Preserving Education Access and Autonomy Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1890
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]
Introduced: 2013-12-20
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative remedies

Department of Health and Human Services

Education programs funding

Elementary and secondary education

Teaching, teachers, curricula
Latest action: action_date: 2013-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-12-20
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Preserving Education Access and Autonomy Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Secretary of Education from requiring, as a condition of any education grant or assistance, that a state or local educational agency (LEA) adopt a specific elementary or secondary school curriculum.</p> <p>Prohibits the Secretary, when selecting recipients for any education grant or assistance, from giving any priority, preference, or special consideration to a state or LEA that is based on its adoption of a specific elementary or secondary school curriculum.</p> <p>Includes the Secretary's waiver of a statutory or regulatory requirement of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 within the definition of an &quot;education grant or assistance.&quot;</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1890 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 20, 2013 Mr. Cochran introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To ensure that decisions by the Secretary of Education to award grants or other assistance to States or local educational agencies are not contingent upon the adoption of specific educational curricula.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preserving Education Access and Autonomy Act of 2013 . 2. Prohibition on requiring the adoption of specific curricula (a) Definition of education grant or assistance In this section, the term education grant or assistance — (1) means any grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or other assistance provided through a program administered by the Secretary of Education; and (2) includes any waiver of a statutory or regulatory requirement of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq. ) granted by the Secretary of Education under the authority provided under section 9401 of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 7861 ). (b) No requirement for specific curricula Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Education shall not require, as a condition of any education grant or assistance, that a State or local educational agency adopt a specific elementary school or secondary school curriculum. (c) No priority for specific curricula Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Education shall select recipients for any education grant or assistance without providing any priority, preference, or special consideration to a State or local educational agency based on the adoption by the State or local educational agency of a specific elementary school or secondary school curriculum.