Manager's amendment clarifies the grant award language and adds authorizing provisions intended to promote student retention.
What it does: 15 changes: replaces text in 8 places, rewrites 2 provisions, inserts text in 5 places
Rep. John Kline (R-MN)Description
An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 113-444 to make technical corrections and improvements to the underlying bill text.
What it changes
15 changes to H.R. 10 · 6 shown in the bill's text
Change 1: Replaces “limited English proficient students” with “English learners”
In H.R. 10 · Reported in House
"(5) encourage States to provide support to charter schools for facilities financing in an amount more nearly commensurate to the amount the States have typically provided for traditional public schools;
"(6) improve student services to increase opportunities for students with disabilities,
[struck: limited ]English[struck: proficient students][inserted: learners], and other traditionally underserved students to attend charter schools and meet challenging State academic achievement standards;"(7) support efforts to strengthen the charter school authorizing process to improve performance management, including transparency, oversight, monitoring, and evaluation of such schools; and
Original wording
Page 4, beginning line 15, strike “limited English proficient students” and insert “English learners”.
Change 2: Rewrites subparagraph (B)
Removes subparagraph (B) of the printed bill. See that page
Inserted: (B) prior to the start of the final year of the grant period of each grant awarded under this section to a State entity, review whether the State entity is using the grant funds for the agreed upon uses of funds and whether the full amount of the grant will be needed for the remainder of the grant period and may, as determined necessary based on that review, terminate or reduce the amount of the grant and reallocate the remaining grant funds to other State entities during the succeeding grant competition under this section.
Original wording
Page 10, beginning line 1, amend subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
Change 3: Rewrites paragraph (1)
Removes paragraph (1) of the printed bill. See that page
Inserted: (1) Grants.--The Secretary shall not award a grant to a State entity under this section in a case in which such award would result in more than 1 grant awarded under this section being carried out in a State at the same time.
Original wording
Page 11, beginning line 5, amend paragraph (1) to read as follows:
Change 4: Inserts “, including supporting the use of charter schools to improve, or in turning around, strug…” after “improvement”
…improvement[inserted: , including supporting the use of charter schools to improve, or in turning around, struggling schools]…
Original wording
Page 14, line 14, insert “, including supporting the use of charter schools to improve, or in turning around, struggling schools” after “improvement”.
Change 5: Inserts “including through the use of fair disciplinary practices” after “retention”
In H.R. 10 · Reported in House
"(vii) will support charter schools in local educational agencies with large numbers of schools identified by the State for improvement;
"(viii) will work with charter schools to promote inclusion of all students and support all students once they are enrolled to promote retention[inserted: including through the use of fair disciplinary practices];
"(ix) will work with charter schools on recruitment practices, including efforts to engage groups that may otherwise have limited opportunities to participate in charter schools, and to ensure such schools do not have in effect policies or procedures that may create barriers to enrollment of students, including educationally disadvantaged students, and are in compliance with all Federal and State laws on enrollment practices;
Original wording
Page 14, line 18, insert “including through the use of fair disciplinary practices” after “retention”.
Change 6: Replaces “(1)(A)(x)” with “(1)(A)(xi)”
In H.R. 10 · Reported in House
"(A) each charter school receiving funds under the State entity's program will have a high degree of autonomy over budget and operations;
"(B) the State entity will support charter schools in meeting the educational needs of their students as described in paragraph (1)(A)(
[struck: x][inserted: xi]);"(C) the State entity will ensure that the authorized public chartering agency of any charter school that receives funds under the State entity's program--
Original wording
Page 19, line 16, strike “(1)(A)(x)” and insert “(1)(A)(xi)”.
Change 7: Replaces “(vii) and (viii)” with “(viii) and (ix)”
In H.R. 10 · Reported in House
"(D) the State entity will provide adequate technical assistance to eligible applicants to--
"(i) meet the objectives described in clauses (
[struck: vii][inserted: viii]) and ([struck: viii][inserted: ix]) of paragraph (1)(A) and paragraph (2)(B); and"(ii) recruit, enroll, and retain traditionally underserved students, including students with disabilities and English learners, at rates similar to traditional public schools;
Original wording
Page 20, line 8, strike “(vii) and (viii)” and insert “(viii) and (ix)”.
Change 8: Replaces “and student” with “, student”
In H.R. 10 · Reported in House
"(E) the State entity will promote quality authorizing, such as through providing technical assistance and supporting all authorized public chartering agencies in the State to improve the oversight of their charter schools, including by--
"(i) assessing annual performance data of the schools, including, as appropriate, graduation rates
[struck: and ][inserted: , ]student academic growth;"(ii) reviewing the schools' independent, annual audits of financial statements conducted in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and ensuring any such audits are publically reported; and
Original wording
Page 20, line 22, strike “and student” and insert “, student”.
Change 9: Inserts “, and rates of student attrition” after “growth”
…growth[inserted: , and rates of student attrition]…
Original wording
Page 20, line 23, insert “, and rates of student attrition” after “growth”.
Change 10: Replaces “make” with “makes”
[struck: make][inserted: makes]Original wording
Page 21, line 17, strike “make” and insert “makes”.
Change 11: Inserts “, except that such data shall not be made publicly available in a case in which the numbe…” before the period at the end
Inserted: , except that such data shall not be made publicly available in a case in which the number of students in a group is insufficient to yield statistically reliable information or the results would reveal personally identifiable information about an individual student
Original wording
Page 22, line 2, insert before the period at the end the following: “, except that such data shall not be made publicly available in a case in which the number of students in a group is insufficient to yield statistically reliable information or the results would reveal personally identifiable information about an individual student”.
Change 12: Replaces “(4)(C)” with “(4)(B)”
[struck: (4)(C)][inserted: (4)(B)]Original wording
Page 42, line 13, strike “(4)(C)” and insert “(4)(B)”.
Change 13: Replaces “(4)(C)” with “(4)(B)”
[struck: (4)(C)][inserted: (4)(B)]Original wording
Page 42, line 21, strike “(4)(C)” and insert “(4)(B)”.
Change 14: Replaces “give priority to each such eligible applicant that” with “take into consideration whether such an eligible applicant”
In H.R. 10 · Reported in House
"(i) award grants to eligible applicants on the basis of the quality of the applications submitted under this subsection; and
"(ii) in awarding grants to eligible applicants described in paragraph (4)(C),
[struck: give priority to each][inserted: take into consideration whether] such [inserted: an ]eligible applicant[struck: that]--"(I) demonstrates a high proportion of high-quality charter schools within the network of the eligible applicant;
Original wording
Page 42, beginning line 21, strike “give priority to each such eligible applicant that” and inserting “take into consideration whether such an eligible applicant”.
Change 15: Inserts “or permitted” after “required”
…required[inserted: or permitted]…
Original wording
Page 49, line 17, insert “or permitted” after “required”.
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As printed
Page 4, beginning line 15, strike “limited English proficient students” and insert “English learners”.
Page 10, beginning line 1, amend subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
“(B) prior to the start of the final year of the grant period of each grant awarded under this section to a State entity, review whether the State entity is using the grant funds for the agreed upon uses of funds and whether the full amount of the grant will be needed for the remainder of the grant period and may, as determined necessary based on that review, terminate or reduce the amount of the grant and reallocate the remaining grant funds to other State entities during the succeeding grant competition under this section.”.
Page 11, beginning line 5, amend paragraph (1) to read as follows:
“(1) Grants.--The Secretary shall not award a grant to a State entity under this section in a case in which such award would result in more than 1 grant awarded under this section being carried out in a State at the same time.”.
Page 14, line 14, insert “, including supporting the use of charter schools to improve, or in turning around, struggling schools” after “improvement”.
Page 14, line 18, insert “including through the use of fair disciplinary practices” after “retention”.
Page 19, line 16, strike “(1)(A)(x)” and insert “(1)(A)(xi)”.
Page 20, line 8, strike “(vii) and (viii)” and insert “(viii) and (ix)”.
Page 20, line 22, strike “and student” and insert “, student”.
Page 20, line 23, insert “, and rates of student attrition” after “growth”.
Page 21, line 17, strike “make” and insert “makes”.
Page 22, line 2, insert before the period at the end the following: “, except that such data shall not be made publicly available in a case in which the number of students in a group is insufficient to yield statistically reliable information or the results would reveal personally identifiable information about an individual student”.
Page 42, line 13, strike “(4)(C)” and insert “(4)(B)”.
Page 42, line 21, strike “(4)(C)” and insert “(4)(B)”.
Page 42, beginning line 21, strike “give priority to each such eligible applicant that” and inserting “take into consideration whether such an eligible applicant”.
Page 49, line 17, insert “or permitted” after “required”.
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House amendment offered
May 9, 2014
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House amendment offered
May 9, 2014
Amendment agreed to Committee of the Whole
May 9, 2014 • 10:06 AM
Amendment agreed to Committee of the Whole
May 9, 2014 • 10:06 AM
House amendment agreed to: On agreeing to the Kline amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote.
May 9, 2014 • 10:06 AM
House amendment offered/reported by: Amendment (A001) offered by Mr. Kline.(consideration: CR H4028; text: CR H4028)
May 9, 2014 • 10:03 AM
Amendment (A001) offered by Mr. Kline. (consideration: CR H4028; text: CR H4028)
May 9, 2014 • 10:03 AM
On agreeing to the Kline amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote.
May 9, 2014 • 10:06 AM