Helping Military Children Succeed in Schools Act - Amends the school improvement program under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states to include in their annual state report cards, by the 2015-2016 school year, information on: (1) the number of their military-connected students, and (2) how those students performed in comparison to all their other students on the assessments of student progress toward state academic achievement standards.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
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[H.R. 2933 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2933
To require States and local educational agencies to report on the
achievement of military-connected students in annual report cards under
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 1, 2013
Mrs. Davis of California (for herself and Mr. Bishop of Georgia)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Education and the Workforce
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A BILL
To require States and local educational agencies to report on the
achievement of military-connected students in annual report cards under
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 ``Helping Military Children Succeed in
Schools Act''.
SEC. 2. REPORTING ON MILITARY-CONNECTED STUDENTS IN ANNUAL REPORT
CARDS.
Section 1111(h)(1)(C) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(h)(1)(C)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (vii);
(2) by striking the period at the end of clause (viii) and
inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(ix) not later than the beginning of the
2015-2016 school year, information on the
number of military-connected students (students
who are a dependent of a member of the Armed
Forces, including reserve components thereof)
in the State and how such military-dependent
students achieved on the State academic
assessments described in subsection (b)(2)
compared to all students in the State.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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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