To provide for a study on increasing the effectiveness of existing services and programs intended to benefit children.

SA 2115. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mrs.
Murray) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of part B of title X, insert the following:

SEC. ____. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY ON INCREASING
EFFECTIVENESS OF EXISTING SERVICES AND PROGRAMS
INTENDED TO BENEFIT CHILDREN.

Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Comptroller General shall provide to the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the
Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of
the House of Representatives a report that includes--
(1) a description and assessment of the existing federally
funded services and programs across all agencies that have a
purpose or are intended to benefit or serve children,
including--
(A) the purposes, goals, and organizational and
administrative structure of such services and programs at the
Federal, State, and local level; and
(B) methods of delivery and implementation; and
(2) recommendations to increase the effectiveness,
coordination, and integration of such services and programs,
across agencies and levels of government, in order to
leverage existing resources and better and more
comprehensively serve children.
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