HR 1868 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow certain counties flexibility in spending funds.

Introduced May 16, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Eliot L. Engel D-NY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 16, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMay 16, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, with respect to determining the number of children aged five to 17 from families below the poverty line to calculate the amounts of basic grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), to repeal requirements that, where an LEA contains two or more counties in their entirety: (1) each county be treated as a separate LEA in calculating the grant amount; and (2) the LEA distribute to schools in each county a share of the grant that is no less than the county's share of the population counts used to calculate the grant.

Cosponsors 5

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 16, 2001.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	May 16, 2001
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Original	May 16, 2001
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman	Original	May 16, 2001
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano	Original	May 16, 2001
D-NY	Joseph Crowley	Original	May 16, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 16, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
May 16, 2001Introduced in House
May 16, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

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