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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6004 

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to modify 

certain provisions concerning charter schools. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 30, 2010 

Ms. SHEA-PORTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

of 1965 to modify certain provisions concerning 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. CHARTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. 

4 (a) RESERVATION FOR DISSEMINATION.—Section 

5 5204(f)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

6 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7221c(f)(1)) is amended by strik7 ing ‘‘may reserve’’ and inserting ‘‘shall reserve’’. 

8 (b) DISSEMINATION.—Section 5204(f)(6) of such Act 

9 (20 U.S.C. 7221c(f)(6)) is amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(6) DISSEMINATION.— 

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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A local educational 

2 agency, a successful charter school, or a suc3 cessful charter school in partnership with such 

4 a local educational agency may apply for funds 

5 reserved under paragraph (1) to carry out the 

6 activities described in subparagraph (B). 

7 ‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—A recipient of funds 

8 under subparagraph (A) shall use the funds to 

9 assist schools in adapting the program of a suc10 cessful charter school (or certain aspects of the 

11 successful charter school’s program), or to dis12 seminate information about a successful charter 

13 school, through such activities as— 

14 ‘‘(i) assisting individuals with the 

15 planning and start-up of one or more new 

16 public schools, including charter schools, 

17 that are independent of the successful 

18 charter school and the successful charter 

19 school’s developers, and that agree to be 

20 held to at least as high a level of account21 ability as the successful charter school; 

22 ‘‘(ii) developing partnerships with 

23 public schools, including charter schools, 

24 designed to improve student academic 

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1 achievement in each of the schools partici2 pating in the partnership; 

3 ‘‘(iii) developing curriculum materials, 

4 assessments, and other materials that pro5 mote increased student achievement and 

6 are based on successful practices within 

7 the successful charter school; and 

8 ‘‘(iv) conducting evaluations and de9 veloping materials that document the suc10 cessful practices of the successful charter 

11 school and that are designed to improve 

12 student performance in other schools. 

13 ‘‘(C) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 

14 paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(i) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.— 

16 The term ‘local educational agency’ does 

17 not include a charter school that con18 stitutes a local educational agency under 

19 State law. 

20 ‘‘(ii) SUCCESSFUL CHARTER

21 SCHOOL.—The term ‘successful charter 

22 school’ means a charter school that has 

23 been in operation for at least 3 consecutive 

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1 years and satisfies other criteria deter2 mined by the Secretary.’’. 

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