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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9165 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve 
the academic achievement of English learners and immigrant children 
and youth, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 11, 2022 
Mr. ESPAILLAT 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 improve the academic achievement of English 
learners and immigrant children and youth, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ANNUAL STATE REPORT CARDS. 
Section 1111(h)(1)(C) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(h)(1)(C)) 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating clause (xiv) as clause (xv); 
and 
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(2) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following: 
‘‘(xiv) Information on the diversity of 
teachers in the State at the pre-kinder-
garten through grade 12 levels, including 
information with respect to— 
‘‘(I) ethnicity; 
‘‘(II) race; 
‘‘(III) gender; and 
‘‘(IV) fluency in a language other 
than English, including how such flu-
ency was acquired.’’. 
SEC. 2. SUPPORT FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF 
ENGLISH LEARNERS AND IMMIGRANT CHIL-
DREN AND YOUTH. 
(a) PURPOSES.—Section 3102 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6812) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 
(5) as paragraphs (4) through (6), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) to ensure, to the maximum extent possible, 
that English learners are taught alongside non- 
English learners;’’. 
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(b) SUBGRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Section 
3115(d) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6825(d)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (6)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) to increase the access of immigrant 
children and youth, and the parents of immi-
grant children and youth, to legal, financial, 
and social services resources.’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para-
graph (11); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(9) Carrying out projects that provide edu-
cators, school administrators, counselors, social 
workers, and psychologists with culturally competent 
and culturally responsive training to better support 
English learners and immigrant children and youth. 
‘‘(10) Carrying out projects that— 
‘‘(A) assess local laws, including local im-
migration policies and State education laws, 
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that impact educational outcomes for English 
learners and immigrant children and youth; 
‘‘(B) implement best practices aligned with 
evidence-based research to improve educational 
outcomes for English learners and immigrant 
children and youth; and 
‘‘(C) facilitate engagement with members 
of local school boards on strategies to improve 
educational outcomes for English learners and 
immigrant children and youth, regardless of im-
migration status.’’. 
(c) REPORTING.—Section 3121(a) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6841(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘at a min-
imum, by’’ and inserting ‘‘at a minimum, by eth-
nicity, race, native language, and’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the semicolon 
and inserting ‘‘, in the aggregate and disaggregated, 
at a minimum, by ethnicity, race, native language, 
and English learners with a disability;’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking the semicolon 
and inserting ‘‘, in the aggregate and disaggregated, 
at a minimum, by ethnicity, race, native language, 
and English learners with a disability;’’; 
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(4) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘at a min-
imum, by’’ and inserting ‘‘at a minimum, by eth-
nicity, race, native language, and’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘educational 
agency; and’’ and inserting ‘‘educational agency, in 
the aggregate and disaggregated, at a minimum, by 
ethnicity, race, native language, and English learn-
ers with a disability; and’’. 
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