Supporting Children of the National Guard and Reserve Act

Bill: 115-s-969
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2017-04-27
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments

Education programs funding

Elementary and secondary education

Government information and archives

Military personnel and dependents

National Guard and reserves
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-04-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Supporting Children of the National Guard and Reserve Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include students with a parent who serves in the reserve component of the Armed Forces under the military student identifier program. Thus, schools must assign those students identification numbers that allow the schools to monitor their achievement on academic assessments.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 969 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 27, 2017 Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Ms. Collins , Mr. Kaine , Mr. Markey , Mr. Van Hollen , and Ms. Warren ) 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 expand the military student identifier program to cover students with a parent who serves in the reserve component of the Armed Forces.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Supporting Children of the National Guard and Reserve Act . 2. Annual State report card Section 1111(h)(1)(C)(ii) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6311(h)(1)(C)(ii) ) is amended by striking on active duty (as defined in section 101(d)(5) of such title) .