Helping Military Children Succeed in Schools Act

Bill: 113-hr-2933
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2013-08-01
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments

Education of the disadvantaged

Elementary and secondary education

Government information and archives

Military personnel and dependents
Latest action: action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-08-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
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 to require states to include in their annual state report cards, by the 2015-2016 school year, information on: (1) the number of their military-connected students, and (2) how those students performed in comparison to all their other students on the assessments of student progress toward state academic achievement standards.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2933 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 1, 2013 Mrs. Davis of California (for herself and Mr. Bishop of Georgia ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To require States and local educational agencies to report on the achievement of military-connected students in annual report cards under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Helping Military Children Succeed in Schools Act . 2. Reporting on military-connected students in annual report cards 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) by striking and at the end of clause (vii); (2) by striking the period at the end of clause (viii) and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (ix) not later than the beginning of the 2015–2016 school year, information on the number of military-connected students (students who are a dependent of a member of the Armed Forces, including reserve components thereof) in the State and how such military-dependent students achieved on the State academic assessments described in subsection (b)(2) compared to all students in the State. .