ELEVATE Act

Bill: 116-hr-4943
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7]
Introduced: 2019-10-31
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: 2019-10-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-10-31
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Ensuring Linguistic Excellence and Vocational Aptitude by Teaching English Act or the ELEVATE Act</b></p> <p>This bill makes changes in the treatment of Puerto Rico with respect to allotments for English Language Acquisition grants, to allow students who have migrated from Puerto Rico to the states to be fully counted in the annual grant allocation that states receive under such program.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4943 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 31, 2019 Mrs. Murphy of Florida (for herself and Mr. Diaz-Balart ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide that children who 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 (a) Treatment of Migrants from Puerto Rico 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 . (b) Applicability The amendments made by subsection (a)— (1) may only apply to fiscal years 2020 and 2021 if the Secretary of Education determines that the application of such amendments will not result in a State receiving an allotment under title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6801 et seq.) for such fiscal year that is less than the allotment such State received under such title in fiscal year 2019; and (2) shall apply beginning on and after October 1, 2021.