S.Amdt. 2252

SA 2252. 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 746, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking clause (iv) and
inserting the following:
``(iv)(I) In the case of a local educational agency that
has a total student enrollment

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of fewer than 1,000 students and that has a per-pupil
expenditure that is less than the average per-pupil
expenditure of the State in which the agency is located or
less than the average per-pupil expenditure of all the
States, the total percentage used to calculate threshold
payments under clause (i) shall not be less than 40 percent.
``(II) In the case of a local educational agency that, on
the date of enactment of the Every Child Achieves Act of
2015, met the description in subclause (I) and whose total
student enrollment increases for a subsequent year to--
``(aa) more than 999 but not more than 1,100 students, the
total percentage used to calculate threshold payments under
clause (i) shall not be less than 30 percent, unless such
local educational agency would receive a larger payment under
subsection (e); or
``(bb) more than 1,100 but not more than 1,200 students,
the total percentage used to calculate threshold payments
under clause (i) shall not be less than 20 percent, unless
such local educational agency would receive a larger payment
under subsection (e).'';
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