Title: CRT Transparency Act
Policy area: Education

Summary:
Curriculum Review of Teachings Transparency Act or the CRT Transparency Act
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.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5162 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5162

 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

                           September 3, 2021

 Mr. Fitzgerald (for himself, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Cawthorn, Mr. 
 Norman, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Owens, Mr. Mast, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. 
Harris, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. Posey, Ms. Herrell, Mr. 
 Brooks, Mr. Babin, Mr. Bishop of North Carolina, Mr. Weber of Texas, 
 Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Steube, and Mr. Steil) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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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'' and 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 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 and secondary 
        school grade level on a publicly accessible website of the 
        agency.''.
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