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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1453
To provide equity in education funding for the States received under chapter
1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 24, 1993
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. SARPALIUS, Mr. BERMAN, Mr.
WILSON, Mr. PETE GEREN of Texas, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. WASHINGTON, Mr.
LAUGHLIN, Mr. DE LA GARZA, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas,
Mr. ANDREWS of Texas, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. TEJEDA, Mr. EDWARDS of
Texas, Mr. BRYANT, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. CHAPMAN, Mr. HALL of Texas,
Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. FROST, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr.
BROOKS, Ms. ENGLISH of Arizona, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA,
and Mr. PICKLE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To provide equity in education funding for the States re-
ceived under chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
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 ‘‘Equal Education
Funding Act’’.
SEC. 2. FORMULA CHANGES.
(a) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—Subsection (a) of section
1005 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘AND PUERTO RICO’’ after
‘‘GRANTS FOR TERRITORIES’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘1 percent’’ and inserting
‘‘4.5 percent’’; and
(C) by inserting ‘‘and Puerto Rico’’ after
‘‘Virgin Islands’’ each place it appears;
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘AND PUERTO RICO’’ after
‘‘GRANTS
FOR
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGEN-
CIES’’;
(B) subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘deter-
mined by multiplying’’ and all that follows
through the end of clause (ii) and inserting the
following:
‘‘the sum of—
‘‘(i) the product of—
‘‘(I) 50 percent of the number of
children counted under subsection (c);
and
‘‘(II) the average educational cost
factor of the State, except as provided
in subparagraph (C); and
‘‘(ii) the product of—
‘‘(I) 50 percent of the number of
children counted under subsection (c);
and
‘‘(II) the average per pupil effort
factor of the State, except as provided
in subparagraph (C); and
(C) by amending subparagraph (C) to read
as follows:
‘‘(C)(i) In determining the amount under
subparagraph (A)(i)—
‘‘(I) if the amount of the average edu-
cational cost factor in the State is less
than 80 percent of the amount of the aver-
age educational cost factor in the United
States, the amount of the average edu-
cational cost factor shall be 80 percent of
the average educational cost factor in the
United States; or
‘‘(II) if the amount of the average
educational cost factor in the State is more
than 120 percent of the amount of the av-
erage educational cost factor in the United
States, the amount of the average edu-
cational cost factor shall be 120 percent of
the average educational cost factor in the
United States.
‘‘(ii) In determining the amount under
subparagraph (A)(ii)—
‘‘(I) if the amount of the average per
pupil effort factor in the State is less than
80 percent of the amount of the average
per pupil effort factor in the United
States, the amount of the average per
pupil effort shall be 80 percent of the aver-
age per pupil effort factor in the United
States; or
‘‘(II) if the amount of the average per
pupil effort factor in the State is more
than 120 percent of the amount of the av-
erage per pupil effort factor in the United
States, the amount of the average per
pupil effort factor shall be 120 percent of
the average per pupil effort factor in the
United States.’’
(3) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘Puerto
Rico’’ after the ‘‘Virgin Islands’’.
(b) DETERMINATION OF NUMBER OF CHILDREN.—
Subparagraph (A) of section 1005(c)(2) of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by
striking ‘‘on the basis of’’ and all that follows through ‘‘de-
cennial census’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘for local educational agencies (or, if such data
are not available for such agencies, for coun-
ties) on the basis of—
‘‘(i) if available, criteria developed by
the Department of Commerce to determine
annual poverty statistics by age; or
‘‘(ii) if the information described in
clause (i) is not available, annual percent-
age adjustments to the most recent poverty
statistics available, derived by applying the
most recent calculation of the number of
students aged 5 to 17 determined by the
Bureau of Census in its annual Population
Statistics to the percentage in poverty in a
State from such poverty statistics.’’.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
Part A of chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting
after section 1005, the following:
‘‘SEC. 1005a. TERMS DEFINED FOR BASIC GRANTS.
‘‘For purposes of section 1005—
‘‘(1) the term ‘average per pupil expenditure’
means in the case of a State or the United States,
the aggregate current expenditures, during the fiscal
year for which the computation is made (or, if un-
available, the most recent fiscal year preceding the
fiscal year for which the computation is made,) of all
local educational agencies in the State plus any di-
rect current expenditures by the State or in the
United States (which for the purposes of this para-
graph means the 50 States and the District of Co-
lumbia), divided by the number of children enrolled
in schools of such agency on the closest school day
to October 1 of such fiscal year;
‘‘(2) the term ‘average educational cost factor’
means the sum of 50 percent of the ratio of the av-
erage per pupil expenditure of a State in relation to
all States, and 50 percent of the average instruc-
tional staff salaries factor of such State;
‘‘(3) The term ‘average instructional staff sala-
ries factor’ means the average salary of classroom
teachers in elementary and secondary schools in a
State divided by the average of such salaries for all
States;
‘‘(4) The term ‘per pupil income’ means the
total gross personal income of a State during a spe-
cific year as reported by the Department of Com-
merce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, divided by the
total number of children aged 5 to 17 for such State
for the same year as reported by the Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Census.
‘‘(5) The term ‘average per pupil effort factor’
means the average per pupil expenditure of the
State divided by the average per pupil income factor
of the State; divided by the quotient of the average
per pupil expenditure of the United States and the
average per pupil income factor of the United
States.’’.
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