U.S. Congress - H.R.3989 Student Success Act
H.R.3989 - Student Success Act
To support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools' performance, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)
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- Official: To support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools' performance, and for other purposes. as introduced.
- Short: Student Success Act as introduced.
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2/9/2012--Introduced.Student Success Act - Replaces title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) with a new title I (Aid to Local Educational Agencies). Amends the education accountability requirements underOfficial Summary
2/9/2012--Introduced.Student Success Act - Replaces title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) with a new title I (Aid to Local Educational Agencies). Amends the education accountability requirements under part A of title I of the ESEA and places them in a new subpart 1 (Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies) under part A (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the ESEA. Eliminates the requirement that local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools make adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward state academic performance standards or be subject to specified improvements, corrective action, or restructuring. Requires states to adopt academic content and achievement standards for mathematics and reading or language arts that ensure that all their public school students graduate from high school fully prepared for secondary education or the workforce. Requires states to implement a set of high-quality assessments of student progress toward those standards that measure the overall performance of students in each public school and the performance of their poor, minority, disabled, and English learner subgroups. Allows states to adopt alternate academic achievement standards and assessments for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. Allows states to measure student growth toward those standards, and develop and administer computer adaptive assessments that measure student proficiency against, and growth toward, the standards for the student's grade level. Requires education accountability efforts to include school improvement systems that require LEAs to implement interventions that address weaknesses in low-performing schools. Amends Schoolwide programs, that allow LEAs to consolidate educational funds to upgrade the entire educational program of schools, to eliminate the requirement that such schools serve a high proportion of low-income families. Eliminates the requirement that teachers be highly qualified. Requires states to designate an ombudsman to ensure that private school children receive educational services and benefits that are equitable to those received by public school children under subpart 1. Strikes parts B (Student Reading Skills Improvement Grants), F (Comprehensive School Reform), G (Advanced Placement Programs), and H (School Dropout Prevention) of title I of the ESEA. Amends part C of the current title I and transfers it to a new subpart 2 (Education of Migratory Children) under part A of the ESEA. Amends part D of the current title I and transfers it to a new subpart 3 (Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth who are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk) under part A. Amends part A of title III ( Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant Students) and transfers it to a new subpart 4 (English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement) under part A. Refers to limited English proficient students as English learners. Amends requirements for the National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction Educational Programs under part C of title III and transfers them to subpart 4 under part A. Amends part B (Rural Education Initiative) of title VI (Flexibility and Accountability) and transfers it to a new subpart 5 (Rural Education Achievement Program) under part A. Amends part A (Indian Education) of title VII and transfers it to a new subpart 6 (Indian Education) under part A. Omits subpart 3 (National Activities) of part A of title VII from subpart 6. Gives states and LEAs flexibility in transferring funds among the programs under part A of title I. Removes maintenance of effort requirements that require states and LEAs to maintain their education funding at certain levels in order to be eligible for federal education funds. Amends part E (National Assessment) of title I and transfers it to a new part B of title I of the ESEA. Repeals the Demonstrations of Innovative Practices grant program and the Close Up Fellowship program. Authorizes appropriations for parts A and B of title I of the ESEA for FY2013, with increases in those amounts for FY2014-FY2018 that match the inflation rate. Amends part I (General Provisions) of title I and transfers it to a new part C of title I of the ESEA. Replaces title V (Promoting Informed Parental Choice and Innovative Programs Innovative Programs) of the ESEA with a new title V (General Provisions). Amends title IX (General Provisions) and transfers it to the new title V. Requires the Secretary of Education to establish a multi-disciplinary peer review team to review requests for waivers of statutory or regulatory requirements under the ESEA. Prohibits the Secretary from imposing new or additional requirements that are not specified in the ESEA on states, LEAs, or Indian tribes in exchange for the receipt of a waiver. Establishes requirements regarding the peer review panels used under the ESEA to review program applications. Prohibits federal employees from participating in, or working to influence, the peer review process. Allows parents to withdraw their children from programs funded under part B (Improving Language Instruction Educational Programs) of title III by providing their LEA with written notification of that desire. Places the gun-free school requirements in part A (Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities) of title IV of the ESEA in the new title V....Read the Rest
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State, local groups press Congress to pass flexible education reform bill
In February, the House Education and the Workforce Committee approved two bills to reform federal education law: the Student Success act, H.R. 3989, and the Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers act, H.R. 3990.
A Lesson in History, Now Known as "Social Studies"
Thus, when H.R. 3989, the Student Success Act, reached the House Floor in late February, controversy flared up. According to Marion Herbert, writing in District Administration, April, 2012: The Student Success Act is a bill sponsored by Rep. John Kline ...
No Child Left Behind reform discussed at Stuttgart education roundtable
His office reports that the meeting follows the start of the House Education and Workforce Committee's look at “writing major education reform,” including H.R. 3989 the Student Success Act. “The Student Success Act will change current law and give ..
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Understanding Educational Reform and Federal legislation: Statutes
o The Student Success Act (HR 3989). o The Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act (HR 3990). o Setting New Priorities in Education Spending Act (HR 1891). o Empowering Parents through Quality Charters ...
Understanding Educational Reform and Federal legislation: Statutes
o The Student Success Act (HR 3989). o The Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act (HR 3990). o Setting New Priorities in Education Spending Act (HR 1891). o Empowering Parents through Quality Charters ...
Congressional Record Latest Daily Digest for Friday, April 27, 2012 ...
H.R. 3989, to support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools' performance, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 112-458); H.R. 3990, to encourage effective teachers ...
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