ELEVATE Act

Bill: 115-hr-3609
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7]
Introduced: 2017-07-28
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Caribbean area

Education programs funding

Elementary and secondary education

Foreign language and bilingual programs

Puerto Rico

U.S. territories and protectorates
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Ensuring Linguistic Excellence and Vocational Aptitude by Teaching English Act or the ELEVATE Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow states to count students who relocated&nbsp;from Puerto Rico (where Spanish is the primary language)&nbsp;in their English learner programs for purposes of calculating&nbsp;federal funding for such programs.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3609 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 28, 2017 Mrs. Murphy of Florida (for herself, Mr. Soto , Mr. Curbelo of Florida , Mr. Crist , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Mr. Hastings , and Ms. Wilson of Florida ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide that children that have relocated from Puerto Rico to the States are fully considered for purposes of State allotments under the English language acquisition grants.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Linguistic Excellence and Vocational Aptitude by Teaching English Act or the ELEVATE Act . 2. Treatment of Puerto Rico with respect to allotments for English language acquisition grants Section 3201(5) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7011(5) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting in which the primary language of instruction in public elementary schools and secondary schools is English after any State ; and (2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting , other than Puerto Rico, after States .