Helping Military Children Succeed in Schools Act

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[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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