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This Act may be cited as the ''ESEA Fiscal Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

The purposes of this Act are as follows:
(1) To remedy the inequitable distribution of State and
local funds within the areas served by local educational
agencies.
(2) To reinforce the supplementary intent of funds made
available under title I of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, ensuring that these funds serve their
original purpose of subsidizing the increased costs associated
with educating students in concentrated poverty.
(3) To address the statutory, regulatory, and enforcement
weaknesses that have undermined the role of the comparability
requirement in ensuring comparability within school districts.
(4) To require the inclusion of real teacher salaries in
calculations of per-pupil expenditures.
(5) To provide sufficient transparency, accountability, and
disclosure to allow parents, communities, educators, and local
agency officials to ensure students have access to the
resources they need to achieve at high levels.

SEC. 3. COMPARABILITY OF EXPENDITURES.

Section 1120A(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6321(c)) is amended to read as follows:
''(c) Comparability of Expenditures.--
''(1) In general.--
''(A) Comparable funding in general.--Except as
provided in paragraphs (4) and (5), a local educational
agency may receive funds under this part only if the
average expenditure per pupil of State and local funds
in each school served under this part is at least 97
percent of the average expenditure per pupil of State
and local funds across all schools that are not
receiving funds under this part.
''(B) Comparable funding among schools.--If the
local educational agency is serving all of such
agency's schools under this part, such agency may
receive funds under this part only if the average
expenditure per pupil of State and local funds in each
higher poverty school is at least 97 percent of the
average expenditure per pupil of State and local funds
across all lower poverty schools.
''(2) Equivalence.--A local educational agency shall be
considered to have met the requirements of paragraph (1), and
to be eligible to receive funds under this part, if--
''(A) such agency has filed with the State
educational agency an up-to-date school-by-school
listing of per-pupil expenditures of State and local
funds for each school served by the agency; and
''(B) the listing identified in clause (i)
demonstrates comparability across schools as required
by subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1).
''(3) Basis.--A local educational agency may meet the
requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1)
across all schools or among schools serving a particular grade
span, if the local educational agency compares schools within
no more than three grade spans.
''(4) Monitoring.--
''(A) Regulations by secretary.--Not later than 4
months after the date of the enactment of the ESEA
Fiscal Fairness Act, the Secretary shall issue
regulations concerning State educational agencies' and
local educational agencies' responsibilities for
meeting the requirements of this subsection.
''(B) Regulations by states.--Not later than 6
months after the date on which the regulations required
by subparagraph (A) are issued, each State educational
agency shall create and distribute to local educational
agencies, and make available to the public, regulations
on the responsibilities of local educational agencies
for meeting the requirements of this subsection.
''(C) Plan by local educational agencies.--Not
later than 14 months after the date on which
regulations required by subparagraph (B) are
distributed, each local educational agency shall
develop and submit to the State educational agency a
plan, including a time line and annual benchmarks, that
will ensure comparability as described in subparagraphs
(A) and (B) of paragraph (1) not later than 3 years
after the date on which the regulations required by
subparagraph (B) are distributed. The plan shall be
made available to the public.
''(D) Audit.--In each of the fourth and fifth years
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Inspector General of the Department shall audit 5
States and 10 local educational agencies to determine
progress in meeting the requirements of this section.
''(5) Inapplicability.--This subsection shall not apply to
a local educational agency that does not have more than one
building for each grade span.
''(6) Compliance.--For the purpose of determining
compliance with paragraph (1), a local educational agency --
''(A) shall exclude State and local funds expended
for the excess costs of providing English language
instruction for Limited English Proficient students as
determined by the local educational agency;
''(B) shall exclude State and local funds expended
for the excess costs of providing services to children
with disabilities as determined by the local
educational agency; and
''(C) may exclude supplemental State or local funds
in any school attendance area or school for programs
that meet the intent and purpose of this part.
''(7) Forced transfers.--Nothing in this subsection shall
be construed to require the forced or involuntary transfer of
any school personnel to comply with subparagraph (A) of
paragraph (1).
''(8) Comparability as minimum standard.--
''(A) In general.--Nothing in this subsection shall
be construed to limit or discourage the allocation of
State or local funds to schools served under this part
in excess of 100 percent of the average per-pupil
expenditure for schools not served under this part.
''(B) Exception.--If the local educational agency
is serving all schools under this part, nothing shall
be construed to discourage the allocation of State and
local funds to any higher poverty schools in excess of
100 percent of the average per-pupil expenditure in
lower poverty schools.
''(9) Public reporting.--
''(A) School report cards.--Beginning with the
first academic year that begins after the date of the
enactment of the ESEA Fiscal Fairness Act, and for each
academic year thereafter, each local educational agency
shall include on the school report cards required under
section 1111(h)(2) the following:
''(i) The average per-pupil expenditures of
State and local funds for the school.
''(ii) The average per-pupil expenditures
of State and local funds for schools in the
local educational agency not served under this
part or for lower poverty schools when all
schools in the local educational agency are
served under this part.
''(iii) The mean of average per-pupil
expenditures of State and local funds for all
schools in the State.
''(B) Up-to-date school-by-school listing.--
Beginning with the first academic year that begins
after the date of the enactment of the ESEA Fiscal
Fairness Act and for each academic year thereafter, the
State educational agency shall make publicly available
the up-to-date school-by-school listings of per-pupil
expenditures of State and local funds submitted by each
local educational agency, as required by paragraph
(2)(A)(i).
''(10) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection:
''(A) Expenditures.--
''(i) In general.--The term 'expenditures'
means--
''(I) salary expenditures for
classroom teachers, including not only
base salaries but also incentive pay,
bonuses, and supplemental stipends for
mentoring or other additional roles;
''(II) salary expenditures for
instructional and instructional support
staff who are not classroom teachers
(such as principals, librarians,
paraprofessionals, academic coaches,
and curriculum specialists), including
not only base salaries but also
incentive pay, bonuses, and
supplemental stipends for mentoring or
other additional roles;
''(III) salary expenditures for
noninstructional staff, including
student support staff; and
''(IV) nonpersonnel expenditures
such as--
''(aa) professional
development for teachers and
other staff;
''(bb) instructional
materials and supplies;
''(cc) computers, software,
and other technology;
''(dd) contracted services
such as distance learning, art,
athletics, and technology
services;
''(ee) library books and
media center materials; and
''(ff) such other
expenditures as the Secretary
of Education may require.
''(ii) Determinations.--For purposes of
subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (i), in the
determination of salary expenditures, salary
differentials for years of employment shall be
included.
''(B) Higher poverty school.--The term 'higher
poverty school' means a school that is in the highest
four quartiles of the percentage of pupils from low-
income families in a local educational agency.
''(C) Lower poverty school.--The term 'lower
poverty school' means a school that is in the lowest
quartile of the percentage of pupils from low-income
families in a local educational agency.''.
Student:
ESEA Fiscal Fairness Act - Amends part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to condition local educational agency (LEA) receipt of school improvement funds on: (1) an average state and local spending per pupil in each school receiving school improvement funds of at least 97% of such spending per pupil across all schools that are not receiving such funds; and (2) an average state and local spending per pupil in each higher poverty school of at least 97% of such spending per pupil across all lower poverty schools, if the LEA is serving all of its schools under part A.

Allows LEAs to meet such requirement across all schools or among schools serving a particular grade span if they compare schools within no more than three grade spans.

Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Education, in the fourth and fifth years after this Act's enactment, to audit 5 states and 10 LEAs to determine their progress in meeting these requirements.

Requires annual LEA report cards to include certain information on state and local spending per pupil in schools.

Requires states to provide the public with annual up-to-date school-by-school listings of per-pupil state and local spending.