S.Amdt. 2239

SA 2239. Ms. WARREN 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:

Beginning on page 53, strike line 6 and all that follows
through line 3 on page 54 and insert the following:
``(i)(I) Annually establishes State-designed ambitious but
achievable goals for all students and separately for each of
the categories of students in the State. Such goals shall
expect accelerated academic gains from the categories of
students who are the farthest away from reaching the State-
determined multi-year goals as described in subclause (II)
and the graduation rate goals as described in subclause (III)
and shall include, at a minimum--

``(aa) academic achievement, which may include student
growth, on the State assessments under paragraph (2); and
``(bb) high school graduation rates, including--

``(AA) the 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate; and
``(BB) at the State's discretion, the extended-year
adjusted cohort graduation rate.
``(II) Sets multi-year goals that are consistent with the
challenging State academic standards under subsection
(b)(1)(A) to ensure that all students graduate prepared to
enter the workforce or postsecondary education without the
need for postsecondary remediation.
``(III) Sets a multi-year graduation rate goal of not less
than 90 percent.
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