Cash to Classrooms Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2836 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2836

To prohibit States from utilizing a funding formula for public schools 
 that is based on calculating the average daily attendance of students 
                over a State-determined period of time.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 25, 2023

Mr. Mike Garcia of California introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit States from utilizing a funding formula for public schools 
 that is based on calculating the average daily attendance of students 
                over a State-determined period of time.

    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 ``Cash to Classrooms Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Only 7 State governments use a funding formula for 
        public schools reliant on calculating the average number of 
        students in seats in district schools calculated over a State-
        determined period of time.
            (2) Multiple studies show that average daily attendance 
        formulas are more susceptible to absenteeism issues and can 
        result in significantly decreased funding for certain schools.
            (3) Many schools who suffer from chronic absenteeism serve 
        socioeconomically disadvantaged groups, such as low income and 
        minority students.
            (4) Under average daily attendance formulas, schools who 
        serve disadvantaged groups who are more likely to suffer higher 
        rates of absenteeism lose more funding than other schools, 
        which creates a lack of resources to address absenteeism.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITING THE USE OF AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE FOR PUBLIC 
              SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULAS.

    No State shall utilize a funding formula for public schools that is 
based on calculating the average daily attendance of students over a 
State-determined period of time.
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