To extend the educational flexibility program under section 4 of the Education Flexibility Partnership Act of 1999.

Authorizes the Secretary of Education to carry out the educational flexibility (Ed-Flex) program to allow states that were in the program on September 30, 2004, to continue to waive statutory and regulatory requirements applicable to certain federally-funded education programs until the reauthorization of part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4919 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4919

 To extend the educational flexibility program under section 4 of the 
             Education Flexibility Partnership Act of 1999.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 2006

Mr. Castle (for himself, Mrs. Musgrave, and Mr. Platts) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To extend the educational flexibility program under section 4 of the 
             Education Flexibility Partnership Act of 1999.

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

SECTION 1. EDUCATIONAL FLEXIBILITY PROGRAM EXTENSION.

    (a) Extension Authority.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of Education is authorized to carry out the 
educational flexibility program under section 4 of the Education 
Flexibility Partnership Act of 1999 (20 U.S.C. 5891b), until the date 
of enactment of an Act that reauthorizes programs under part A of title 
I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 
et seq.), for any State that was an Ed-Flex Partnership State on 
September 30, 2004.
    (b) Designation.--
            (1) In general.--Any designation of a State as an Ed-Flex 
        Partnership State that was in effect on September 30, 2004, 
        shall be extended until the date of enactment of an Act that 
        reauthorizes programs under part A of title I of the Elementary 
        and Secondary Education Act of 1965, if the Secretary of 
        Education makes the determination described in paragraph (2).
            (2) Determination.--The determination referred to in 
        paragraph (1) is a determination that the performance of the 
        State educational agency, in carrying out the programs for 
        which the State has received a waiver under the educational 
        flexibility program, justifies the extension of the 
        designation.
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