, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on November 15, 2023] 


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A BILL 

To modify the program of grants to support high-quality 

charter schools. 


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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 School 

5 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)— 

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

12 after the semicolon; and 

13 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

14 (i) by inserting ‘‘which may include 

15 assistance in locating and accessing a facil16 ity, and technical assistance in assessing fi17 nancial options, prior to an eligible appli18 cant receiving a subgrant under this sec19 tion,’’ after ‘‘paragraph (1),’’; and 

20 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

21 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

22 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

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

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

25 applicant) to charter school developers that— 


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1 ‘‘(A) intend to submit an application— 

2 ‘‘(i) to an authorized public chartering 

3 agency to operate a charter school; or 

4 ‘‘(ii) to nonprofit or public entities for 

5 the provision of financial support to such 

6 developers; 

7 ‘‘(B) are led by educators who— 

8 ‘‘(i) have not less than 54 months of 

9 school-based experience (which may include 

10 experience in teaching in or administering 

11 after school or summer school programs); 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(ii) have demonstrated leadership 

14 competencies and success with students, as 

15 determined by the State entity; and 

16 ‘‘(C) have successfully completed the devel17 opment of an initial plan for opening a charter 

18 school, as evidenced by a description of the edu19 cational needs of the community in which the 

20 proposed charter school will be located and how 

21 the proposed charter school will be suited to meet 

22 those needs.’’; 

23 (2) in subsection (c)(1)— 

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

25 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘82 percent’’; 


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1 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

2 (i) by striking ‘‘not less than 7 per3 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘not more than 10 per4 cent’’; and 

5 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi6 colon; 

7 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 

8 subparagraph (D); and 

9 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(C) reserve not more than 5 percent of such 

12 funds to carry out the activities described in sub13 section (b)(3); and’’; 

14 (3) in subsection (d)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘this sec15 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(1)’’; 

16 (4) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ‘‘this sec17 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(1)’’; 

18 (5) in subsection (f)(1)(A)(vi)— 

19 (A) in the matter preceding subclause (I), 

20 by inserting ‘‘under subsection (b)(1)’’ after 

21 ‘‘program’’; and 

22 (B) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘subgrant 

23 funds under this section’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘subgrant funds under subsection (b)(1)’’; and 


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1 (6) in subsection (h), in the matter preceding 

2 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘this section’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘subsection (b)(1)’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 449 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6418 

[Report No. 118–540] 

A BILL 

To modify the program of grants to support highquality charter schools. 

JUNE 4, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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