Helping Military Children Succeed in Schools Act

Bill: 113-s-2259
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2014-04-28
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments

Elementary and secondary education

Government information and archives

Military personnel and dependents
Latest action: action_date: 2014-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-04-28
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Helping Military Children Succeed in Schools Act - Amends the school improvement program under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require states to include in their annual state report cards information regarding the number of, and the academic achievement of, their military-connected students (students who have a parent who serves in the Armed Forces).</p> <p>Prohibits that academic achievement information from being used for school or local educational agency accountability purposes under the ESEA.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2259 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 28, 2014 Mrs. Murray (for herself, Ms. Cantwell , and Mr. Cardin ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow for data collection about military-connected students.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Helping Military Children Succeed in Schools Act . 2. Amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Section 1111(h)(1)(C) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(h)(1)(C)) is amended— (1) in clause (vii) by striking and after the semicolon; (2) in clause (viii) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by inserting after clause (viii) the following: (ix) information regarding the number of military-connected students which, for the purposes of this clause, shall mean students with a parent who serves in the Armed Forces, including the National Guard and Reserve Forces, and information regarding academic achievement for such students, except that such information shall not be used for school or local educational agency accountability purposes under section 1116. .