S. 3149 · 116th Congress
TRUE EQUITY Act
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Transformational Reforms and Updates to Ensure Educational Quality and Urgent Investments in Today's Youth Act of 2019 or the TRUE EQUITY Act
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jan 6, 2020
Transformational Reforms and Updates to Ensure Educational Quality and Urgent Investments in Today's Youth Act of 2019 or the TRUE EQUITY Act
This bill establishes various grant programs to address educational inequities in elementary and secondary schools.
Specifically, the bill creates grant programs related to (1) early childhood education, (2) high-quality and diverse teachers and leaders, (3) college and career readiness pathways, and (4) additional resources for at-risk students. For each grant program, the Department of Education (ED) must award a single grant to an eligible state.
To be eligible for a grant, a state must establish an independent state oversight board. The oversight board must, among other things (1) determine whether the state and its local educational agencies (LEAs) have met state educational equity goals, and (2) hold them accountable for failing to meet those goals. ED may renew a grant if the oversight board determines the state has met its goals.
In addition, for each grant program, the bill outlines the activities authorized under the program, maintenance-of-effort requirements, and matching fund requirements.
Finally, the bill permits ED to enter into a local flexibility demonstration agreement, through which a state educational agency may use funds to develop and implement a school funding system based on weighted per-pupil allocations for low-income and disadvantaged students. (Currently, ED may enter into these agreements with LEAs.)
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: TRUE EQUITY Act
Also known as: Transformational Reforms and Updates to Ensure Educational Quality and Urgent Investments in Today's Youth Act of 2019
Latest action (Jan 6, 2020): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Policy area: Education · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jan 6, 2020
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.