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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1673
To provide bonus funds to local educational agencies that adopt a policy
to end social promotion.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 4, 1999
Mr. MALONEY of Connecticut introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To provide bonus funds to local educational agencies that
adopt a policy to end social promotion.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Academic Achievement
Enhancement Act’’.
SEC. 2. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) BONUS AWARDS.—The Secretary of Edu-
cation is authorized to provide bonus awards de-
scribed in subsection (b) to each eligible local edu-
cational agency that has adopted or adopts a policy
to end social promotion.
(2) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive
bonus funds under this section, a local educational
agency shall submit an application to the Secretary
that provides assurances that the agency has adopt-
ed a policy to end social promotion. Such policy shall
include the following criteria:
(A) Standards that clearly define and
specify the content that a student must master
in order to be promoted to the next grade level.
(B) A system in place that clearly meas-
ures or assesses a student’s progress in meeting
standards.
(C) A promotion policy that is based on
demonstrated achievement in meeting the
standards.
(D) A system in place that monitors stu-
dent achievement and can identify, in a timely
fashion, a student who is struggling to meet the
standards.
(E) An effective intervention program and
support services for a student who is identified
as being at risk of failing.
(b) BONUS AMOUNTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2)
and except as provided in paragraph (3), a local
educational agency that meets the requirements of
subsection (a) shall receive a bonus award in an
amount that equals 5 percent of the amount the
agency received under section 1124 of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for the
preceding fiscal year.
(2) RATABLE REDUCTION.—
(A) REDUCTION OF FUNDS.—If the sums
made available under this Act for any fiscal
year are insufficient to pay the full amounts
that all local educational agencies are eligible to
receive under paragraph (1) or paragraph (3)
for such year, the Secretary shall ratably reduce
the allotment to such agencies for such year.
(B) INCREASE
IN
FUNDS.—If additional
funds become available for making payments
under paragraph (1) for such fiscal year, allot-
ments that were reduced under subparagraph
(A) shall be increased on the same basis as
such allotments were reduced.
(3) MINIMUM AWARD.—Notwithstanding the
provisions of paragraph (1), each local educational
agency that meets the requirements of subsection (a)
shall receive an amount that is not less than
$25,000.
SEC. 3. USES OF BONUS FUNDS.
A local educational agency that receives a bonus
award under this Act shall use such award to supplement
the intervention and support programs for students identi-
fied as being at risk for failing which may include—
(1) double-dose instruction;
(2) weekend classes;
(3) summer school classes;
(4) extended day programs; and
(5) tutoring.
SEC. 4. REPORTS.
Each local educational agency that receives a bonus
award under this Act shall submit to the Secretary a re-
port that describes the effectiveness of programs estab-
lished or enhanced as a result of a bonus award received
under this Act.
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) The term ‘‘double-dose instruction’’ means
a class in a core subject that meets more frequently
than the regularly scheduled class for such subject.
(2) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of Education.
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