HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ACTIONS 07/18/2013

DAILY FLOOR WRAP UP

 

July 18, 2013

 

SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

 

Ordering the Previous Question on H. Res. 303 — "Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5) to support State and local accountability for public education, protect State and local authority, inform parents of the performance of their children's schools, and for other purposes." – ADOPTED 232 - 192

 

H. Res. 303 — "Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5) to support State and local accountability for public education, protect State and local authority, inform parents of the performance of their children's schools, and for other purposes." – ADOPTED 230 – 190

 

Approval of the Journal – ADOPTED 278 – 143

 

Kline (R-MN), Rokita (R-IN) – Amendment No. 1 (Managers Amendment) – Clarifies that a state opting not to receive funds for a program under the Act shall not be required to carry out any of the requirements of such program and that states and school districts can support civics education efforts, and makes other technical improvements. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

 

Cárdenas (D-CA) – Amendment No. 3 – Increases the authorized funding level to $775,000,000, until FY 2019. – WITHDRAWN

 

Jackson Lee (D-TX) – Amendment No. 5 – States that if funding for awards to states is not sufficient then funding will be targeted to schools serving neglected, delinquent, migrant students, English learners, at-risk-students, and Native Americans, to increase academic achievements of such students. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

 

Bentivolio, (R-MI) – Amendment No. 6 - Requires State educational agencies to consult with private sector employers and entrepreneurs as part of its education plan. It also requires the Secretary to have representatives from private sector employers appointed to the peer-review process by reducing practitioners from 75 percent to 65 percent. – VOTE REQUESTED

 

McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) – Amendment No. 7 – Reinstates the 1 percent cap as it relates to students with the most significant cognizant disabilities participating in the alternate assessments; ensures alternate assessments are tied to academic content standards for grade in which student enrolled; and ensures parents are involved in the development of assessments as it relates to the student's individualized education program. – WITHDRAWN

 

Reed (R-NY), McKinley (R-WV), Owens (D-NY) – Amendment No. 8 – Clarifies that LEA’s and SEA’s are able to use multiple measures when identifying academic performance measurements instead of the current one-size-fits-all testing assessments. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

 

Benishek (R-MI) – Amendment No. 9 – Encourages states to include the number of students attaining career and technical education proficiencies enrolled in public secondary schools, in its annual State report card. This information is already required to be collected by the Perkins Act, and would simply streamline access to information to the public. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

 

Heck (R-NV) – Amendment No. 10 – Provides LEAs with the option of entering into partnerships or contracts with other entities to implement programs that serve youth in, or transitioning out of, institutions and correctional facilities, and youth at-risk of dropping out of school. This would provide LEAs with the option to partner with organizations that have the existing experience and resources to enhance the effectiveness of services provided by school districts to vulnerable populations through the Neglected/Delinquent program in an integrated fashion. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

 

Scalise (R-LA), Bishop (R-UT) – Amendment No. 12  – States that under Title II in H.R. 5, there would be no federal mandate for States to conduct teacher evaluations. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

 

Moore (D-WI), Wilson (D-FL) – Amendment No 13 – Delays implementation of new Title II formula until the Secretary of Education determines that the implementation will not reduce funding for schools serving high percentages of students in poverty. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

 

Bishop (R-UT) – Amendment No. 14  – Eliminates Subsection C of Section 2111, which allows grant money to bypass states and go directly from the Department of Education to local districts. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

 

Young (R-AK), Gabbard (D-HI), Hanabusa (D-HI), McCollum (D-MN) – Amendment No. 2 – Restores, and make policy improvements to, educational support programs for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian students which are currently authorized under Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and would be diminished by HR 5, the Student Success Act. – ADOPTED 263 – 161  

 

Luetkemeyer (R-MO) – Amendment No 4 – Expresses the sense of the Congress that States and local education agencies should maintain the rights and responsibilities of determining curriculum and assessments for elementary and secondary education. – ADOPTED 241 – 182  

 

Schock (R-IL), Meehan (R-PA) – Amendment No. 11 – Ensures that greater authority and governance are restored to local educational agencies as delegated by their States. It also ensures that the Secretary of Education does not impose any additional requirements or burdens on local educational agencies unless explicitly authorized by federal law. – ADOPTED 239 – 187

 

Tonko (D-NY) – Amendment No. 15 – Reserves 10% of existing grant funding under the Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund for competitive sub grants that would allow organizations with STEM expertise to provide STEM professional development and instructional materials throughout the state for elementary and secondary education. – WITHDRAWN

 

Brooks (R-IN), Polis (D-CO) – Amendment No. 16 – Clarifies that federal funds may be used for computer science education. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

 

Polis (D-CO), Petri (R-WI) – Amendment No. 17 – Allows charter schools to use grant funds for teacher preparation, professional development, and improving school conditions; ensures that charter schools expand outreach to low-income and underserved populations. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

 

Velázquez (D-NY) – Amendment No. 18 – Requires that applicants consider how to target their services to low-income students and parents, including low-income students and parents who are not proficient in English. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

 

Mullin (R-OK) – Amendment No. 19 – Strikes the language in the bill that allows consolidated districts to be eligible for payment if they do not qualify after consolidation; strikes language allowing for mid-year adjustment for student counts; makes the 8007 Construction Program a competitive grant program. – WITHDRAWN

 

Garrett (R-NJ) – Amendment No. 20 – Clarifies that states that opt out of receiving funds, or are not awarded funds, under this Act are not required to carry out any of the requirements of the programs under this Act. The amendment also clarifies that states are not required to participate in any program under this Act. – WITHDRAWN

 

Broun (R-GA) – Amendment No. 21 – Requires the Secretary of Education to include in their report to Congress the average salary of employees who were determined to be associated with eliminated or consolidated programs or projects by the underlying legislation and a report on the average salaries of the employees of the Department according to their job function. – ADOPTED BY VOICE