S.Amdt. 2255

SA 2255. Mr. MERKLEY 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 228, strike line 21 and all that follows
through page 230, line 19, and insert the following:
``(a) State Allocations.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in subsection (b) and
paragraph (2), each State (other than the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico) is entitled to receive under this part for a
fiscal year an amount equal to--
``(A) the sum of
``(i) the average number of identified eligible migratory
children, aged 3 through 21, residing in the State, based on
data for the preceding 3 fiscal years; and
``(ii) the number of identified eligible migratory
children, aged 3 through 21, who received services under this
part in summer or intersession programs provided by the State
during the previous fiscal year; multiplied by
``(B) 40 percent of the average per-pupil expenditure in
the State, except that the amount calculated under this
paragraph shall not be less than 32 percent, nor more than 48
percent, of the average per-pupil expenditure in the United
States.
``(2) Hold harmless.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), for
each of fiscal years 2016, 2017, and 2018, no State shall
receive under this part less than 90 percent of the amount
such State received under this part for the previous fiscal
year.'';

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