CRT Transparency Act

Subjects: Education

Summary:  <p><strong>Curriculum Review of Teachings Transparency Act or the CRT Transparency Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires a local educational agency, in order to receive certain federal education grants, to post on a publicly accessible website the curriculum for each grade level of its elementary and secondary schools.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 287 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 287

 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure 
that local educational agencies applying for certain Federal education 
funds post the curriculum for elementary and secondary schools online, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 11, 2023

   Mr. Fitzgerald (for himself, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Waltz, Mr. 
  Posey, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Issa, Mr. Guest, Mr. Bishop of 
North Carolina, Mr. Steil, Mr. Carey, Mr. Clyde, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Bost, 
Mr. Perry, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. Hunt, and 
  Mr. Gaetz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure 
that local educational agencies applying for certain Federal education 
funds post the curriculum for elementary and secondary schools online, 
                        and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Curriculum Review of Teachings 
Transparency Act'' or the ``CRT Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. STATE AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY PLANS.

    (a) Assurances From States.--Section 1111(g)(2) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(g)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (M), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (N), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(O) the State will ensure that each local 
                educational agency in the State posts the curriculum 
                for each elementary school and secondary school grade 
                level on a publicly accessible website of the 
                agency.''.
    (b) Assurances From Local Educational Agencies.--Section 1112(c) of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6312(c)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (6), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) post the curriculum for each elementary school and 
        secondary school grade level on a publicly accessible website 
        of the agency.''.
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