U.S. Congress - H.R.1294 Fiscal Fairness Act
H.R.1294 - Fiscal Fairness Act
To amend section 1120A(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to assure comparability of opportunity for educationally disadvantaged students. view all titles (2)
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- Short: Fiscal Fairness Act as introduced.
- Official: To amend section 1120A(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to assure comparability of opportunity for educationally disadvantaged students. as introduced.
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Official Summary
3/31/2011--Introduced.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 iOfficial Summary
3/31/2011--Introduced.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 of the LEA's 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.
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Education Department Report Highlights Need for Fattah Bill
With the ESEA up for reauthorization, Congressman Fattah is the author of the ESEA Fiscal Fairness Act, H.R. 1294 to close the loopholes that allow these inequities to continue. Fattah's reform plan has won partners across the Capitol, where Senators ...
Education Department Report Highlights Need for Fattah Bill
With the ESEA up for reauthorization, Congressman Fattah is the author of the ESEA Fiscal Fairness Act, H.R. 1294 to close the loopholes that allow these inequities to continue. Fattah's reform plan has won partners across the Capitol, where Senators ...
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Rural Student Success Critical to National Goals | Tutor Doctor San ...
Thad Cochran, R-Miss., and Michael Bennet, D-Colo., have introduced the Fiscal Fairness Act (HR 1294 and S 701) to prevent some of these abuses, especially the loophole in which actual teacher salaries are not reported ...
National Journal brown v board of education summary - happy's blog
I have introduced H.R. 1294, the ESEA Fiscal Fairness Act (Senators Bennet and Cochran have introduced the Senate companion, S.701) to achieve just that objective. National Journal brown v board of education summary ...
National Journal Online -- Education Experts -- The Comparability ...
The comparability requirement of Title I should be reformed to reflect our educational goals and what we know to be a reasonable way to count and spend money. I have introduced H.R. 1294, the ESEA Fiscal Fairness Act ...
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