S.Amdt. 2251

SA 2251. 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:

On page 367, by striking ``using'' on line 9 and all that
follows through line 23 and inserting ``by calculating--
``(i) the sum of--

``(I) 75 percent of the number of individuals age 5 to 21
who speak English less than very well in the State, as
determined from 3 year estimates through data available from
the American Community Survey conducted by the Department of
Commerce; and
``(II) 25 percent of the number of students who are
determined not to be English proficient on the basis of the
State's English language proficiency assessment under section
1111(b)(2)(G) (which may be multiyear estimates); or

``(ii) another combination of the data derived from the
sources described in subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (i),
except that such combination of data shall include not less
than 25 percent of the number of students described in clause
(i)(II);
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