All Children are Equal Act or the ACE Act - Amends part A of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to alter the formula for determining the share of targeted grant funds and education finance incentive grant funds a local educational agency (LEA) receives.
Alters the formula so that LEAs that have a high percentage of impoverished students, but a comparatively low number of such students, receive a higher allocation of such funding.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2658 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2658
To amend the weighted child count used to determine targeted grant
amounts and education finance incentive grant amounts for local
educational agencies under title I of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 11, 2013
Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania (for himself, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Kelly of
Pennsylvania, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Tonko, and Mr. Barletta)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Education and the Workforce
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A BILL
To amend the weighted child count used to determine targeted grant
amounts and education finance incentive grant amounts for local
educational agencies under title I of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965.
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 ``All Children are Equal Act'' or the
``ACE Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Section 1125AA of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6336) is amended--
(1) by amending the heading to read as follows:
``SEC. 1125AA. INCREASE GRANTS PER FORMULA STUDENT AS THE PERCENTAGE OF
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IN A LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL AGENCY INCREASES.'';
and
(2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
``(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
``(1) The current Basic Grant Formula for the distribution
of funds under this part does not adequately target funds for
schools with the highest concentrations of economically
disadvantaged students.
``(2) The poverty of a child's family is much more likely
to be associated with educational disadvantage if the family
lives in an area with high proportions of poor families.
``(3) The current formulas for distributing Targeted and
Education Finance Incentive Grants is intended to allocate more
funds per formula student to local educational agencies with
higher concentrations of such students.
``(4) These formula use two weighting systems, one based on
the percentage of the aged 5-17 population in a local education
agency that is eligible to receive funds under this title
(percentage weighting), and another based on the absolute
number of such students (number weighting). Whichever of these
weighting systems results in the highest total weighted formula
student count for a local educational agency is the weighting
system used for that agency in the final allocation of Targeted
and Education Finance Incentive Grant funds.
``(5) Since the amount available to be distributed through
these formulas is fixed by congressional appropriation, any
gain in allocation share by one local educational agency causes
a loss to other local educational agencies.
``(6) The number weighting alternative is often favorable
to very large local educational agencies, even if the agency's
formula student percentage is low. But because smaller local
educational agencies simply do not have enough students to gain
from number weighting, they are rarely better off under the
number weighting alternative.
``(7) The Congressional Research Service has compared the
funding allocations of each local educational agency for school
year 2008-2009 under the current dual weighting system with the
funding allocation it would have that year if all local
educational agencies had their student count weighted only by
percentage weighting.
``(8) This data shows that the use of number weighting in
these formulas has shifted funding from smaller to larger local
educational agencies notwithstanding the level of poverty in
either. This is contrary to the intent of Congress, which is to
direct more funding per formula student to local educational
agencies with high concentrations of poverty, as measured by
the number of formula students as a percentage of the aged 5-17
population of the local educational agency.
``(9) As a result of this unintended consequence of the
number weighting system, 338 of the 340 local educational
agencies that have over 38.25 percent formula students gain
nothing from number weighting under the Targeted Grant program,
281 of them actually lose funding because of number weighting,
and 83 of those 340 highest poverty local educational agencies
would actually be better off if Targeted Grant funds were
allocated using the Basic Grant formula with no weighting
system at all.
``(10) Congress has a responsibility to correct this
unintended inequity by reducing the power of the number
weighting system relative to the percentage weighting system so
that local educational agencies with high percentages of
poverty but low numbers of students are not disadvantaged under
the formulas used for grants under this part.''.
SEC. 3. TARGETED GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.
Section 1125(c)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6335(c)(2)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``The amount'' and
inserting ``Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (D),
the amount'';
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E);
and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
``(D) Fiscal year 2014 and each succeeding fiscal
year.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (C) or any other
provision of this paragraph--
``(i) for fiscal year 2014, subparagraph
(C) shall be applied--
``(I) in clause (ii), by
substituting `1.35' for `1.5';
``(II) in clause (iii), by
substituting `1.8' for `2.0';
``(III) in clause (iv), by
substituting `2.25' for `2.5'; and
``(IV) in clause (v), by
substituting `2.7' for `3.0';
``(ii) for fiscal year 2015, subparagraph
(C) shall be applied--
``(I) in clause (ii), by
substituting `1.2' for `1.5';
``(II) in clause (iii), by
substituting `1.6' for `2.0';
``(III) in clause (iv), by
substituting `2.0' for `2.5'; and
``(IV) in clause (v), by
substituting `2.4' for `3.0';
``(iii) for fiscal year 2016, subparagraph
(C) shall be applied--
``(I) in clause (ii), by
substituting `1.05' for `1.5';
``(II) in clause (iii), by
substituting `1.4' for `2.0';
``(III) in clause (iv), by
substituting `1.75' for `2.5'; and
``(IV) in clause (v), by
substituting `2.1' for `3.0'; and
``(iv) for fiscal year 2017 and each
succeeding fiscal year, subparagraph (C) shall
be applied--
``(I) in clause (i), by
substituting `2,262' for `691';
``(II) by striking clause (ii);
``(III) in clause (iii), by
substituting `1.2' for `2.0';
``(IV) in clause (iv), by
substituting `1.5' for `2.5'; and
``(V) in clause (v), by
substituting `1.8' for `3.0'.''.
SEC. 4. EDUCATION FINANCE INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) States With an Equity Factor Less Than 0.10.--Section
1125A(d)(1)(B) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 6337(d)(1)(B)) is amended--
(1) in clause (iii), by striking ``The amount'' and
inserting ``Except as otherwise provided in clause (iv), the
amount''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(iv) Fiscal year 2014 and each succeeding
fiscal year.--Notwithstanding clause (iii) or
any other provision of this subparagraph--
``(I) for fiscal year 2014, clause
(iii) shall be applied--
``(aa) in subclause (II),
by substituting `1.35' for
`1.5';
``(bb) in subclause (III),
by substituting `1.8' for
`2.0';
``(cc) in subclause (IV),
by substituting `2.25' for
`2.5'; and
``(dd) in subclause (V), by
substituting `2.7' for `3.0';
``(II) for fiscal year 2015, clause
(iii) shall be applied--
``(aa) in subclause (II),
by substituting `1.2' for
`1.5';
``(bb) in subclause (III),
by substituting `1.6' for
`2.0';
``(cc) in subclause (IV),
by substituting `2.0' for
`2.5'; and
``(dd) in subclause (V), by
substituting `2.4' for `3.0';
``(III) for fiscal year 2016,
clause (iii) shall be applied--
``(aa) in subclause (II),
by substituting `1.05' for
`1.5';
``(bb) in subclause (III),
by substituting `1.4' for
`2.0';
``(cc) in subclause (IV),
by substituting `1.75' for
`2.5'; and
``(dd) in subclause (V), by
substituting `2.1' for `3.0';
and
``(IV) for fiscal year 2017 and
each succeeding fiscal year, clause
(iii) shall be applied--
``(aa) in subclause (II),
by substituting `1.0' for
`1.5';
``(bb) in subclause (III),
by substituting `1.2' for
`2.0';
``(cc) in subclause (IV),
by substituting `1.5' for
`2.5'; and
``(dd) in subclause (V), by
substituting `1.8' for
`3.0'.''.
(b) States With an Equity Factor Greater Than or Equal to 0.10 and
Less Than 0.20.--Section 1125A(d)(2)(B) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6337(d)(2)(B)) is amended--
(1) in clause (iii), by striking ``The amount'' and
inserting ``Except as otherwise provided in clause (iv), the
amount''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(iv) Fiscal year 2014 and each succeeding
fiscal year.--Notwithstanding clause (iii) or
any other provision of this subparagraph--
``(I) for fiscal year 2014, clause
(iii) shall be applied--
``(aa) in subclause (II),
by substituting `1.35' for
`1.5';
``(bb) in subclause (III),
by substituting `2.025' for
`2.25';
``(cc) in subclause (IV),
by substituting `3.038' for
`3.375'; and
``(dd) in subclause (V), by
substituting `4.05' for `4.5';
``(II) for fiscal year 2015, clause
(iii) shall be applied--
``(aa) in subclause (II),
by substituting `1.2' for
`1.5';
``(bb) in subclause (III),
by substituting `1.8' for
`2.25';
``(cc) in subclause (IV),
by substituting `2.7' for
`3.375'; and
``(dd) in subclause (V), by
substituting `3.6' for `4.5';
``(III) for fiscal year 2016,
clause (iii) shall be applied--
``(aa) in subclause (II),
by substituting `1.05' for
`1.5';
``(bb) in subclause (III),
by substituting `1.575' for
`2.25';
``(cc) in subclause (IV),
by substituting `2.363' for
`3.375'; and
``(dd) in subclause (V), by
substituting `3.15' for `4.5';
and
``(IV) for fiscal year 2017 and
each succeeding fiscal year, clause
(iii) shall be applied--
``(aa) in subclause (II),
by substituting `1.0' for
`1.5';
``(bb) in subclause (III),
by substituting `1.35' for
`2.25';
``(cc) in subclause (IV),
by substituting `2.025' for
`3.375'; and
``(dd) in subclause (V), by
substituting `2.70' for
`4.5'.''.
(c) States With an Equity Factor Greater Than or Equal to 0.20.--
Section 1125A(d)(3)(B) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6337(d)(3)(B)) is amended--
(1) in clause (iii), by striking ``The amount'' and
inserting ``Except as otherwise provided in clause (iv), the
amount''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(iv) Fiscal year 2014 and each succeeding
fiscal year.--Notwithstanding clause (iii) or
any other provision of this subparagraph--
``(I) for fiscal year 2014, clause
(iii) shall be applied--
``(aa) in subclause (II),
by substituting `1.80' for
`2.0';
``(bb) in subclause (III),
by substituting `2.70' for
`3.0';
``(cc) in subclause (IV),
by substituting `4.05' for
`4.5'; and
``(dd) in subclause (V), by
substituting `5.4' for `6.0';
``(II) for fiscal year 2015, clause
(iii) shall be applied--
``(aa) in subclause (II),
by substituting `1.6' for
`2.0';
``(bb) in subclause (III),
by substituting `2.4' for
`3.0';
``(cc) in subclause (IV),
by substituting `3.6' for
`4.5'; and
``(dd) in subclause (V), by
substituting `4.8' for `6.0';
``(III) for fiscal year 2016,
clause (iii) shall be applied--
``(aa) in subclause (II),
by substituting `1.4' for
`2.0';
``(bb) in subclause (III),
by substituting `2.1' for
`3.0';
``(cc) in subclause (IV),
by substituting `3.15' for
`4.5'; and
``(dd) in subclause (V), by
substituting `4.2' for `6.0';
and
``(IV) for fiscal year 2017 and
each succeeding fiscal year, clause
(iii) shall be applied--
``(aa) in subclause (II),
by substituting `1.2' for
`2.0';
``(bb) in subclause (III),
by substituting `1.8' for
`3.0';
``(cc) in subclause (IV),
by substituting `2.7' for
`4.5'; and
``(dd) in subclause (V), by
substituting `3.6' for
`6.0'.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4374-4375)
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
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