Missed Opportunities in Education Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4351
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2017-11-09
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Education programs funding

Elementary and secondary education

Government information and archives

Higher education
Latest action: action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-11-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Missed Opportunities in Education Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to report annually on grants not awarded under each of its competitive or discretionary grant programs. For each program, ED must publish a report on the 10 applications that were not funded (completely or partially), but showed the greatest potential to improve education in the United States. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4351 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 9, 2017 Mr. Lewis of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To require reporting by the Department of Education on requests for funding projects or programs, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Missed Opportunities in Education Act of 2017 . 2. Annual reporting on missed opportunities (a) In general Not later than December 31 of each year, the Secretary of Education shall submit to Congress a report on missed opportunities for each competitive or discretionary grant program administered by the Department of Education in the preceding fiscal year. (b) Contents For each grant program described in subsection (a), the report shall detail the 10 individual applications, proposals, or requests for funding that— (1) were not funded or awarded, completely or partially; but (2) showed the greatest potential to improve education in the United States, according to the selection criteria and established goals of that grant program. (c) Reporting date flexibility If a law requires an annual report to Congress with respect to a grant program described in subsection (a), the report on missed opportunities required under this section for that program may— (1) be included in that annual report; and (2) be submitted on or before the date that annual report is due. (d) Public transparency Upon submission of a report on missed opportunities to Congress under this section, the Secretary shall make the report available to the public on an internet website of the Department of Education in a manner that is user friendly and able to be searched and downloaded by users of the website. (e) Trade secrets and confidential information Nothing in this section authorizes the Secretary to disclose any information that is a trade secret or confidential information subject to section 552(b)(4) of title 5 or section 1905 of title 18.