Every Child is Created Equal Act of 2003

Every Child is Created Equal Act of 2003 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require school improvement plans to include a statement that providers of supplemental educational services (SES), as recipients of Federal funds, are subject to certain ESEA civil rights provisions that prohibit discrimination. Requires SES providers, as recipients of Federal funds, to meet all applicable Federal, State, and local health, safety, and civil rights laws.

Prohibits construing anything in ESEA provisions for SES as permitting discrimination based on religion with respect to employment or provision of services.

Requires SES providers to serve all eligible students, including students with disabilities and limited English proficient students.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3582 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3582

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prohibit 
    federally subsidized discrimination in supplemental educational 
                   services, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 21, 2003

Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Carson of Indiana, 
 Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Frost, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
 McDermott, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Payne, Ms. Lee, Mr. Meeks 
  of New York, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Ms. McCollum, Mrs. McCarthy of New 
  York, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. Majette, Mr. Hinojosa, and Mr. 
  Grijalva) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prohibit 
    federally subsidized discrimination in supplemental educational 
                   services, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Every Child is Created Equal Act of 
2003''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF FEDERALLY SUBSIDIZED DISCRIMINATION IN 
              SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.

    (a) Supplemental Education Services.--Subsection (e) of section 
1116 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6316) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' after 
                the semicolon at the end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(F) specifically state that, as a recipient of 
                Federal funds, the provider is subject to section 
                9534.''.
            (2) in paragraph (5)(C), by inserting before the period the 
        following: ``as a recipient of Federal funds''; and
            (3) in paragraph (9), by inserting before the period the 
        following: ``or permit discrimination based on religion with 
        respect to employment or provision of services''.
    (b) Civil Rights.--Subsection (a) of section 9534 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7914) is amended to read 
as follows:
    ``(a)  In General.--Discrimination on the basis of race, color, 
religion, sex (except as otherwise permitted under Title IX of the 
Education Amendments of 1972), national origin, or disability in any 
program funded under this Act is prohibited.''.

SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES PROVIDERS TO SERVE ALL 
              ELIGIBLE STUDENTS.

    Paragraph (1) of section 1116(e) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316(e)) is amended by inserting after 
``eligible children'' the following: ``(including students with 
disabilities and limited English proficient students)''.
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